The Diana Award

🌍💙 #WorldAutismAwarenessDay is here, and this year’s theme is all about Advancing Neurodiversity and aligning with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Today, we’re excited to shine a spotlight on an incredible 2024 Diana Award recipient—Thomas Grimwood! Against the odds of autism and cerebral palsy, Thomas organized a 5K walk that raised £1,800 (smashing his £1,000 target!) for the National Autistic Society. 🙌 But his impact goes beyond fundraising—he’s a fierce advocate for equitable education, autism acceptance, and better healthcare resources. When he's not walking for change, Thomas mentors his peers at Ariel Othellos Drama Academy, champions LGBTQ+ rights, and amplifies mental health awareness. His resilience, dedication, and advocacy are changing lives and making the world a more inclusive place. ✨💪 Let’s keep supporting, learning, and growing together!

📢 CALLING YOUNG CHANGEMAKERS: Tell us about your impact, needs and challenges! THE POSSIBILISTS STUDY 2025 explores the impact, challenges and needs of young changemakers who currently lead initiatives that tackle social or environmental problems. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD TOO! Participate in the study now 👉 https://loom.ly/ttUAhI4 The Possibilists is a global alliance of the world’s largest youth social innovation communities and a growing network of dozens of local youth organisations, supported by SAP, Google org, The Vienna University of Economics and Business (academic partner), and PlayVerto (survey partner). #ThePossibilists2025 #PlayForChange #MakeYourVoiceCount

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Young people are not just the leaders of tomorrow—they are the changemakers of today. 📣 The Government is creating a new ten-year National Youth Strategy to tackle the challenges for this generation of young people and ensure that every young person can thrive. 'Deliver You' is a national campaign across England, which will seek views directly from young people to inform the National Youth Strategy. 🗣️ Know a young person who should be heard? Encourage them to take part in the survey before 16th April: https://loom.ly/Kuv1UVs Let’s empower the next generation to create real change! 🌍✨ In collaboration with Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the Deliver You campaign is powered by the The #iWill Movement, My Life My Say and Savanta. #DeliverYou #WhatsYourOrder

Happy International Day of Happiness! 🌟 Today, we’re spotlighting Diana Award recipient, Olenloa Favour Temiloluwa. Favour is empowering African women in tech through the Women Techsters Initiative, providing digital skills training to 20,000+ women across 22 African countries. 💻✨ Her programme offers five training paths—Data Analysis, Software Development, Cybersecurity, Product Design, and Product Management—while also building a supportive community to break down gender biases in tech. Favour’s Women Techsters TechGirls Drive has inspired 51,000+ girls to explore STEM careers! 🚀 Her resilience and dedication are creating real change for women in tech. 🙌 #InternationalDayOfHappiness

Racism is harming all 10.7 million young people in schools in the UK and is holding all young people back. It’s time to #TakeRacismSeriously. We need your help to protect and empower these young people. ✊ Today the #TakeRacismSeriously coalition is hosting a roundtable at 5:30pm, bringing together key stakeholders to drive this campaign forwards! Sign our #TakeRacismSeriously Open Letter now! 📝 https://loom.ly/1vVD2BI

We are calling on the UK Government to #TakeRacismSeriously. Today the #TakeRacismSeriously coalition is hosting a roundtable at 5:30pm, bringing together key stakeholders to drive this campaign forwards! But we need your help! 🙌 Join us by signing our #TakeRacismSeriously Open Letter below 📝 https://loom.ly/1vVD2BI

Racism is harming all 10.7 million young people in schools in the UK and is holding all young people back. It’s time to #TakeRacismSeriously. We need your help to protect and empower these young people. ✊ Today the #TakeRacismSeriously coalition is hosting a roundtable at 5:30pm, bringing together key stakeholders to drive this campaign forwards! Sign our #TakeRacismSeriously Open Letter now! 📝 https://loom.ly/1vVD2BI

Next Tue we will be in parliament for a roundtable on anti‑racist practice in education, hosted by Bell Ribeiro‑Addy MP and the #TakeRacismSeriously coalition. 📅 Date: Tuesday 18 March 2025 ⏰ Time: 17:30 - 20:00 #TakeRacismSeriously coalition was formed in 2024 a coalition of organisations representing young people’s voices, including: ACEN (African Caribbean Education Network) Centre for Mental Health Everyday Racism UK Not So Micro Show Racism the Red Card The Black Curriculum The Diana Award UK Youth Together we’re asking the Prime Minister to #TakeRacismSeriously and calling for a change in how we support young people impacted by racism, including four key asks:  1. For the review of the national curriculum to take an explicit anti-racism focus and to include Black history as a compulsory subject. 2. For the upcoming Race Equality Act to require all schools and colleges to collect ethnicity data, and to have an action plan for addressing race inequality alongside their enhanced collection and reporting of ethnicity and race data.  3. For racism to be recognised by the Department of Education as an explicit safeguarding issue and included in mandatory school staff training. 4. For anti-racism guidance to be published for all schools and colleges, including how to respond to behavior from both staff and students, the mental health effects of racism, and racial trauma. Hear from students and speakers including: Nadine Bernard BA NPQH FCCT Bernard – CEO, Aspiring Heads & Headteacher, Van Gogh Primary School Jahnine Davis - Director of Listen Up & Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel Member Joel Dunn – CEO, The Paradigm Project Naomi Evans – Co‑Founder, Everyday Racism Rae Potter - Headteacher, Sarah Bonnell Secondary School 🔗 Register Here: https://lnkd.in/eCp8HWeq Registrations close Mon 17th Mar

🎉 We’re thrilled to share some amazing news—our #BackToBullying campaign is a finalist at the Smiley Charity Film Awards 2025! 🎬✨ Back in 2023, to start a national conversation and raise awareness about anti-bullying, we created a #BackToBullying campaign film with a shocking twist to highlight stark reality for millions of children returning for the new school year. Check out our nomination here and donate to The Diana Award so we can continue supporting young people! ⭐ https://loom.ly/XTkjUqo