Rotary Young Citizen Awards

The Rotary Young Citizen Awards are for young people, or groups of young people, under the age of 25 who have demonstrated positive citizenship, personal achievements, assumed important responsibilities, undertaken community activities, or otherwise stood out as exceptional.

Those nominated do not have to be working on a Rotary project to be eligible for an award. What matters is that they, individually or as part of a group, have made a positive difference which is recognised by a local Rotary club or district or any other individual or organisation (for example, local authority, school, college, university, youth group, uniformed brigades) as being worthy of nomination. Examples might be champions in their school or local community, young carers, fundraisers, volunteers, or young people who have shown courage in some way.

Award Categories

Rotary Young Citizen Award

This award reflects on Rotary’s area of focus on Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution, to recognise young people, aged under 25, who have made a significant contribution by building peace and understanding, whether in their school, local community, by for example helping tackle anti-social behaviour and youth crime, perhaps as peer mentors, or with a peace project internationally. Again, nominations can be for an individual or group.

Rotary Young Citizen Sporting Hero Award

The Rotary Young Citizen Sporting Hero Award enables you to recognise and highlight the achievements and contribution, as a positive role model to others, of a sports participant or a group or an individual or group who is enabling others to participate in sport. This gives the chance to nominate someone or a group who has achieved exceptional things in the world of sport, be it able-bodied or disability sport, for example wheelchair sport. The criteria for this award are:

• Aged 25 years of age or under.
• Open to an individual or group.
• Must have made a positive social impact on a community through action, and be a positive role model for others.
• Must be able to demonstrate the importance of sport in transforming their life and/or other lives.
• Sports participant(s) nominated must have shown a determination, dedication and commitment in their chosen sport(s).
  

Rotary Young Citizen Environmentalist Award

The Rotary Young Citizen Environmentalist Award is a new award, reflecting Rotary’s new area of focus on the Environment, to recognise young people, aged under 25, an individual or group, who are passionate about protecting the environment.

Young Citzen Award Winners

Read all about the 2022-2023 winners here

Further Information

2023-24 Young Citizen Awards - Information Pack

For Clubs & Rotarians

2023-24 Rotary Young Citizen Awards - Guidelines for Rotarians

2023-24 Young Citizen Awards - Nomination Form 

2023-24 Poster