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If you know a child or teenager aged between 7 – 18yrs who you believe deserves to be recognised for their selfless acts of kindness, then Nominate Them now at WWW.UBERHEROES.CO.UK
Hope 4 Life NI are organising their Uberheroes® Acts of Kindness Awards, sponsored by Kerr’s Tyres, for Children & Young People to celebrate their acts of kindness to others.
Applications are now open for them to be recognised and to be the stars of the show at the Uberheroes® Acts of Kindness Awards Ceremony being held Saturday 26 March 2022
Hope 4 Life ran these awards virtually last year during Lockdown 2, there were hundreds of young people nominated by parents, teachers, community groups and friends; H4L CEO, Dee Nixon said “This was an amazing event where we got to showcase thirty amazing acts of kindness shown by our local young people to others, from sleeping out to raise money for the homeless to a big sister creating a sensory room at home for her younger brother who has Autism, or a young girl who spent her pocket money creating Pamper Hampers for some of her neighbours who were frontline workers or the young man who shared his full packed lunch with his best friend who had forgotten his lunch and was hungry…
Kindness can be perceived as a throwaway word, however anyone who has ever been on the receiving end of “a selfless act of kindness” will remember just how amazing it made you feel – We want to celebrate the kindness shown by the next generation, so to do this our Awards Ceremony will focus completely on them, with local celebrities and influencers hosting and presenting awards, entertainment and a live band etc… we can’t wait to read all the nominations for this year’s Live event”.
Hope for Life are renowned for being highly innovative and creative through their primary intervention, suicide prevention, mental health programmes called Uberheroes® and have delivered this programme to over 22,000 children and young people across Northern Ireland.
These superhero style comics are the real stories from local young people who have faced and overcome poor mental health, their story is created into Uberheroes® comics and delivered through interactive workshops to help equip children and young people with early intervention tools and techniques and to have the time to discuss mental health issues. To learn how to problem solve and understand resilient thinking and the importance of making intelligent choices; helping them to openly discuss the issues they’re facing, helping them and their peers. Prevention is always better than cure!
Stan Lee – Marvel, recognised this when he said “Comics are well placed to tackle social issues because a story without a message is like a man without a soul”.
#TheKindnessEffect
