Award World No 64: Welcome

This edition of Award World has a strong focus on engaging young people and maximizing the impact they have on the world around them. As International Year of Youth comes to an end, we are reporting on how the IAA has begun to institutionalize the involvement of young people (page 3), while on pages 14–17 we’ve got a special report on the IAA’s International Gold Event which forms a major part of our engagement strategy.

We are fortunate to be able to draw on a great deal of youth expertise in our Award network, and are delighted that Michael McQueen, a young social researcher from Australia, is sharing some invaluable tips (page 22) on how to communicate the Award’s benefits to a new generation of young people. Michael emphasizes the importance of young people sharing their own Award stories with peers, and on page 20 you can read about how the Peter Cruddas Initiative is encouraging just that.

As always, this Award World is packed with other exciting features that are designed to inspire and inform – don’t miss an update on the Award in Romania (page 18), a report on e-learning and the Award (page 26), and a compelling testimonial from the mother of a young man in the Republic of Korea (page 4). If you’ve got a similarly powerful story to share, please email becky.hirt@intaward.org.

Finally, on behalf of the International Award Association we would like to congratulate our Patron and Founder, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, who celebrated his 90th birthday on 10th June. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our Patron for his continued passion, support and devotion to the International Award.

The Communications Team

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