2025 Young Activist of the Year Award

Nominations for the 2025 Young Activist of the Year Award are open all year round.

Please use the forms on the right/below to make as many nominations as you want.

2024 Young Activist of the Year Award

The Young Activist of the Year Award was presented at Annual Conference 2024 to Kira Chan.

Kira is a brilliant, proactive workplace rep who gives advice, guidance and support to her members on a daily basis.

She has been elected association President, having been an active member of the local executive for nearly three years and is an active participant in the Union's national equalities consultation conferences.
 
Kira is a role model for young teachers locally and nationally on how being a good teacher and a good trades unionist are two sides of the same coin.

Kira, thank you and we look forward to seeing where your activism takes you next.

The Award

The Eamonn O’Kane Young Activist of the Year Award was created to:

• encourage activism amongst young members;

• recognise and celebrate the outstanding contribution of young members to the work of the NASUWT;

• provide award winners with opportunities to broaden and develop their knowledge and experience of the NASUWT and the wider trade union movement.

The criteria

The nominee will have been successful in one or more of the areas listed below:

• heightened the NASUWT’s profile;

• promoted the work of the NASUWT;

• increased the membership of the NASUWT;

• organised members in a workplace or wider constituency;

• promoted trade union activism in a workplace or wider constituency;

• delivered identifiable benefits to members and/or the NASUWT as an organisation.

2023 Young Activist of the Year Award

The Young Activist of the Year Award was presented at Annual Conference 2023 to Grainne Morgan from the Armagh and Craigavon Association.

Grainne has been an active voice in the trade union movement since joining the NASUWT. She first undertook the role of Learning and Teaching Representative within her workplace and enhanced the curriculum and core purpose of the college, whilst ensuring that teachers' workload was manageable, sustainable and realistic.  

She went on to be an active member of her Local Association and has spoken at conferences on behalf of the Union. She is now a member of the Northern Ireland Council, supports many members and has actively recruited many new teachers to the NASUWT.