Recipients of Youth Grants, Scholarships and Awards
Youth Scholarship
Youth InterACT Grant
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2018 Recipients
2016-2017 Recipients
Youth Week Grants are closed
With a Youth Week Grant Belconnen Community Service staged a play and Belco's Got Talent in 2018 https://youtu.be/nh55OcM-wLg
Young Canberra Citizen of the Year Awards
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2019 Recipients
Young Canberra Citizen of the Year: Winner Mr Joshua Gonzalez and Oscar Gonzalez
Young Canberra Citizen of the Year Junior Award: Winner Ms Lily Haskins
Personal Achievement Award: Winner Ms Shiralee Sankey
Personal Achievement: Highly Commended Ms Kelsey Drabsch
Individual Community Service Award: Winner Ms Tilleah Roselli
Individual Community Service: Highly Commended Mr Najeebullah Rafee
Arts and Multimedia Award: Winner Ms Julia Faragher
Arts and Multimedia: Highly Commended Ms Sian Jackson
Group Achievement Award: Winner Young Women Speak Out
Group Achievement: Highly Commended Canberra High School – Year 9 FORCE
2018 Recipients
Congratulations to Ms Dhani Gilbert who has been awarded the 2018 Young Canberra Citizen of the Year Award for her community work, academic pursuits and advocacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The Awards, now in its 29th year, recognise and celebrate the outstanding achievements of young people aged 12 to 25 years. Other category award winners include:
- Personal Achievement Award: Ms Shay-Leigh Willis;
- Individual Community Service: Ms Maddie Diamond; and
- Group Achievement Award: Jasiri Australia.
2017 Recipients
- Young Canberra Citizen of the Year Award (Mustafa Ehsan)
- Environment and Sustainability Award (Ryu Callaway)
- Personal Achievement Award (Caitlin Figueiredo)
- Individual Community Service Award (Kate Barton)
- Group Achievement Award (SPARK: The Ginninderry Joint Venture Training and Employment Initiative)
- Arts and Multimedia Award (Lucy Sugerman)
For further information, please contact the Youth InterACT Team on youthinteract@act.gov.au or (02) 62072452.