Mount Carmel were proud to host the CHARM inter-schools Awards Grand Final after winning the fundraising School of the Year Award last year.

This prestigious event is organised by Ynot Aspire in partnership with Carer’s Link Lancashire and is now in it's 7th year.

The evening is a chance to celebrate the talents and achievements of young people throughout Hyndburn and an opportunity for them to gain recognition for their hard work, creativity, and dedication.

A forum of pupils from each of the participating schools meet over many months with Sharon Hendrie and her team from Ynot Aspire to plan and project manage the event and were involved in many roles on the night. The schools are St. Christopher's (C), Hollins (H), Hyndburn Academy (H), Accrington Academy (A), Rhyddings (R) and Mount Carmel (M). The initials spelling out the word 'CHARM'.

Mount Carmel were absolutely thrilled to win all 4 of the Awards this year after a panel of judges and award sponsors read through the nominations sent in from the participating schools prior to the event. All nominations were read out to the audience and were all extremely deserving to win, the judges had a difficult task selecting the winners.

Sports Award - Mia Pollard from Mount Carmel was the WINNER
Young Carer - Harvey Janssen from Mount Carmel was the WINNER
Young Voice - Jensen Wilson from Mount Carmel was the WINNER
Inspiration Award - Lillie-Mae Battrick from Mount Carmel was the WINNER

The award sponsors attended on the evening to judge the talent performances, with Mount Carmel also winning the Talent Show Award following a beautiful and powerful performance of song and dance from Sarah Ndikauwune and Sophia Bellusci. All performances were fantastic, well done to those pupil performers.

We also welcomed the Mayor of Hyndburn Cllr. Mike Booth and the Mayoress Cllr. Christine Sollis to the audience of family, friends and staff of the participating pupils. 

Accrington Academy were awarded for fundraising the most amount of money for the charities and a pupil from Hollins won the overall Young Person of the Year Award.

The Award Sponsors were;

  • Stepping Stone Projects - Young Voice Award
  • Education Business Partnership NW - Inspiration Award
  • Hyndburn Leisure - Sporting Individual Award
  • Onward Homes - Young Carer Award
  • NW Recruitment Services - Overall Talent Winner
  • Breaks Wealth Management - Young Person of the Year
     

About the Charities

Ynot Aspire was formed in 2010 and is a grass roots organisation working with young people in Hyndburn and surrounding areas with an aim to raise their aspirations, inspire them to be all they can be, look after their mental health and create bright futures.

Young Carers, Carer's Link Lancashire currently support almost 100 young carers in the Lancashire area who look after a family member with a long term illness, disability, mental health or substance misuse issue.

Many thanks to Sharon Hendrie from Ynot Aspire for all her hard work co-ordinating the event.