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YOUNG PARTNERS AWARD: Judged by their peers

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The Young Partners Award scheme for voluntary youth projects is planned, organised and judged by young people. Maria Clegg finds out how it works.

Awards ceremonies are notorious for being backslapping affairs dominated by cronyism and tokenism. But when the awards are for youth projects and they are judged by the young people who use the projects in question, it's time to sit up and take notice.

This Friday, the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS) is naming the winners of its second annual Young Partners Award. NCVYS is made up of more than 160 voluntary and community youth organisations and aims to raise the profile of youth work, share good practice and influence policies affecting young people.

The award highlights outstanding projects that treat young people as equal partners. And it was planned, organised and judged by young people.

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