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Anti-bullying programme scoops awardThe Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Youth North West’s Exceeding Expectations programme has won the Anti-Bullying Award at the Children & Young People Now 2009 Awards.
LGBT Youth North West, a regional organisation supporting LGBT young people, recruited 35 young people from across the region to deliver workshops in Manchester secondary schools.
The aim was to challenge other young people’s opinions on LGBT people and address homophobic bullying.
To combat the risk of the young people involved being bullied during the workshops, LGBT Youth North West provides intensive training in peer education skills as well as support afterwards.
The panel of young judges, who worked with adult judges to decide the award, said they admired the Exceeding Expectations programme because "young people are involved as they are trained and actually deliver the workshops.”
The involvement of young people in combating homophobic bullying stood out for the judges.
Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, said: "We are lucky as a society to have such a talented group of people working to improve the lives of our children and, as these awards make clear, the value they bring to our society is priceless.”
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