CYP Now Awards 2015 shortlist revealed

This is the tenth year of the Awards and they bring national recognition for projects and services that make a difference to children, young people and families right across the country.

Thank you to all those who entered from across the UK – we received a total of almost 600 entries.

A 16-strong panel of expert judges has scrutinised and studied all the entries to produce shortlists in each category. A panel of young judges is examining these entries and their marks will count towards determining the overall winners.

The winners will be revealed at a gala ceremony on the evening of Thursday 26 November inside the striking Georgian clubhouse at the Hurlingham Club on the banks of the River Thames in London – the scene of memorable CYP Now Award ceremonies in the past.

There will be dinner and live entertainment followed by the award presentations. We hope you will be able to join us for what promises to be an inspirational evening.


The Early Years Award
Barnsley Children’s Centres - Having a Baby antenatal education programme
Family Action - Perinatal Support Project
Lincolnshire County Council - Prime Time programme
The Lowry Centre Trust - Young Parents at The Lowry
NSPCC - Baby Steps in Jersey
South Tyneside Council - Basket of Opportunities (BOO) child development programme

The Play Award    
Disability Challengers - Challengers Play and Youth Schemes
London Borough of Hackney - Play Streets
Play Torbay - 3 Bay Ventures

The Youth Work Award
Achieving for Children - SEND Champions
Achieving for Children - Youth Council Elections for Kingston and Richmond
Aldwyck Housing Group, Next Generation Project
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award - New Leaders Programme
Rochdale Youth Service    
Rochdale Youth Service Disability Group
Sporting Communities – Streetwise Detached Youth Work
Youth Moves, South Bristol

The Youth Volunteering Award    
Achieving for Children - Safe From Campaign
Alcohol Concern – Youth Alcohol Advertising Council
Barnardo's - POWAR (Children with Disabilities Council), Lancashire
British Olympic Foundation and the British Paralympic Association - Get Set to Make a Change
Full Circle Education - Eastern Chatter
Media for Development - Young Dads' Council
North East Lincolnshire Council - Young Reporters
Takeover Radio Children's Media Trust - Takeover Radio 103.2fm
Youth Connexions Hertfordshire - Herts1125 Who not What

The Learning Award
Auditory Verbal UK
EdComs – The Samsung Digital Classroom
The Fostering Network - London Fostering Achievement
Pegasus Theatre - Tale Trail

The Arts and Culture Award
Beatfreeks - Level UP, Birmingham
Children North East - Families Plus, Musical Relationships
Creative Youth Network - Creative Careers
Curious Minds - Strong Voices
Essex County Council and The Hermit Club - The Hermit Live
The Life & Deaf Association – What the Jackdaw Saw
Mess Up The Mess Theatre Company
TouchedTheatre, Brighton - A Place of Safety

The Advice and Guidance Award
Career Connect - New Horizons
No Limits, Southampton - No Limits Drop-In Centres
North East Sensory Services - Young People's Sensory Service
Volunteering Matters - Grandmentors
YouthNet – TheSite.org
sixteen25 - Mind Of My Own (MOMO)

The Young Carers Award
Action for Carers Surrey - Surrey Young Carers
The Children's Society - Community Hidden Harm Awareness Team
Gloucestershire Young Carers - InterAct
The Lowry Centre Trust - Young Carers at The Lowry
Solihull Carers Centre - Solihull Young Carers
West Sussex Young Carers Service and Your Space Partnership

The Leaving Care Award
Alliance Living, North Somerset - Step Up project
Barnardo's Start Smart, Merseyside
MyBnk - Money Works
Pembrokeshire County Council - Supper Club

The Health and Wellbeing Award
Association for Young People's Health - GP Champions for Youth Health
Berkshire Youth - Let’s Get Going
Buckinghamshire County Council - Girls on a Mission
CLIC Sargent - Children’s Cancer Key Worker Service Evaluation Project
Newport Mind - Changing Minds Project
Twenty Twenty - Love4Life project for disadvantaged girls
Teens and Toddlers   

