Commonwealth Youth Awards for Course

Eligibility Criteria

An applicant must:

• Be a Commonwealth citizen;
• Be between the age of 15 to 29 years; and
• have been engaged in development work for at least 12 months as a professional or volunteer.
• Be the founder or co-founder of a social enterprise.
• Nominees must show a strong track record of implementing impactful development work which contributes to at least one of the 17 SDGs.

Offered Benefits

• The jury will shortlist finalists, who will each receive a trophy, a certificate and £1,000 in cash, and from them, regional award winners will be chosen. These will receive an additional £2,000.
• One of the regional award recipients will be accorded further recognition as Commonwealth Young Person of the Year and a total cash prize of £5,000.
• For the second year running the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust (QCT) has joined the Commonwealth Secretariat as a partner to offer one winner up to two years of flexible funding worth £20,000 a year, as well as coaching opportunities and organisational development support.

Application Process