Big winners on the night were charities Comics Youth and Streetwise Young People’s Project, who collected two awards each.
Comics Youth, an organisation that provides comics-based literacy and wellbeing projects for marginalised children and young people aged eight to 25, won the coveted Children and Young People’s Charity Award. The Liverpool-based charity also picked up the Youth Work Award for its Marginal Leadership and Development Programme, a mentorship initiative giving under-represented young people the opportunity to express themselves through comics, artwork and writing.
Meanwhile, Streetwise Young People’s Project, a Newcastle-based charity supporting black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) young men, won the Mental Health and Wellbeing Award and Early Intervention Award for its Level Up service. Level Up aims to steer BAME young men away from risktaking activities, crime and violent behaviour through recruiting Level Up Champions who design creative ways to engage their peers with activities they can use as a way of boycotting gang events without losing face.
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