New Horizon Youth Centre staff picked up the prestigious 2010 Impact Award at the GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards at the Science Museum on 29th April.
The judges selected New Horizon Youth Centre from 280 applicants nationwide and commended the centre for its work with marginalised members of society and its ability to bring about lasting change in their lives. Click here to download a short overview of what we are about.
Congratulations to everyone at the centre for this excellent achievement!
Following on from winning the Tackling Drugs Changing Lives - Home Office Award in December – We are now the proud winners of the King’s Fund ‘Impact’ Award for our contribution to community health.
The GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards have been running since 1997. This year they received over 350 applications from national and local charities. New Horizon Youth Centre were among the 20 organisations shortlisted and underwent an independant, indepth assessment which was reviewed by a judging panel.
The panel recognised our exellent work in this field and we were chosen as one of ten national WINNERS! Click here to find out more about the awards.
New Horizon Youth Centre’s Women’s Open Space programme has won the Home Office - Tackling Drugs Changing Lives Award.
The award recognises people who have made an outstanding contribution to tackling drugs. They reward people who have changed lives and communities through their work. Out of 300 nominations – The Women’s Open Space Project were among the 28 finalists…and guess what?…WE WON!!
The Women’s Open Space Project operates an outreach service in the Kings Cross area for rough sleepers under the age of 25, female sex workers and other vulnerable women. They witness the immediate and long term impact of their work with these vulnerable women.
Their twice weekly drop-in service offers a relaxing and welcoming space where we run, for example, a peer education programme aimed at educating and informing the women on drugs and dangers of sex work.
“I’m incredibly proud of the Women’s Open Space Team and the work they do. And I’m now bowled over by the Home Office Award – it is so richly deserved. I would like to thank the team for touching and making a difference to so many women’s lives. New Horizon is fortunate indeed to have them”….said Jon Snow, Chairman of New Horizon Youth Centre.
