Care Day Awards 2027 - Nominations Survey

Care Day is all about celebrating and connecting young people with lived experience of care.

This year, we want to recognise care experienced young people who have had a significant achievement, or who have made a contribution to their community.

Nominations are now open, and winners will be announced on Care Day, Friday 19 February.

All the nominations will be reviewed by a panel of judges, including members of the VOYPIC Board of Directors, and external representatives. They will only see what is on the nomination form, where it says ‘Why do you think this person should get an award?’. So, make sure you give as much information about why you’re nominating them as you can.

You can nominate as many people as you want. If you’re not sure which category best fits, just tick ‘Not sure’ and we’ll work it out. For all the categories (except Care Hero Award) the person you nominate must be aged 30 years old or under, and have experience of being in care in Northern Ireland. For the Care Hero Award, you can nominate any adult (aged 25 years old or over) whether they have been in care or not.

If you have any questions about these awards, contact Brenda on 028 9024 4888 / info@voypic.org.

1.Who would you like to nominate for a Care Day Award(Required.)

2.Which category would you like to nominate them in?(Required.)

Community Champion

Recognising a young person who has made an outstanding contribution to their community, either their local community or the care experienced community.

Student of the Year

Recognising the achievement of a young person in education or training, be that an academic achievement or an achievement in their own personal development in education.

Wellbeing Champion

Recognising the contribution of a young person to improving the health and wellbeing of others in their community.

Rising Star in Employment

Recognising the achievements of a young person in employment, including part-time employment.

Social Action Champion

Recognising the achievement of a young person (or group of young people) who have taken action that led to social change within their community.

Care Hero Award

Recognising a special contribution made by an adult, either to a young person in care, young people in care, or the care experienced community as a whole.

Not sure

3.Why do you think they should get this award? (The judges will use what you say to make a decision, so make sure to give us all the information you think is important. We might need to talk to you if we need more information.)(Required.)

4.What is your name?(Required.)

5.How can we contact you?(Required.)

Contact number

Email Address

6.How do you know the person you are nominating? (eg; friend, social worker, foster carer etc)(Required.)

7.How can we contact the person you have nominated? (If you’re not sure, just leave these blank)

Contact number

Email Address

8.How old is the person you have nominated?(Required.)

9.Where do they live? (Just the village, town or city where they live is fine.)(Required.)