Central Coast Council is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Central Coast Youth Week Awards. For the fourth consecutive year, these awards honour and celebrate outstanding young people aged 12-24 who have made significant contributions to the Central Coast community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Council Director Community and Recreation Services, Melanie Smith said the awards align with key plans and strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Central Coast Youth Week Awards are a good example of Council delivering on our Community Strategic Plan and Youth Strategy,\u201d said Ms Smith. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey connect young people with opportunities, celebrate diversity and inclusion, and empower them to be active contributors to our community\u2019s future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s important that we recognise the valuable role young people play, and these awards are a powerful way to do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith ten categories encompassing a wide range of contributions, we encourage nominations for young people making a difference. Nominations can be submitted by anyone in the community via Council\u2019s website.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The award categories are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, the Central Coast Youth Week Awards has a Nominator Award category. Central Coast schools and services that nominate at least one young person for an award have the chance to win a $1,000 grant to implement a program that benefits young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A panel of six judges, including a young person, a Council representative and four youth service representatives will assess the entries. To ensure impartiality, each category will be evaluated by three judges who have no conflicts of interest. Winners will be selected based on their applications and adherence to the specified criteria.
Council Mayor, Lawrie McKinna said the awards not only recognise outstanding achievements but also empower young people to continue their impactful work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have over 50,000 young people aged 12 to 24 residing on the Central Coast, many of whom are actively contributing to a better Central Coast, both now and for the future,\u201d Mayor McKinna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThese awards recognise their contribution, and also encourage them, and other young people, to continue to channel their energy and initiatives into the community to help make it a place where their efforts are valued.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nominations close on Sunday 23 February 2025. To be eligible, nominees must be Australian citizens residing in the Central Coast Local Government Area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finalists and their guests will be invited to attend the Central Coast Youth Week Awards presentation night on Thursday 10 April 2025 at The Hub Erina Youth Entertainment Venue. All award winners will be announced at this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Central Coast Youth Week Awards is an initiative of Central Coast Council, partially funded by the NSW Department of Communities and Justice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For further information, eligibility criteria and to make your nomination, visit centralcoast.nsw.gov.au\/youth<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Central Coast Council is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Central Coast Youth Week Awards. For the fourth consecutive year, these awards honour and celebrate outstanding young people aged 12-24…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sync_status":"","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-8732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-events"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/onthecoastpublications.com.au\/onthecoastfamilies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Central-Coast-Youth-Week-Awards.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/onthecoastpublications.com.au\/onthecoastfamilies\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/onthecoastpublications.com.au\/onthecoastfamilies\/feed\/podcast\/default-podcast","embedCode":"Nominations Open for 2025 Central Coast Youth Week Awards<\/a><\/blockquote>