Youthwatch poster competition winners announced

Jennifer Wong, Amina Mehmood and the Barnado's Art Attack Group have all been named as the winners of the Healthwatch Rochdale Youthwatch Poster Competition.
 

Read more: Local poster competition open to Rochdale residents aged 13–18 with top prizes of £50 Amazon vouchersPublished: 21 February 2021

Entrants were asked to design an eye-catching persuasive poster with images and graphics to encourage young people to join Youthwatch, which will build on the current work of Healthwatch Rochdale, the independent health watchdog for residents in the Rochdale Borough, specifically focusing on enabling the youth voice to be heard.

The poster competition was run to help promote the launch of the upcoming Youthwatch with three top prizes of a £50 Amazon voucher and five runner-up prizes of a £10 Amazon voucher. Entries were judged by Naomi Kenyon from Healthwatch Rochdale, Laura Augustine from Action Together and Dawn Pierson from Skylight Circus.

The announcement took place via Zoom on Thursday (11 March).

The winner for the age 13 -14 category and a £50 Amazon voucher was Jennifer Wong from Falinge Park High School.

The winner for the age 15-16 category and a £50 Amazon voucher was Amina Mehmood from Rochdale Islamic Academy.

 

 

The winner for the group category and a £50 Amazon voucher was Art Attack Group, Barnardos.

Five entries will each receive a runner up prize of a £10 Amazon voucher.

Kate Jones, Healthwatch Rochdale Chief Executive Officer, said: “Our new Youthwatch will be led by the young people of the Rochdale borough and will help us understand the experiences of young people who use health and social care services and make sure that the youth of Rochdale have a say in how local health and care services are shaped.

“We launched our poster competition to make sure that Youthwatch was led by young people from the start. Our first Youthwatch meeting will take place in April and we are looking forward to working with representatives and helping to give young people a voice.”

 

 

If you are interested in becoming a Youthwatch representative you can ring the office on 01706 249 575 or email Naomi Kenyon, Volunteer & Involvement Officer.