Young Scot Award Win for Youth STEM 2030 Founder
We’re thrilled to share that Youth STEM 2030’s Mhairi McCann was announced winner of the Environment Award at the 2022 Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards!
The award, sponsored by First Bus, recognised Mhairi’s work to empower youth as changemakers in STEM here at Youth STEM 2030, as well as her pursuits to meaningfully increase youth voice in ocean and climate decision-making. Selected from hundreds of nominees, finalists, as well as supporters and celebrities, gathered on 27th April at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre for an incredible evening celebrating Scotland’s young people, hosted by BBC Radio 1 DJ, Gemma Cairney.
Created by national youth information and citizenship charity, Young Scot, the Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards have been celebrating the inspirational contributions and achievements of thousands of young Scots since 2006. With previous winners including actor Ncuti Gatwa and tennis player Andy Murray, as well as unsung young people from across Scotland doing incredible things in their communities, we’re honoured that Mhairi - and Youth STEM 2030 - has been recognised in this year’s Young Scot Awards.
On winning the Environment Award at the Young Scot Awards, Mhairi said:
“It’s not quite sunk in yet, but I’m absolutely thrilled to have won the Environment Award at the Young Scot Awards! Having followed the Young Scot Awards for the past few years, I’d have never thought that it would be me one day on the stage, because me 6 years ago didn’t realise I could make a difference. To even be nominated and selected to be amongst such an incredible group of finalists was an absolute honour - the finalists across all the categories are all doing such impactful and important work to make our world a better place.”
Speaking of fellow finalists…there were so many incredible young people celebrated at the Young Scot Awards, and we also want to give a big shoutout to the incredible work of fellow Environment category finalists Catriona Manders & Aidan Cronin (Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park) and Murdo MacGillivray.
Mhairi added her thanks to those who have supported our mission to empower youth as changemakers in STEM, and made the Young Scot Awards possible:
“I want to say a massive thank you to Young Scot and Sunday Mail for an incredible night celebrating Scotland’s young people, the Environment Award sponsors First Bus, and my local MSP, Stuart McMillan, for nominating me. I’m so grateful to everyone who has supported me & the work of Youth STEM 2030, and hope that this can help show other young people what’s possible, because it’s unlocking that possibility for other youth that drives what I do at Youth STEM 2030!”
Kirsten Urquhart, Chief Executive of Young Scot, had this to say about this year’s Young Scot Awards:
“We’ve been completely inspired by the stories of our nominees, finalists and winners, who are all doing extraordinary things to improve the lives of others. We’ve kept the spirit of the Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards alive for the past two years by hosting fantastic virtual events, but it’s brilliant to have the awards back in all of their glory this year to celebrate Scotland’s young people, who do so much to inspire, support and motivate those around them.”
2022 Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards host & BBC Radio 1 DJ, Gemma Cairney added:
“It was an absolute honour to host this year’s Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards. I was inspired by listening to the winners’ stories and their commitment to helping others in their community is truly remarkable. Congratulations to our winners and finalists!”
Find out more about this year’s Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards, and meet all of the category winners on Young Scot’s website.