The Early Intervention Award
Auditory Verbal UK
Brighton Oasis Project - Young Oasis Centre
Chance UK - Girls Programme
CommUNITY Barnet – Barnet Parenting Plus
Kirkees Council - Stronger Families Programme
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service - FireSkills
Ynot Aspire - Your Space

National Citizen Service Award
Ambition - Action Up
Brathay Trust - NCS Bradford
University of the First Age - #HandsOnEars Campaign on Hearing Loss

The Children in Care Award
Derby Theatre - Solace of the Road
The Fostering Network - London Fostering Achievement
Hartlepool Borough Council - Children in Care Council Education Report
NSPCC - Taking Care
North Yorkshire County Council - No Wrong Door
sixteen25 - Mind Of My Own (MOMO)

The Youth Justice Award
County Durham Youth Offending Service – Speech, Language and Communication Needs Strategy
Create - Inside Stories programme
Hampshire Constabulary - Hampshire Community Court
Leap Confronting Conflict - Leap Leadership Programme, Swinfen Hall Prison and Young Offenders Institution
Medway Council - Cookham Wood Looked-After Children Apprentice Scheme
North Yorkshire Youth Justice Service - Youth Communication Team
Sheffield Community Youth Teams - Sheffield Vulnerability Project

The Family Support Award
Edinburgh Cyrenians - Conflict Resolution Services
Gloucestershire Young Carers - InterAct
Kingston WelCare - Families Apart project
Lincolnshire County Council - Lincolnshire Families and Babies Project
Shelter - Liverpool Family Support Service
Together Trust - Together For Families
North Yorkshire County Council –School to School Transfer: Army Drawdown Support

The Safeguarding Award
Aquarius - Birmingham Young People's Substance Misuse Service CSE Team
Children North East - Families Plus, Crisis Intervention
Manchester Young Lives
Safer London – Empower

Children and Young People's Champion
Sabrina Archbold - training and information officer, Kidz Aware
Mary Fagan - founder and chair, Parent Action for Safe Play
Andy Hopkins - respite break leader, CHICKS
Stacey Johnson - founder, Kisses4Kids charity
Angela Sargeant - CAMHS service development manager, Surrey County Council

The Children's Achievement Award
Faye Clarke, care leaver, Derbyshire Care Leavers Employment Team    
James Curtis - young ambassador at Auditory Verbal UK
Matthew Hirst -Twenty Twenty in Leicestershire
Samuel Mangoro, organiser of All Hearts campaign for all schools to have defibrillators
Damarius Williams - Manchester Young Lives

The Partnership Working Award
Adopt South West
Barnsley Children’s Centres - Having a Baby antenatal education programme
Catch22 Pan Cheshire Missing from Home service
Derby Theatre - Solace of the Road
Islamic Values Partnership between Family Links and the UK Islamic Mission
North Yorkshire County Council – School to School Transfer: Army Drawdown Support
North Yorkshire LGBT Delivery Group -Growing up as a LGBT young person in North Yorkshire
Sheffield Community Youth Teams, Northern General Hospital Emergency Department and Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust -  Pathway for Vulnerable Young People
Stoke Speaks Out

The Recruitment and Professional Development Award    
Somerset County Council - Fostering and Adoption Recruitment Service
Central Bedfordshire Council - Academy of Social Work and Early Intervention
Wolverhampton City Council - Wolverhampton Early Help 0-5
Lancashire County Council - Employment and Support Team
Medway Council - Medway Social Work Academy

Public Sector Children's Team Award
Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - Love Barrow Families
Derbyshire County Council – Children’s Rights Team
Surrey County Council - CAMHS Rights and Participation Team
Cafcass (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service)
London Borough of Hackney - Young Hackney Youth and School Sports Unit

The Children and Young People's Charity Award
Auditory Verbal UK
CHICKS
Edinburgh Cyrenians
42nd Street
Safer London
TDAS (Trafford Domestic Abuse Services)
The Winch
Winston's Wish