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2007 was the year in which the Diana Award came of age.

Thanks to our success in giving deserved recognition to tens of thousands of young people who have inspired the lives of others, we began the year by launching ourselves as an independent charity at a prestigious Treasury event hosted by Gordon Brown.

Now we are an organisation in our own right, we can better develop the Award and spread the word about our amazing young people - with their help.

We have been working hard. We give the main Diana Award to young people aged 12-18 who are nominated for their community participation, their work to improve the lives of others, or their inspirational ability to battle adversity. We offer the Anti-Bullying Award to children of all ages whose work helps to eradicate this damaging problem. And we help many of our Award Holders to develop as individuals, leaders and team-players by training them to represent us as Diana Ambassadors.

If the Award is to become widely accepted as the primary award for children and young people across the United Kingdom, we know that it has to grow to offer even greater benefits for both its recipients and for society. That's why we look to the future and have prioritised valuable new work that will help us achieve our aim of increasing the number of Diana Award nominations we receive to 5,000 every year.

Developing the Diana Award in Scotland.

We are thrilled to have been awarded funding by the Scottish Executive for 2007-2008 to develop the Diana Award in Scotland. We are aiming to increase nominations by establishing a national communications network, are running a pilot programme in both Dundee and East Renfrewshire that will help us to involve more young people and monitor the impact the Award has on their lives, and will soon launch our National Network of Award Holders in Scotland. [more...]

Establishing regional and national hubs for Award Holders

Our Award Holders are not only proud to be recognised as young people who make a valuable and positive contribution to their communities, but also keen to be part of a wider movement of committed young citizens. They are proud of their achievements and want to establish active, regional groups of Diana alumni who will be able to contribute to the Award's long-term sustainability and share their skills, experience and fellowship together. [more...]

Working in partnership to establish the Young Anti-Bullying Alliance

We are also working with the Anti-Bullying Alliance to set up YABA, a branch for young people that will have a board comprising Diana Anti-Bullying Award Holders aged 15-19 from every Government region in England. The new group will help to cut out bullying from our schools, jobs and communities by taking the experience, opinions and ideas of young people and making them part of the fighting force of both partner organisations. [more...]

Working with Mencap

Mencap: Don't Stick it! Stop it! In the last couple of months we have been working closely with Mencap on our anti-bullying campaign, and as part of Young ABA. Mencap now has two young people representing them at the Young Anti-bullying Alliance, allowing them to have a more prominent voice in Anti-bullying work and to highlight the issues of disabilist bullying. [more...]

Making our working practices even more efficient

We are also working tirelessly to increase the number of nominations we receive to over 5,000 per year. To help us do this, we plan to set up a web-based 'young persons' communications system and develop our ICT system so that it is capable of meeting our Award Holders' needs, helping us keep in touch with Diana Alumni and becoming our principle method of communication. We are also refining our organisational structure to ensure that we grow in a way that allows us to manage and deliver the demand that we generate from schools and communities.

Working for sustainability

If we are to achieve our aim of becoming widely accepted as the primary award for children and young people across the United Kingdom, offering a substantial amount of benefit for both its recipients and for society, then we need to make sure that our funding methods are sustainable, our independence secure, and our marketing spot on. We also need to identify the right partners to help us with our work, and particularly the development of our national network. That is why we are developing a five-year fundraising strategy, with a core grant from Government and stronger relationships with key partners at its heart. We are also working on new ways of promoting our unique profile to the public.

It's a busy time for us all. And if 2007 was the year in which we came of age, we hope that 2008 will be the year that we learned to fly high. But we can only do this with help: will you join us?

