Lions Young Ambassador

The Lions Young Ambassador of the 21st Century Award recognises young people for their outstanding community service involvement and encourages them in furthering their community involvement and public speaking. It broadens awareness of community service opportunities and organisations and enables them to sharpen interview and communication skills. It also gives them the opportunity to win a bursary for the community project which they have been undertaking.

This is a National Competition which aims to celebrate the many achievements of young people. It takes place every year with youngsters who are at least 15 years of age but under 19 years of age at the end of June of the year of the MD Finals.

There are several stages to the competition – the first would be the nomination of a young person by their school, youth club or other organisation to their local Lions Club. If chosen to be sponsored by the club then the youngsters will go forward to the District Finals where 3 judges will talk to, and ask questions of, the candidates about their different projects and work within the community.

The winner of this final will be given a bursary of £500 to spend on their community project and will progress to the Multi District Final in February with the opportunity to win a further bursary of £1000 for their project.

Lions clubs identify potential young people between the ages of 15 and 18 who are involved in their communities reflecting the ideals of Lionism. They need to have a strong personality, demonstrate leadership qualities and have the ability to speak about their service activities to three judges linked to education, business and youth activities.

These young people can be found in all walks of life within Schools, Scouts and Guides, Churches, St John Ambulance, the Red Cross, Air Cadets, Sea Cadets and indeed from Lions own Young Leaders in Service. Some clubs have found candidates through local press articles and social media.

Lions Clubs should be on the lookout for these young people all year round.

Here are some dates for the diary:

This year by the 11th November 2022 potential candidates must be identified by clubs and applications completed and sent to the Young Ambassador Lead, with the supporting written evidence.

The District Finals will be held on Sunday 27th NOVEMBER 2022 – Venue to be confirmed. (Presentations may be held virtually if it is deemed necessary). All clubs can submit a candidate for this event.

The winner of the District Final will go through to the MD Final over the weekend of Friday 17th February to Sunday 19th February. Here they will meet up with the other 105 Candidates for a weekend of work and fun, the emphasis being on fun.

The winner of the MD Final will represent Lions 105 at Europa Forum.

For more information, please email: ya@lions105cw.org.uk

 

Winner of the 2021 District Finals was Lydia Dziama, sponsored by Shirley Lions Club

 

 

 

Young Ambassador Application Form 2022-2023

 

 

 

 

Click here to download a generic letter for schools.