The awards, run by educational charity Common Purpose and Deutsche Bank, aim to recognise young people who have made an impact in their community, schools, clubs or environment.
Winning projects included setting up a motorcycle club in Scotland, teenage drugs and sex advisers, environmental work, helping to improve relations between locals and young asylum seekers and helping socially excluded young people.
Nick Bishop, 16, won an award for his work in campaigning for better access to banking facilities for disabled people. Nominated by disability charity Whizz-Kidz, Bishop said: "Disabled people find banking difficult because of entrances to bank premises, internal facilities and high ATMs with no leg room underneath. I do not want to give my PIN to other people to help me use the machine." Bishop sent out 600 questionnaires to wheelchair users and has met with banks and manufacturers to discuss the issue.
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