To celebrate the contributions, achievements and dedication of young people who are helping their families and local communities during the coronavirus pandemic, the council’s Medway Youth Service and Medway Youth Council have launched Stay at Home stars. Once nominations are received the stars are praised for their work on social media, @Medway_Youth on Twitter and Medway Youth Council on Facebook.
Nominations are open for young people aged eight to 19, and up to 25 for young people with additional needs.
So far 30 young people have been celebrated for the fantastic things they are doing to support others in their local communities.
The very first Stay at Home star, announced last month, was Nathan Dickin, who dedicated between 14 to 20 hours a week to help community churches get online so they could continue to serve their parishioners. Nathan even created a YouTube channel for residents to access. Tili-Ane Evans was the second Stay at Home star. She had been cooking and baking meals, with her mum, to donate to a local charity to give to those in need during lockdown.
Cllr Josie Iles, Medway Council’s Lead Member for Children’s Services, said:
“Despite the challenges we are all currently facing we know that many of our young people are continuing to do their best to help others. It is incredibly important that we recognise everything that they are doing to help their local communities. I would encourage residents to nominate a special young person so that we can celebrate their work.”
To nominate a young person visit: www.medway.gov.uk/stars
To nominate a young person visit: www.medway.gov.uk/stars
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