A top trio of Lanarkshire projects were among the winners at the prestigious national youth work awards run by YouthLink Scotland.
North Lanarkshire youth climate ambassadors won the environment and conservation category, while the Go To mental health service run by Regen:fx with Liber8 in South Lanarkshire was awarded the health and wellbeing prize.
Youth workers from the community learning and development department at North Lanarkshire Council were named the team of the year, while manager June Ford was runner-up in the “inspirational leader” category.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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