Nominations open for 2016 WA Youth Awards

Tuesday, 6 September 2016

• WA Youth Awards recognise and celebrate WA's most outstanding young people 

The search for Western Australia's Young Person of the Year is now on.

Youth Minister Tony Simpson today announced nominations for the 2016 WA Youth Awards were open and encouraged all West Australians to nominate an outstanding young person in their community.

"The Liberal National Government is proud to support the awards, which provide an opportunity to acknowledge the positive contributions young people are making across WA," Mr Simpson said. 

"Each year, I am astounded by the calibre of young people nominated for these important awards which recognise and celebrate those who not only make an extraordinary contribution to their community, but have often overcome major life challenges in doing so."

Nominations are open for the following categories:

• Minister for Youth's Outstanding Youth Worker Award
• Commissioner for Children and Young People Participate Award
• ECU Community Leadership Award
• Organisational Achievement Award - Small Organisation
• Organisational Achievement Award - Large Organisation
• Positive Achievement Award
• Cultural Endeavours Award
• Active Participation Award 

The WA Young Person of the Year will be selected from among the category winners and will have the opportunity to travel throughout WA to participate in youth-related events and activities.

The 2016 winners will be announced at the WA Youth Awards ceremony on November 25.

Fact File

• The WA Youth Awards are presented by the Youth Affairs Council of Western Australia in partnership with the Department of Local Government and Communities and supported by Lotterywest
• Nominations close on Friday, October 7, 2016
• For more information, visit http://www.yacwa.org.au/wayouthawards