Welcome to the official Global Youth Awards 2026 space on the Global Youth Hub.
We’re so pleased to have you here.
Today marks an exciting moment in this year’s Awards journey! As of 12PM BST today, nominations have officially closed.
The Global Youth Awards are about recognising young people aged 11–25 who are creating positive change, whether that is through leadership, innovation, education, environmental action, creativity or simply seeing something that needs to change and deciding to do something about it.
Over the next few months, this space will become the place to follow everything happening with the 2026 Awards.
We’ll be sharing updates from the judging process, sharing stories and celebrating the work young people are doing in their communities. We’ll also bring you important announcements as we get closer to November and Awards Month.
For those who have been nominated, welcome!
For those who nominated someone, thank you for taking the time to recognise a young person who deserves to be seen.
And for everyone joining us simply because you believe in the power of young people to create change, we’re very glad you’re here too.
There is so much still to come.
For now, we want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has been part of the nominations process. Every nomination represents a young person, a story and a piece of positive change happening somewhere in the world.
The nominations are in. The judging begins. And the road to the Global Youth Awards 2026 starts here.
We can’t wait to share the journey with you.