The Commonwealth Youth Worker Awards celebrate the positive impact of youth workers on young people’s lives, their communities and their societies. Youth workers can be found in a broad range of civil society and voluntary organizations as well as government ministries and youth departments. Past awardees have worked with at-risk youth, in grassroots organizations, civil society organizations, in schools and youth clubs and also in senior levels of government.

Mr,Dinesh Gajendran Catalyst and Founder of Audacious Dreams Foundation Nominated according to:

• Impact on young people’s lives – evidence of how the youth worker has made an impact on the lives of young people
• Impact on the wider community – the impact the youth worker’s intervention had on the community and families
• Quality of his interventions – evidence of the use of youth work principles, methods and sustainable approaches
• Innovation and learning – evidence of creativity in overcoming the challenges of delivery and in application of youth work theory
• Youth work professionals from 14 countries have been named as the Finalists of the 2016

Commonwealth Youth Worker Awards.Australia, Belize, Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, India, Kenya, Malta, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, Tonga and the United Kingdom are all represented in this year’s awards. As Asian Mr.Dinesh Gajendran finialised to won the Commenwealth Youth Worker Award.

The award ceremony held at UK Head quarters of United Nations Organization.As part of an awards ceremony on 10 November, Commonwealth Youth Workers of the Year for Africa, Asia, Europe, Pacific, and Caribbean and Americas regions will also be announced from among the Finalists.

Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland will present the awards.All of the Finalists have founded or manage projects related to sport and the arts. Among them is the director of a theatre programme for LGBTI young people, as well as the founder of the first national para-climbing club in Pakistan.

This year’s awards celebrated the outstanding impact and innovation project of Mr.dinesh Gajendran for the development of peace through sports. By the his projects he used sport and the arts to engage young people and help them to express and promote their identities and talents. His efforts contribute to the health, education, gender equality and social cohesion of communities and nations.

The theme for Youth Work Week 2016 is ‘Empowering young people through sport and arts’, acknowledging the creative and innovative techniques that youth workers employ to deliver effective youth empowerment program. The Commonwealth Youth Worker Awards recognize youth workers who are instrumental to the positive development of young people. Youth workers can be found in a broad range of civil society and voluntary organizations as well as government ministries and youth departments

“If we are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and end poverty and inequality, young people have an important role to play, as do youth work professionals who offer vital support and encouragement.”-said by Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Deodat Maharaj.

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