Young Leaders Award:
What You Gain on Your CV
Bronze, Silver & Gold: Ofsted & Curriculum-Aligned, SEND-Inclusive Programme
Bronze Young Leader Award
Your first steps into leadership. No experience needed.
Activities
- Leadership workshops – leadership styles, and what leadership actually requires
- Goal setting – SMART goals and a personal development plan
- Public speaking – voice projection, clarity and body language, tested in a 2-minute speech challenge
- Team building – trust activities, problem-solving challenges, mini team tasks
- Community volunteering – litter clean-ups, charity events, youth club support
- Group mini project – Improve Our School / Community, planned and presented
What You Gain on Your CV
- A delivered presentation – five minutes, in front of a real audience
- 10 logged volunteering hours – dated and signed off
- A completed team project – with a written reflection you can show
- Teamwork examples – concrete situations to use on application forms
- A named award – from a recognised provider
Useful For
- Sixth form and college applications
- Prefect and student council roles
- First Saturday jobs
Silver Young Leader Award
You stop taking part and start running things.
Activities
- Advanced communication – persuasive speaking, debate workshops, storytelling
- Critical thinking – analysing community issues, decision-making, ethics in leadership
- Project management – project roles, risk assessment, running meetings, writing minutes
- Community action project – mental health, environment or online safety campaigns
- Volunteering and mentoring – supporting younger students, school clubs, community centres
- Organisation visits – universities, local council, Parliament, museums and innovation hubs
- Leadership Portfolio – a documented record of every piece of work
What You Gain on Your CV
- A delivered presentation – five minutes, in front of a real audience
- 10 logged volunteering hours – dated and signed off
- A completed team project – with a written reflection you can show
- Teamwork examples – concrete situations to use on application forms
- A named award – from a recognised provider
Useful For
- UCAS personal statements
- Head student and senior prefect applications
- Competitive summer schools
- Any form asking for a time you led other
Gold Young Leader Award
Career-ready. The level that fills the sections most 17-year-olds leave empty.
Activities
- Leadership in Society workshops – delivered with community leaders
- Advocacy campaign – design and run your own equality and diversity campaign
- Community Leadership Project – a full project, led independently
- Speech contest – competitive public speaking
- Career and apprenticeship preparation – applications, interviews, professional conduct
- Work experience – a placement with real responsibilities
- Professional networking – structured contact with people working in industry
What You Gain on Your CV
- A 30+ hour project led end to end – from proposal to delivery
- 20–40 hours of work experience – documented and referenced
- A self-designed campaign – distinctive and memorable on any application
- Competitive public speaking – judged, not just delivered
- Professional references and industry contacts
Useful For
- Degree apprenticeships
- UCAS applications
- First graduate-track roles and assessment centres