Moray Young Citizen Award Scheme

What is the Moray Young Citizen Award Scheme?

The Moray Young Citizen Award Scheme is an initiative designed to recognise outstanding contributions to local and/or overseas communities. There are awards for primary and secondary schools/groups and for individuals.

The award scheme is all about:

• Encouraging school spirit 
• Recognising good community work
• Building self-esteem
• Developing an understanding of what citizenship means

The scheme is jointly run by Diageo, Grampian Police and Moray Council.

Who is eligible for the award?

All secondary and primary schools in Moray are invited to submit applications for the school/group award. All school pupils are eligible in the individual category.

Moray Young Citizen Award (School category)

Awards will be made to the schools (for groups within schools) which have made the most outstanding contributions to their local environment, or to the lives of people in their community at home or abroad,

for example this could include tackling anti-social behaviour or vandalism or using a creative idea to improve the local community. It could also include support for children and young people in a partner school overseas. the criteria used for assessing awards will include:

• Improvements in the environment of the school and local community
• The promotion of  citizenship within the school
• Showing a positive attitude towards a community at home and abroad

The winning school will receive funding which should be invested in continuing  to improve an element of the school environment.

Moray Young Citizen Award (individual category)

Awards will be made to the individual pupils who make an outstanding contribution to their local community (or to an overseas) community. Any kind of positive community work will be considered, from voluntary work to showing a strong character in difficult times.

The criteria used for assessing awards will include:

• Strong participation in school and/or community work
• Show a positive attitude toward classmates, school, and community
• Display an understanding and appreciation of civic responsibility
• Have strength of character and the courage to do what is right
• Promote citizenship within the school or community through other activities

Awarded pupils will receive certificates and badges.

How to enter

Headteachers can nominate their schools in writing, providing details of the school's citizenship achievements. They can also nominate a pupil at their school in the same way.

Entry forms will be placed in schools for pupils to nominate each other for the individual award, or you can download  an application form by using the links on the right