We attend the Projects with Pride Awards to celebrate young people across the North East
NE Youth hosted their projects with pride awards where they celebrate the work with young people across the region. Youth work has a huge impact on young people in the north east and that is recognised at the awards. We attended the awards and spoke to young people attending.
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00:00 We're here to celebrate and recognise young people's achievements, the event's called
00:06 Projects of Pride. It's our awards night for young people and youth workers and trustees.
00:12 So it provides us with an opportunity to say thank you and well done to the incredible
00:17 young people that we work with, that our member organisations work with, to get them on stage
00:24 and really reward and recognise their achievements.
00:28 Many young people travel from across the region to attend the Projects with Pride awards in
00:32 Newcastle. The young people are involved throughout the whole process from planning to even presenting
00:37 and performing on the night. And of course they were nominated for so many awards.
00:43 So we've come with Durham Area Youth, we're both up for awards, I'm up for most improved
00:48 of the year. I'm up for young volunteer of the year. We've got a few, we're up for a
00:55 few awards, like is the charity we're up for. Social action of the year for the I Will Project
01:01 as well.
01:03 Throughout the night as the young people took to the stage to collect their awards and perform,
01:08 it really made you think about the impact that youth work is having on those young people
01:12 across the region. Whether it be supporting them to grow their confidence or to help them
01:17 with what they need at that time.
01:20 Very because youth has changed me a lot in these past years I've been going. I feel much
01:25 more confident with myself in everything I do. Very important to me.
01:29 I've definitely been given a lot more opportunities that I wouldn't have been given unless I was
01:33 at youth club because we've been doing work with KeyFund and going on trips and stuff
01:38 and it's been just a really lovely experience.
01:42 I think it's so important that young people have a safe space to come to, especially with
01:47 the darker nights coming on, they don't get as much support now. So I think knowing that
01:52 there's people there who can give support to youth.
01:56 Yeah I think with all of the social media and all the new technologies there's a lot
02:00 more issues for young people. They do need that space so that they can get that support
02:06 from youth workers. Because we're not teachers, we're not their parents, we're not police.
02:12 We're there for them and their journey.
02:16 Yeah because it helps to make a difference in communities and help people who need help.
02:22 It's a good way to get kids off the street and stop loads of kids causing trouble so
02:28 they've got somewhere to go.
02:29 Again it's what youth work's all about. Building them up to the point where they can do this
02:34 and they're capable of doing this. It's amazing for me now, put all the work in, step back
02:38 and off they go and they do it all themselves. They're going to be absolutely amazing. It's
02:42 amazing as well from last year to this year having new faces, new young people performing
02:46 and like you said they have a young group presenting. It's just going to be youth led
02:49 and it's what it's all about.
02:52 Of course any youth and all the other youth organisations across the North East will continue
02:57 their work with young people to have a big impact on their lives.
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