Call for Nominations: Global Youth Awards 2025

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About Global Youth Awards 2025

The Global Youth Awards celebrates young changemakers aged 11–25 who are driving social and environmental impact worldwide. Held annually in London and streamed globally, the awards offer winners personal development, mentorship, and a global network of opportunities. Winners also have the chance to become Global Change Ambassadors and take part in future events as judges, hosts, or speakers.

Global Youth Awards Global Goals:

• Environmental Regeneration: It seeks projects that go beyond sustainability to restore and regenerate ecosystems. Share your ecological innovations with us.
• Educational Innovation: The award seeks fresh ideas that transform and make  educationmore inclusive for all young people.
• Empowering Everyone: It supports projects that ensure equal access to opportunities, especially those empowering women and youth.
• Creative Rejuvenation: The award celebrates innovative projects that break stigmas, promote movement, and deliver powerful messages.

Award Categories

The award has four main categories and three sub-categories as follows:

• Education
• Environment
• Empowerment
• Creativity

Each category includes three sub-categories:

• Leadership
• Innovation
• Change

• Sponsor Organisation: The Global Youth Awards

Benefits of Global Youth Awards 2025

The award will provide support, experiences, personal development and a global network of opportunities for its winners. This includes an invitation to become a Global Change Ambassador after the awards with access to our network for collaborations, events, mentoring and training. Winners are also invited to be involved with future awards with a variety of roles available including judging, hosting, performing and speaking.

Global Youth Awards 2025 Requirements

Applicants must meet the following requirements:

• The application is open to young people from the eligible countries listed below.
• Nominees must be 11 to 25 years of age at the time of the event
• They must be passionate about learning about initiatives that are revitalizing and restoring the global ecosystem beyond sustainability. 
• They must rethink how young people learn and grow to ensure that learning is inclusive for everyone. They would like to talk to you about whether you are taking any innovative or revolutionary steps to change education.
• The main focus of their empowerment aim is ensuring equal access to opportunities and knowledge. They are particularly interested in initiatives that support youth and women’s empowerment.

List of Eligible Countries

Nominations are accepted from the following national for 2025:

Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chili, China, Columbia, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Papa New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Rwanda, Scotland, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, UAE, Uganda, UK, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Application Date and Process

• Click on the link to the application website to nominate a participant.

Nominations Guide – Global Youth Awards 2025

• Keep entries short, clear, and concise.
• Use bullet points where possible.
• Include simple facts and figures with supporting links (websites preferred or social media/Google Drive links).
• The selection committee must verify nominated projects and ensure that evidence is provided.
• Fill out all form fields correctly.
• Double-check nominee email addresses
• Share your nomination. Tag the organizer in posts so they can help spread the word.
• The 2025 awards date and venue are TBC — follow them on socials for updates.
• The event will be live-streamed globally for all international nominees.

Application Deadline

14 September, 2025

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