{"id":67178,"date":"2016-02-02T15:30:15","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T15:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=f493fa707df6e50259cbc8ee1b9676b0"},"modified":"2016-02-02T15:30:15","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T15:30:15","slug":"press-release-north-east-teenager-receives-award-from-education-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=67178","title":{"rendered":"Press release: North-east teenager receives award from Education Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An outstanding teenager who used his online blog to raise awareness about mental health issues received a prestigious award from Education Secretary Nicky Morgan today (2 February 2016). <\/p>\n

Student George Hunter, from Ponteland High School in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland, picked up the annual Lord Glenamara Memorial Prize<\/a> during a ceremony at King\u2019s College, London.<\/p>\n

George, a straight A and A* student and St John\u2019s Ambulance volunteer, was the fourth winner of the annual prize open to high-achieving youngsters in years 11 and 12 across the north-east of England who have made positive civic contributions, often in their spare time. <\/p>\n

Among George\u2019s recent achievements was his \u2018My Tie Diary<\/a>\u2019 blog that was set up to encourage discussion about mental health and raise awareness on the subject. <\/p>\n

He had also found the time to run a series of Mandarin classes for year 9 pupils following on from his win in a national Mandarin speaking competition. <\/p>\n

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said: <\/p>\n

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George\u2019s outstanding academic achievements and willingness to serve his wider community in various ways made him an incredibly deserving winner.<\/p>\n

I was delighted to meet George, and to present him with the Lord Glenamara Memorial Prize. Both he and the runners-up deserve great credit for what they have achieved, and I have no doubt they will go on to great things in the future.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Speaking after finding out he had won the Lord Glenamara Memorial Prize, George said: <\/p>\n

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I am passionate for young people to be supported and educated at school on mental health and wellbeing, and I want to use this prize to promote this. When young people are properly supported, they cope better, learn better, and become more resilient.<\/p>\n

I will continue to encourage others to learn increasingly important languages, such as Mandarin.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

George could choose to undertake a 2-day work experience programme at the Department for Education\u2019s central London offices following on from his win. <\/p>\n

Notes<\/h2>\n

The Lord Glenamara Memorial Prize is open to students in years 11 and 12 across the north-east of England who have shown:<\/p>\n

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  • strong academic performance across a range of subjects<\/li>\n
  • a civic contribution, particularly volunteering personal time for activities such as mentoring younger pupils, helping with extracurricular events, or working with a youth group or a charity outside school hours<\/li>\n
  • an interest in government, education, history or public service<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The runners-up were: <\/p>\n

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    • Darren Appleby, Churchill Community College<\/li>\n
    • Lucy Bell, Hebburn Comprehensive School<\/li>\n
    • Maryam Garkuwa, St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College <\/li>\n
    • Lauren Howells, The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College<\/li>\n
    • Leoni Loughlin, Harton Technology College<\/li>\n
    • Reiss Luke, Wellfield Community School<\/li>\n
    • Connor Peebles, Churchill Community College<\/li>\n
    • Eleanor Peggie, Harton Technology College <\/li>\n
    • Zoe Rankin, Carmel College <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      DfE enquiries<\/h3>\n
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      \n Central newsdesk<\/span>
      \n 020 7783 8300\n <\/p>\n

      \n General enquiries<\/span>
      \n 0370 000 2288\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Student George Hunter receives Lord Glenamara Memorial Prize for academic success, voluntary work and raising mental health awareness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}