The 2009 awards, which are open to inspiring and innovative work led by young people aged 11 to 20, are being run by a new team led by young people's charity Catch22 and including Flava dance crew, from TV's Britain's Got Talent. For the first time funding will come from the Department for Children, Schools and Families as well as the Home Office.
The team aims to communicate with young people through YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, as well as its own website www.philiplawrenceawards.net.
Children's minister Dawn Primarolo said: "We want to improve the perception of young people because we know that the majority of them are honest and law abiding citizens. The awards also recognise the achievement of young people who are turning their lives around."
The awards were set up in 1997 in memory of head teacher Philip Lawrence who was murdered outside his school in December 1995.
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