high sherriff special recognition award

Manchester Young Community Champions have been awarded the High Sherriff Special Recognition Award!

The award is made to an individual or group of individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the communtiy during the difficult circumstances brought about by the c-19 pandemic, and we were nominated for the following reasons:
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• The way we reacted to the pandemic in respect of changing the way we operate as a young community champions.
• We develped outreach work, visting young people and their families during the lockdown in an appropriate manner. 
• We have been obtaining food on a regular basis, assembling food parcels and delivering them to young people and their families which has brought a significant level of relief to the family budgets.
• We have also provided sports equipement such as tennic rackets and footballs, helping young people with physical and mental health. 
• We are supporting three care homes in Ardwick and Longsight that provides accommodation for homeless people.

We have done all of this for the benefit of vulnerable groups on a voluntary basis.

We are so grateful for this acknowledgement and hope to be able to keep doing more much needed work in our community.

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