Youth Awards
Amnesty Youth Awards celebrate young people standing up for human rights.
Thousands of young people who have taken part in previous years have developed new skills and confidence to engage creatively with human rights.
Students can take part in one or more categories, each of which comes with excellent classroom resources to help them learn and achieve.
Click on the categories below for resources, competition info and online entry:
REPORTER
SONGWRITER
PHOTOGRAPHER
CAMPAIGNER
FUNDRAISER
Who can take part?
Reporter, Photographer, Songwriter, Performance Awards: Individuals/groups of young people currently enrolled in upper primary, secondary or further education, or alternative educational settings in the UK.
Fundraiser Awards: Amnesty youth groups registered in the UK or groups of young people currently enrolled in secondary and further education, or alternative settings in the UK.
Campaigner Awards: Amnesty Youth Groups registered in the UK. Find out how to start a youth group in your school
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Why should your school take part?
- Excellent free curriculum-linked resources that inspire pupils to achieve their best for subjects including English, Citizenship, Religious Studies/RMPS, Music, Art and PSE/PSHE
- A great way to strengthen Social, Moral, Spiritual and Cultural education and Global Learning
- Supports cross-curricular projects, theme weeks and human rights drop down days
- All participants receive Amnesty certificates
- Celebrity judges
- National prizewinners in all categories
"Students involved described it as a real journey. It encouraged them to engage in researching and attempting to make sense of issues that would have previously seemed inconceivable."
Hannah Stephens, teacher, Truro and Penwith College
"I always find Amnesty Resources to be absolutely fantastic and an easy way to introduce new, important topics without having to create resources from scratch."
Debbie McKibbin, Religious Studies teacher, Larkhall Academy
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