Are you aged between 18 and 29 and making a positive difference to society in the UK?

If the answer is yes, then we want to hear from you! 

This annual award is proud to be once again seeking to reward those making their mark in social enterprise and celebrate the success of young entrepreneurs. 

The winner of this prestigious award, now in its 8^th year, will receive a £1000 prize and coverage of their success across the Anjool Maldé Memorial Trust and Localgiving website and media channels, as well as inclusion in a widely trailed press release from the Trust. Plus a free annual membership of Localgiving worth £180. 

Key information

• Deadline: Applications must be received by 17:00 on Wednesday 9th July 2025.
• Eligibility: Aged between 18 and 29 and based in the UK; founder of a social enterprise, charity or project focusing on a social goal. 
• What you need to do: Entry is easy and only take a few minutes. Submit your entry via the button below

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Judging criteria

• Impact - what difference are you making to our society? 
• Value - how much success have you had so far?
• Measurement - how are you measuring your success in order to maximise the impact you have?

Our 2024 winner was Marco Tenconi, Director of Rhyze Mushrooms COOP CIC in Edinburgh, a community farm that seeks to solve some economic, environmental and social problems by growing highly nutritious oyster mushrooms. On picking up his award: "I'm grateful and proud to receive this generous award from the Anjool Maldé Memorial Trust in recognition of the work I have carried out through Rhyze Mushrooms. Growing food in our communities and valuing the hard work of food growers is increasingly important as extreme climatic change threatens our food supplies. We need radical and creative solutions to growing more food, more sustainably and it's exciting that our project has received recognition through this award."

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About the Anjool Maldé Trust:

The charity rewards and inspires young adults to ‘do good, do well’ in their life and career. It commemorates the life of Anjool Maldé (1984-2009) - known as Jools to his friends and colleagues.

Jools was a bright young man who lost his life tragically, two days before his 25th birthday. Many admirers wished for a lasting legacy celebrating his qualities - a generous, helpful, enterprising and innovative young man.

The Anjool Maldé Trust was set up in 2010 to turn this vision into reality. Since the, over 200 of the UK's brightest and talented best graduate-age young adults had been rewarded for their exemplary achievements. You can see more on the Trust here.

Hurry and apply today, the application deadline is 17.00 on Wednesday 2nd July 2025.