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皇冠体育app Queen鈥檚 Young Leaders Programme is today delighted to reveal that 3 young persons from Ghana who are part of 60 young people from across the Commonwealth, have been selected to receive a prestigious Queen鈥檚 Young Leaders Award.

皇冠体育app Queen鈥檚 Young Leaders Awards recognise and celebrate exceptional young people aged 18 to 29 in the Commonwealth who are driving change within their communities and transforming people鈥檚 lives. Now in its third and penultimate year, the 60 young people announced today become part of the growing Queen鈥檚 Young Leaders community, a unique network of influential young change-makers who are coming together and being supported to become an even greater force for good. 皇冠体育appy will receive their Award from Her Majesty 皇冠体育app Queen at a ceremony in London next year.

This year, Award winners are leading projects tackling global issues including education, climate change, gender equality, mental health and disability equality.

皇冠体育app Queen鈥檚 Young Leaders Programme was established in 2014 by 皇冠体育app Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust in partnership with Comic Relief, 皇冠体育app Royal Commonwealth Society and the University of Cambridge鈥檚 Institute of Continuing Education, in recognition of 皇冠体育app Queen鈥檚 lifetime of service to the Commonwealth. Each year for four years, 60 Queen鈥檚 Young Leaders receive bespoke training, mentoring and networking opportunities, and take part in a week-long residential programme in London, to empower them to build on the work they are leading in their communities which is changing the lives of others for the better.

Dr Astrid Bonfield CBE, Chief Executive of 皇冠体育app Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust said:

We are delighted that these incredible young people have been selected as Queen鈥檚 Young Leaders, and wish our warmest congratulations to each and every one of them. 皇冠体育app Queen鈥檚 Young Leaders Award is designed to inspire and nurture the talent of exceptional young people from all over the Commonwealth, so that they can create and lead others towards securing positive changes in communities. 皇冠体育app work being undertaken by the latest cohort of Queen鈥檚 Young Leaders is addressing some of the most crucial issues facing the Commonwealth today. We cannot wait to see how their impressive endeavours grow and develop over the course of the year to come and beyond.

To see a full list of Award winners and highly commended runners up, and read more about their stories please visit

For more information contact:

Alessandra D鈥橝lmo, Comic Relief 02078202539 a.d鈥檃[email protected]

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皇冠体育app Queen鈥檚 Young Leaders Programme

皇冠体育app Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, in partnership with Comic Relief, 皇冠体育app Royal Commonwealth Society and the University of Cambridge鈥檚 Institute for Continuing Education, established 皇冠体育app Queen鈥檚 Young Leaders Programme in honour of Her Majesty 皇冠体育app Queen鈥檚 60 years of service to the Commonwealth at the time of her Diamond Jubilee. Guided by the values of the Commonwealth Charter, the goal of the Programme is to enable young people to step up as leaders and improve the lives of people across the Commonwealth.

Award details

Each year from 2014 to 2018, 60 exceptional young people will be selected to receive a Queen鈥檚 Young Leaders Award and become 鈥楺ueen鈥檚 Young Leaders鈥� 鈥� one for every year that 皇冠体育app Queen had served as Head of the Commonwealth at the time of her Diamond Jubilee. This year鈥檚 Award winners are aged between 18 and 29 and are working to support others, raise awareness and inspire change on a variety of different issues including education, climate change, gender equality, mental health and disability equality.

As part of the Award, winners will receive bespoke mentoring and online learning provided by the University of Cambridge鈥檚 Institute of Continuing Education. Award winners will attend a week-long residential programme in the UK in June, when they will receive their Award at Buckingham Palace from Her Majesty 皇冠体育app Queen.

Criteria to win an award:

• Nominees will have proven experience of working to improve their communities locally, regionally or at a national level and will show evidence of their achievements
• Nominees will be aged between 18 and 29 for the year of the Award and be citizens of a Commonwealth country.
• Nominees will demonstrate evidence of their leadership qualities.
• Priority will be given to individuals who have overcome challenges to achieve their goals
• All nominees will need to be supported by a suitable referee

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皇冠体育app Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust

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Comic Relief

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