John Byrne with First Prize Winners
St Thomas of Aquin's High School
2011 Award Ceremony
Photograph: Rob Mcdougall
Welcome
Inspiring Values for Today
Welcome to the John Byrne Award
The competition is open to sixth year pupils attending school in Edinburgh. In 2011 first prize was awarded to St Thomas of Aquins High School.
The John Byrne Award was founded in 2010, with the intention of setting a challenge to young people preparing for adulthood.
The theme of the award is Inspiring Values for Today, and our aim is to encourage young people to think about values in the context of the world that they know, and to examine and challenge them.
The award is privately funded, however the sponsor wishes to acknowledge the support and advice provided by the Children and Families Department of the City of Edinburgh Council and, in particular, Councillor Marilyn MacLaren.
LATEST NEWS
2011 Overall winners
St Thomas of Aquins
With fantastic entries from 10 Edinburgh schools we can announce the overall winners are St Thomas of Aquins.
The runners up were Boroughmuir High School, Currie High School and Gillespie's High School.
ARTS & BUSINESS AWARD
The John Byrne Award is an award-winning award!
We are delighted that our sponsor has been recognised by Arts & Business, receiving the 2011 Scottish Philanthropy Award.
press coverage
John was interviewed about the award by various members of the press on 29th Oct, here is the stv report.
Entrants
Registration is now closed for the 2011 competition. If you would like to be kept up-to-date with developments please register your intrest via our contact page.
Watch the 2011 Stimulus
We've shot a film of actor James Mackenzie reading the 2011 Stimulus. See if you recognise the locations!
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