CYP Now Awards 2019: Winners revealed
CYP Now
Thursday, November 28, 2019
Winners of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2019 were revealed during an evening of high celebration for the sector.
Female empowerment organisation Getaway Girls were among the big winners of the night, scooping two prizes; the Youth Work Award and the Children and Young People’s Charity Award for their work teaching young women to build their confidence and develop new skills.
Cafcass also took home two prizes for its Positive Co-parenting Programme; The Safeguarding Award and the Family Justice Award.
Create (Arts) inspired:arts project won the Young Carers Award while Children’s Society’s Rise Project took the top spot for the Advice and Guidance Award.
Mac Ferrari, founder of anti-knife crime initiative Bikestormz was named as Children and Young People’s Champion.
Other winners included the Fostering Network which won the Family Support Award for its Step Up Step Down project; the London Borough of Havering which won the Care Leavers Award for its support hub the Cocoon and the NSPCC which won the Recruitment and Professional Development Award for its poverty, children and families training.
In his opening address, Derren Hayes, editor of CYP Now, told the audience: “This month has seen the 30th anniversaries of the Children Act 1989 and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
“The Convention has 54 articles setting out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights that all children are entitled to. Article 12 includes a child’s right to be heard and it is a great testament to the sector that many of the projects celebrated tonight have been shaped by the views of children and young people and – in some cases – have empowered them to become active participants in delivering services.
“You don’t need me to tell you that the funding situation in children’s services is pretty dire – nine out of 10 children’s services budgets were overspent last year. The new government will need to invest to avoid further cuts.
"I’m not talking about a one-off pot of a few hundred million. It needs a long-term, sustainable, funding package that enables leaders to invest more in early help so that support can be provided before intensive intervention is needed. What better way to mark the 30th anniversary of the Children Act than to reignite its focus on providing preventative support for families.”
Children's TV presenter and “godfather of gunge” Dave Benson Phillips hosted the event while Alan Dedicoat, voice of Strictly Come Dancing, was on hand to announce the finalists.
Entertainment during the ceremony at the Hurlingham Club in Fulham, west London was provided by a young band the Sick Year Sixes from Hawthorns Primary School in Wokingham.
Early Years Award
Winner: Redbridge Council - Ready to Learn and Mental Health in Early Years
Highly commended: Leeds City Council - The Leeds Child Healthy Weight Programme
Play Award
Winner: Dudley Council - Sycamore Adventure project
Safeguarding Award sponsored by Thirtyone:eight
Winner: Cafcass - Positive Co-parenting Programme
Learning Award
Winner: The Tutor Trust
Youth Work Award sponsored by the National Youth Agency
Winner: Getaway Girls
Arts and Culture Award
Winner: Sadlers Wells - Shared Training and Employment Programme
Social Work Award
Winner: Enfield Council - Edge of Care
Young Carers Award sponsored by Next Step Care Management
Winner: Create (Arts) Inspired:arts
Mental Health and Wellbeing Award
Winner: Comics Youth - Building Stories project
Highly commended: London Borough of Newham - HeadStart Newham
Early Intervention Award sponsored by Servelec
Winner: YMCA Bristol - the Bristol Wing project
Youth Volunteering and Social Action Award
Winner: Gloucestershire Young Carers - Mosquito Mission project
Highly commended: County Durham Youth Offending Service for With Youth in Mind
Children in Care Award sponsored by Halliwell Homes
Winner: Lincolnshire County Council - Caring2Learn
Highly commended: NSPCC- Glasgow Infant and Family Team (GIFT)
PSHE Education Award
Winner: Sycamore Trust UK- Parenting Pathways project
Family Support Award
Winner: The Fostering Network - Step Up Step Down
Leaving Care Award
Winner: London Borough of Havering - The Cocoon
Advice and Guidance Award
Winner: Children’s Society - Rise Project
Highly commended: Essex Youth Service - Plan B Traineeship
The Family Justice Award sponsored by @CJInnovation
Winner: Cafcass - Positive Co-parenting Programme
Youth Justice Award
Winner: Essex County Council - POWER project
Recruitment and Professional Development sponsored by @cypnowjobs
Winner: NSPCC - poverty, children and families training
Partnership Working Award
Winner: The Skill Mill
Highly commended: Creative Youth Network- South Gloucestershire Youth Partnership
The Public Sector Children’s Team Award sponsored by Welfare Call,
Winner: London Borough of Havering - Early Help Volunteering Service
Children’s Achievement Award
Winner: Megan Parker - Headstart Kent
Children’s and Young People’s Champion Award
Winner: Mac Ferrari - Bikestormz
Children and Young People’s Charity Award sponsored by Unity Insurance Services
Winner: Getaway Girls
Highly commended: Just for Kids Law
