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What are the Make a Difference Awards?
Children and young people from around the UK have been nominated for a special award to recognise their contribution to their Make a Difference Award is run by the BBC, but nominees are put forward by people in the areas where they live. Jasmine from Belfast is one of the youngest to be announced as a 15-year-old fundraiser has collected and delivered more than 15,000 Easter eggs to hospitals, hospices, nursing homes and food banks over the past nine started aged just six - when she asked her mum if she could deliver eggs to children in hospital. "Seeing the sick children in hospital happy, just makes me feel really happy," Jasmine said.
Skye from Gwynedd is also a finalist - in the Young Hero Award category. The 14-year-old environmental campaigner started KAPtat - Kids Against Plastic tat - a campaign to remove millions of pieces of pointless plastic from children's comics and magazines. Working with charities, Skye's campaign has now been adopted by schools nationwide.
What are the Make a Difference Awards?
Since February this year BBC teams from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have been asking audiences to nominate people in their communities who do amazing thingsFour finalists are then selected for each category by each of the BBC nations and categories are:- The Volunteer Awards- The Young Hero Award- The Great Neighbour Award- The Active Award- The Animal Award- The Green Award- The Fundraiser Award- The Community Group AwardOverall winners from each category will be announced live on Friday 26 September 2025.
