Each year from 2014 to 2018, 60 inspirational young people are selected to receive an Award and become ‘Queen’s Young Leaders’ – one for every year that The Queen had served as Head of the Commonwealth at the time of her Diamond Jubilee. The aspiration is for at least one young person from every Commonwealth country to receive a Queen’s Young Leaders Award for achievement in transforming their own lives and the lives of others.
Become a Mentor
The Queen’s Young Leaders Mentoring programme is recruiting new volunteer mentors to help young leaders develop their social, environmental and cultural projects. Mentoring takes place between June and December each year.
The Queen's Young Leaders of 2016
Thousands of applications have flooded in since the programme was launched. Now in its second year, The Queen's Young Leaders of 2016 have been selected from across the Commonwealth.
See the full list of Award winners and Highly Commended runners-up and read their stories.