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Current Work\| Work with Us Existing Partnerships	2007 was the year in which the Diana Award came of age. Thanks to our success in giving deserved recognition to tens of thousands of young people who have inspired the lives of others, we began the year by launching ourselves as an independent charity at a prestigious Treasury event hosted by Gordon Brown. Now we are an organisation in our own right, we can better develop the Award and spread the word about our amazing young people - with their help. We have been working hard. We give the main Diana Award to young people aged 12-18 who are nominated for their community participation, their work to improve the lives of others, or their inspirational ability to battle adversity. We offer the Anti-Bullying Award to children of all ages whose work helps to eradicate this damaging problem. And we help many of our Award Holders to develop as individuals, leaders and team-players by training them to represent us as Diana Ambassadors. If the Award is to become widely accepted as the primary award for children and young people across the United Kingdom, we know that it has to grow to offer even greater benefits for both its recipients and for society. That's why we look to the future and have prioritised valuable new work that will help us achieve our aim of increasing the number of Diana Award nominations we receive to 5,000 every year. Developing the Diana Award in Scotland. We are thrilled to have been awarded funding by the Scottish Executive for 2007-2008 to develop the Diana Award in Scotland. We are aiming to increase nominations by establishing a national communications network, are running a pilot programme in both Dundee and East Renfrewshire that will help us to involve more young people and monitor the impact the Award has on their lives, and will soon launch our National Network of Award Holders in Scotland. [more...] We have great hopes for our work in Scotland, especially because we are working with others who recognise that the future of the Award lies in schools and communities embracing it as the premier, generic award for children and young people. Our steering group is chaired by Louise Macdonald, Chief Executive Designate of Young Scot, and includes representatives from voluntary youth and community organisations, schools, Learning and Teaching Scotland, the Scottish Youth Parliament and a number of Award Holders. Every member of the group is keen to see the Award flourish in the context of Scottish needs and policies, and we feel sure the recommendations of our pilot work will help us to establish the Award's long-term sustainability. Establishing regional and national hubs for Award Holders Our Award Holders are not only proud to be recognised as young people who make a valuable and positive contribution to their communities, but also keen to be part of a wider movement of committed young citizens. They are proud of their achievements and want to establish active, regional groups of Diana alumni who will be able to contribute to the Award's long-term sustainability and share their skills, experience and fellowship together. [more...] Each hub will be based on an English region or, in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, will have a nationwide remit. They will all be led by a hub head and a team of six volunteer Award Holders. Their tasks will include recruiting alumni to work directly in communities, increasing nominations from schools and other organisations and helping the Award to develop further. They will also gain accredited skills and expertise by working with national youth and community organisations. Hub activities, which will be publicised and open to all Award Holders, will include social networking, skills development, volunteer training and community action. We hope that this work will attract voluntary, statutory and corporate partners and also encourage them to guide Award Holders towards further opportunities. Working in partnership to establish the Young Anti-Bullying Alliance We are also working with the Anti-Bullying Alliance to set up YABA, a branch for young people that will have a board comprising Diana Anti-Bullying Award Holders aged 15-19 from every Government region in England. The new group will help to cut out bullying from our schools, jobs and communities by taking the experience, opinions and ideas of young people and making them part of the fighting force of both partner organisations. [more...] Past and future Diana Anti-Bullying Award Holders will be invited to join YABA and some members will receive training that will give them the skills to act as media spokespeople during Anti-Bullying Week. They also helped to run Blue Friday, an anti-bullying event that was held at London Zoo during that period. We are confident that by giving our young people the ability to speak out, we will not only increase the Anti-Bullying Award's profile and increase nominations for it, but also be taking important steps to remove bullying from our schools and communities. Working with Mencap In the last couple of months we have been working closely with Mencap on our anti-bullying campaign, and as part of Young ABA. Mencap now has two young people representing them at the Young Anti-bullying Alliance, allowing them to have a more prominent voice in Anti-bullying work and to highlight the issues of disabilist bullying. [more...] ME2 are a MENCAP group from Dudley near Birmingham and their work focuses on tackling bullying of disabled young people through their "Don't Stick it, Stop it" campaign. Here is a photo of ME2 at last year's launch of Anti-bullying Week, where they won their Awards. We hope to continue working with them and with other MENCAP groups across the UK. Visit the website for Mencap at www.mencap.org.uk Making our working practices even more efficient We are also working tirelessly to increase the number of nominations we receive to over 5,000 per year. To help us do this, we plan to set up a web-based 'young persons' communications system and develop our ICT system so that it is capable of meeting our Award Holders' needs, helping us keep in touch with Diana Alumni and becoming our principle method of communication. We are also refining our organisational structure to ensure that we grow in a way that allows us to manage and deliver the demand that we generate from schools and communities. Working for sustainability If we are to achieve our aim of becoming widely accepted as the primary award for children and young people across the United Kingdom, offering a substantial amount of benefit for both its recipients and for society, then we need to make sure that our funding methods are sustainable, our independence secure, and our marketing spot on. We also need to identify the right partners to help us with our work, and particularly the development of our national network. That is why we are developing a five-year fundraising strategy, with a core grant from Government and stronger relationships with key partners at its heart. We are also working on new ways of promoting our unique profile to the public. It's a busy time for us all. And if 2007 was the year in which we came of age, we hope that 2008 will be the year that we learned to fly high. But we can only do this with help: will you join us?

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