The Youth Achievement Awards are for young people aged 14+.

To get started you firstly need to form an Award Group. This group approves all the challenges (called peer assessment), as well as review and award challenge certificates.

There are four main awards that you can do:

Bronze - it's about young people taking part
Silver - young people helping/sharing responsibility with others
Gold - young people show they can organise things
Platinum - young people do training and lead on a project

There are lots of councils and voluntary organisations that offer these awards so it's worth asking your school or youth project. There's also more info on the Youth Scotland website.

The Platinum Award recognises over 135 hours of volunteering.