We attend the Projects with Pride Awards to celebrate young people across the North East

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NE Youth hosted their projects with pride awards where they celebrate the work with young people across the region. Youth work has a huge impact on young people in the north east and that is recognised at the awards. We attended the awards and spoke to young people attending.

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00:00 We're here to celebrate and recognise young people's achievements, the event's called

00:06 Projects of Pride. It's our awards night for young people and youth workers and trustees.

00:12 So it provides us with an opportunity to say thank you and well done to the incredible

00:17 young people that we work with, that our member organisations work with, to get them on stage

00:24 and really reward and recognise their achievements.

00:28 Many young people travel from across the region to attend the Projects with Pride awards in

00:32 Newcastle. The young people are involved throughout the whole process from planning to even presenting

00:37 and performing on the night. And of course they were nominated for so many awards.

00:43 So we've come with Durham Area Youth, we're both up for awards, I'm up for most improved

00:48 of the year. I'm up for young volunteer of the year. We've got a few, we're up for a

00:55 few awards, like is the charity we're up for. Social action of the year for the I Will Project

01:01 as well.

01:03 Throughout the night as the young people took to the stage to collect their awards and perform,

01:08 it really made you think about the impact that youth work is having on those young people

01:12 across the region. Whether it be supporting them to grow their confidence or to help them

01:17 with what they need at that time.

01:20 Very because youth has changed me a lot in these past years I've been going. I feel much

01:25 more confident with myself in everything I do. Very important to me.

01:29 I've definitely been given a lot more opportunities that I wouldn't have been given unless I was

01:33 at youth club because we've been doing work with KeyFund and going on trips and stuff

01:38 and it's been just a really lovely experience.

01:42 I think it's so important that young people have a safe space to come to, especially with

01:47 the darker nights coming on, they don't get as much support now. So I think knowing that

01:52 there's people there who can give support to youth.

01:56 Yeah I think with all of the social media and all the new technologies there's a lot

02:00 more issues for young people. They do need that space so that they can get that support

02:06 from youth workers. Because we're not teachers, we're not their parents, we're not police.

02:12 We're there for them and their journey.

02:16 Yeah because it helps to make a difference in communities and help people who need help.

02:22 It's a good way to get kids off the street and stop loads of kids causing trouble so

02:28 they've got somewhere to go.

02:29 Again it's what youth work's all about. Building them up to the point where they can do this

02:34 and they're capable of doing this. It's amazing for me now, put all the work in, step back

02:38 and off they go and they do it all themselves. They're going to be absolutely amazing. It's

02:42 amazing as well from last year to this year having new faces, new young people performing

02:46 and like you said they have a young group presenting. It's just going to be youth led

02:49 and it's what it's all about.

02:52 Of course any youth and all the other youth organisations across the North East will continue

02:57 their work with young people to have a big impact on their lives.

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