Young Quality Scot Awards 

If you are involved with work within your community and would like to be recognised for the work that you do then this is the award for you. The Young Quality Scot Award scheme recognises and rewards the efforts of young people to improve the quality of life in their communities.

To be entitled to the award you must be:

• 16 to 19 years old
• personally and actively involved in trying to make a difference to your community by yourself, with friends or through a club or other organisation.
• Through this award you will be given the chance to take part in a local training event, and then a national celebration where you will receive your certificate.
• Nomination forms are available each year in November.

The Young Quality Scot Award recognise and reward young volunteers in Scotland and is a partnership between Quality Scotland and ten councils across Scotland.

Young Quality Scot Award winners 2009

This year twenty young people from Highland received the accolade of Young Quality Scot for their contribution to
their communities.

The young people also gave a presentation on transport issues in the Highlands in the style of a play at the national celebration event, hosted this year by Aberdeenshire Council on 5th and 6th March 2009.

The winners this year were: Robin Falconer, Natasha Mackay, Emma Adam, Chelsey Ross, Fifi Greasley, Magnus Monahan, John Lewis Munro, Michael Kay, Siannie Moodie, Meghann Richardson, Katie O'Fee, Phi Macdonald, Neil Craig, Siobhan Johnstone, Murdo Traill, Scott Russell, Andrew Gilchrist, John Mackinnon, Mark Bain & Michelle Wardlaw.

For more information about this year's award winners, or about the Young Quality Scot Awards in general contact Rebecca Raynes.