Mentor International have emailed to say that the deadline for applications for their awards have been extended to 14th April 2008
You can apply online or download the Application Form to return by fax or post. Please read the Guidelines For Applicants. (See below to links for French and Spanish versions)
The Award categories are as follows:
- The Achievement Award (€20,000): recognises a drug prevention project that has been operating for at least 3 years, is based on sound principles of prevention, and has demonstrated success through evaluation.
- The Innovation Award (€20,000): recognises a project that integrates innovative approaches based on sound principles of prevention that shows promise for achieving successful prevention outcomes.
- (The €10,000 will be awarded to be used towards implementing the initiative.)
- The “Big Idea” Youth Initiative Award (€10,000): for a youth or group of young people that proposes a new and innovative prevention initiative that could be undertaken and evaluated.
The Mentor International Prevention Awards 2008 will be presented at the St Tropez Polo Club, France, on June 28, 2008 in the presence of the President of Mentor, Her Majesty the Queen of Sweden. These Awards will recognise and celebrate promise and achievement in drug abuse prevention globally. Awards are open to all organisations working in the field of drug abuse prevention.
We encourage you to apply or to ensure that as many organisations as possible are given the opportunity to apply for the Mentor Award. We would be most grateful if you could circulate this letter to all your contacts and networks that work in the field of drug prevention, or advertise it within your own communication material.
Please visit www.mentorfoundation.org/awards or contact awards@mentorfoundation.org for more information on how to apply.
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