Young Scot Awards 2010

In 2006 we launched the very first Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards, and now five years on the event is bigger and better than ever.

On Thursday 29th April 2010 almost 600 people attended a glittering awards ceremony to recognise and celebrate the outstanding achievements of Scotland's young people.

Hosted by Romeo of Bauer Media, the event was a star-studded affair with chart-topper Lemar performing along with pop-duet Mini Viva. Hot new Scottish singer Alex Gardiner also took to the stage and guests were also entertained by 'Sky's Got Talent', runner up - The Box and young people from Glasgow Academy of Music Theatre Arts.

But the main stars of the evening were the young people who wowed the audience with their incredible courage, ambition and determination. The Young Scot Awards are our chance to recognise and celebrate the young people who are doing amazing things all over Scotland every day.

Young Scot Awards 2010 Winners

Enterprise Award sponsored by Glasgow City Council

Niall Grant: Niall runs Recruitwork, an internet site that helps 15-24 year olds find work in their local area and also provides valuable and relevant information on everything from benefit rights to CV tips. He was selected for the Hunter Leadership Programme in 2007 and volunteers for his local Lifeboat organisation whilst project managing Malawi's homeless football team.

Environment Award sponsored by Fujitsu

Dylan Campbell: An outstanding and committed volunteer and mentor with BTCV Scotland, which delivers a multitude of small scale localised projects that support people to improve their environment and their life chances. He has helped build community gardens in Crosshill, learning skills such as how to build raised beds and drystone walls.

Democracy and Citizenship Award sponsored by Equality and Human Rights Commission

Haggeye: This group works across Scotland to enable young people, who are blind and visually impaired and aged 12 to 25 years old, to come together to make a difference. Haggeye offers this group, who previously felt that they did not have a voice, the opportunity to meet new people and make new friends, influence the provision of services and campaign for change.

Arts Award

Neil Young: One of the hottest new talents on the international fashion circuit. With lots of fashion Awards under his belt and a place at the prestigious London Central Saint Martins university, Neil is a promising young Scottish designer.

Cultural Diversity Award

International Bright Young Sparks: This group is made up of seven young people from Poland, Malawi and Dubai. The young people have all moved to Scotland in the last three years and have volunteered for the Midlothian Youth Platform (MYP) through school and other youth groups.

Sport Award sponsored by Sports Scotland

Islam Feruz: Teenager Islam Feruz is a Scottish footballer who currently plays as a striker for Scottish Premier League side Celtic. Originally from Somalia, he lived in Tanzania before in 2001 seeking asylum in the United Kingdom and later in Glasgow. On 31 May 2009, he made his Celtic first-team debut at the age of 13.

Health Award sponsored by NHS Health Scotland

Jane Williams: 21-year-old student Jane developed epilepsy when she was 12 and she decided to raise awareness through her school. She has given interviews for the press and addressed fringe meetings at various party conferences. Jane has been a volunteer with Epilepsy Scotland since she was 15, helping to raise awareness of this long-term and often stigmatising health condition.

Unsung Hero Award sponsored by SOLACE

Stacey Herriot: Stacey was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma (a very rare cancerous tumour) four years ago and she has come horribly close to death a few times. Despite her life changing illness, Stacey helps run a weekly Cool Cafe in Braidburn School with the proceeeds going to good causes, she helped fundraise for a garden for her local respite and hospice for people with HIV and AIDS. She also volunteers as a classroom assistant at a local school every week.

Volunteering Award sponsored by St Andrews First Aid

Sarah Nugent: Sarah has had difficulties in her life and has spent time at Cortonvale Woman's Prison. She now gives up a lot of her own time volunteering and training young people on a one to one basis in areas that include social inclusion, literacy support and personal/social development.

Heritage Award sponsored by Historic Scotland

Jason Douglas: In 2009 Jason volunteered his time with the Their Past Your Future initiative to record local histories and make them more accessible to the public. His film making has preserved local stories and culture and this is invaluable in terms of informing Scotland's cultural landscape and heritage.

Sunday Mail Readers Award sponsored by Sunday Mail

Hope Gordon: Hope is as inspiration as his younger sister, who, despite, having lost the use of her legs, has swum more than 1000 lengths to raise money for charity.

Community Award sponsored by Scottish Government

Kirkintilloch Skatepark Initiative: The Kirkintilloch Skatepark Initiative (KSI) is a group made up of young people who have recently through their concerted efforts, delivered a new community asset to the town of Kirkintilloch in the form of a new skatepark.

Entertainment Award sponsored by GAMTA

Karen Gillan: The actress has landed one of Britain's most coveted TV roles - Dr Who's companion. The 22-year-old is to star alongside new Time Lord Matt Smith when the hit show returns to our screens this Easter. Following in the footsteps of Catherine Tate and Billie Piper, Karen will be flying the flag for Scotland now that David Tennant has hung up his keys to the Tardis.

Young Scot 2010 sponsored by The Co-Operative Foundation

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