THE Notts Outstanding Achievement Awards 4Uth are looking for young people from across the county who have accomplished amazing things, overcome adversity or made a difference to their community.
We want people to nominate those friends, relatives, neighbours or classmates who are unsung heroes.
They may have excelled at an activity, pushed through personal boundaries or made a positive difference to the lives of those around them.
The Notts 4Uth awards have been launched to recognise these achievements and the overall winner – to be chosen by a panel including county council Leader Kay Cutts and Nottingham Post Editor Malcolm Pheby – will win �250 in vouchers of their choice.
Nominees must aged between 11 and 19, and the maximum age for a young person with a disability is 25.
Councillor Cutts said: "We have set up these awards because a lot of young people achieve in their chosen field and never get recognised.
"A lot of young people achieve against the odds and have to struggle very hard, so we thought it was time to celebrate those achievements.
"Whether they have overcome a disability, represented local youth on youth parliaments or made a real difference in spite of everything, we want to show them their achievements are valued by us all."
Young people who are nominated must live in one of the county council districts – Broxtowe, Rushcliffe, Gedling, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, Bassetlaw or Mansfield.
The closing date for nominations is Wednesday, June 1.
Panels of teenagers from each district will meet in June and July and look at all the nominations from their district.
They will pick a local winner who will go forward for the county award.
That overall winner will be chosen at an awards ceremony at County Hall on Friday, September 30, by a judging panel that will also include the leaders of the opposition parties.
Mr Pheby said: "The Nottingham Post is delighted to be working with Notts County Council to celebrate achievement in youth.
"We hope as many people as possible will join the campaign and make the judges' decision very difficult with a high number and quality of entries."
Jonathan Bowes, 18, from West Bridgford, is one teenager who has already been nominated.
He has represented Rushcliffe as a member of the Youth Parliament and helped to organise a number of music events in West Bridgford.
He said: "I think it's fantastic that there is recognition for the good things that young people in the community have done."
County council youth worker Bruce Starkey added: "You hear so many bad things about young people and it's great to celebrate all the positive things that they are doing."
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