Young People of the Year

Revealing, Recognising and Rewarding Positive Role Models

Welcome to... Young People of the Year or "YOPEY"! Here are just a few of our winners... Explorer Scouts win £1,000 for building community centre in Africa! Read their story in our Herts West '09 section... Nathaniel turns his life around and wins £1,000! Read his inspiring story at Herts East '09... Well done Ian and Bex for splitting £1000 in latest Notts YOPEY! Read their stories in Nottinghamshire '09... Congratulations DJ Danny for winning £1,000! Read his story in Bedfordshire '09... Multi-talented Rebecca wins £1,000! Read her story in Buckinghamshire '09... Sarah overcomes illness to win £1,000! Read her story in Cambridgeshire '09... Glasgow's Holyrood School wins £2,000! Read their story in Scotland '09... Kurtis cleans up with £1,000 in Norfolk '09 while Mildenhall College win £1,000 in Suffolk '09... Twins Emily and Lauren Smoothy win £1,000 in Essex Police YOPEY for their road safety campaign. Read their inspiring story at Essex '10...

   

New Prime Minister and Chancellor endorse YOPEY

 

Young People of the Year winners from Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Nottinghamshire have been to the Houses of Parliament as

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Gay YOPEY winner made Mayor

A 2009 Young Person of the Year has gone on to be elected as a district councillor and made Mayor in his home town.

Last December 23-year-old Ian Campbell won the third Nottinghamshire YOPEY for being a gay rights activist. He visited schools and colleges and ran workshops

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When four YOPEY winners went to Westminster...

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YOPEY on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube

You can now follow YOPEY on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

To tweet about YOPEY go here.

To join our Facebook page go here.

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Police forces rally round YOPEY

Essex Police is sponsoring Young People of the Year or 'YOPEY' – the antidote to all the bad press about the younger generation.

Police forces have been increasingly involved

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First fire service backs YOPEY

Bedfordshire and Luton Fire and Rescue Service is the first fire service in the UK to sponsor the fast-growing Young People of the Year awards or "YOPEYs'.

Not only do the awards recognise great community work carried out by young people, but they receive

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YOPEY founder becomes Fellow of 250-year-old 'brains trust'

The founder of the growing Young People of the Year or ‘YOPEY’ movement has been elected to an international ‘brains trust’.

Since 1754 the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and

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