29.01.2009
Jacob Rix (Norfolk), Joe Sullivan (Staffordshire), James Greenhalgh (Staffordshire) and Jack Gebhard (Northumberland) have been announced as the first ever winners of the MWH and UK Youth Parliament Awards.
The awards, which were handed out yesterday at the House of Commons, are designed to recognise the outstanding achievements of Members of the UK Youth Parliament in various fields.
For more information about the award winners, please click here.
The awards are sponsored by the environmental engineering consultancy MWH.
Andy Hamflett, Chief Executive of the UK Youth Parliament, commented,
“At a time when young people are subject to unprecedented levels of negative coverage, it is an honour to be able to celebrate the talents and achievements of those who work so incredibly hard for their communities through their work at the UK Youth Parliament.”
Sarah Grimwood who manages MWH’s ongoing sponsorship of the UK Youth Parliament commented,
“We sponsor the UKYP because we strongly believe in the positive effects and influence of the work of the UKYP and its MYPs. You don’t have to work with them for long to see that these dynamic young people are destined to be our future politicians, scientists and engineers.
“We created these awards with the UKYP to actively promote some of their many achievements and successes and to redress the bad press that young people all too often receive. It was not easy to select the award finalists, as in a sense all the MYPs are winners, but today we would like to congratulate those chosen, thank them for their commitment and ask them to keep up their inspirational work.” |
