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Nominations for the '26 Dumfries and Galloway Youth Awards are open!
If you know an inspirational young person who has done something truly spectacular in the last year, nominate them below
dgyouthawards.co.uk/
The DG Youth Awards are fully funded by Young Gamechangers Fund
Are you a Youth Worker in Dumfries and Galloway interested in going through the Youth Work Professional Development Award (PDA)?
Rated at SCQF Level 6, the PDA has been designed for those working or volunteering with young people in a youth work setting for at least 1 year.
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The course is being delivered in person, over 6 full-day sessions (Saturdays) in Castle Douglas on January 24th and 31st, February 28th, March 14th, April 18th and May 30th. Interested? please sign up on this link before Tuesday 16th December: forms.office.com/e/VY7jtRgSY…
That’s all from us here tonight at #DGYOUTHAWARDS
Thank you to everyone who has participated in the awards, and a final congratulations to all the finalists and winners!
The audience has voted, and we are delighted to reveal tonight’s overall winner, and Young Person of the Year 2025, goes to:
⭐️ Ribbons Ginnelly
Congratulations from all of us here at #DGYOUTHAWARDS
The Youth Worker of the Year (Paid) Award and Youth Worker of the Year (Volunteer or Volunteer Involving Organisation) Award have been presented, and the winners are:
⭐️Haylie Crosbie (Paid)
⭐️Callum Meier (Volunteer)
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Tonight, as well as our award categories, we have also been honoured to present awards to:
Young people from the International Volunteering Group who recently went on a youth exchange programme to the United States of America, taking part in various community projects.
Members of Dumfries and Galloway Youth Council who are coming to the end of their two-year term. The group have done a huge amount of work in campaigning on issues that affect young people and championing the rights of young people across our region.
While we get the results from the live vote verified, we have had some fantastic entertainment here at Easterbrook Hall, from Grace Riddett #DGYOUTHAWARDS
3 more awards have been presented here at Easterbrook! The winners are:
⭐️ Equality and Diversity: Stranraer Young Leaders: Stranraer Pantry Project
⭐️ Culture, Arts and Entertainment: Ribbons Ginnelly
⭐️ Group of the Year: Guild of Gaming
Congratulations to all of our winners and finalists! More news coming soon!
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Four of tonight’s awards have been presented and we are delighted to announce that the winners are:
⭐️ Young Enterprise and Business: Building Futures Galloway: Whithorn Rebuild and Kings Trust Programme
⭐️ Unsung Hero: Connor Armitage
⭐️ Young Volunteer: Max Heughan
⭐️ Sport: Club 180: Junior Darts League
A huge well done to the winners, and to all of the finalists in these categories.
Next update coming soon!
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We’ve already had some fantastic young speakers here tonight at the #DGYOUTHAWARDS reminding us of why we are here tonight. We’ve had the Vice Chair of Dumfries and Galloway Youth Council Riley True talking about how important it is to recognise the achievements of young people
A huge thank you to In Step for opening tonight’s #DGYOUTHAWARDS we are ready to go here at Easterbrook Hall!
Our hosts for the 2025 #DGYOUTHAWARDS, Madelene and Maisy!
They part of the Theatre Royal’s Guild of Players, and they can’t wait to host tonight’s event!
Guests have started arriving at #DGYOUTHAWARDS, we would like to take this opportunity to thank our funders at the Young Gamechangers Fund and National Lottery and. Without them, tonight would not be possible.
