YOUTH work in Galashiels was honoured and celebrated last week at the National Youth Worker of the Year Awards in Glasgow.

TD1 Youth Hub won the Youth Work Partnership Award for their pioneering work in conjunction with Scottish Borders Council and Scottish Fire and Rescue Services.

They have delivered a range of innovative projects together including a recent learning programme with local firefighters, which also supported youngsters involved to gain their Youth Achievement Award.

Douglas Ormiston, manager at TD1, told the Border Telegraph: "TD1 Youth Hub is a strong example of how partnership work can work best, partnered up with CLD team together they have been able to deliver strong and positive outcomes for young people, placing them at the core of the work and making services and project fit to the needs of young people.

"Their work with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service underlines how involving others can bring about innovative practices which result in positive pieces of work that change young people’s lives."

Over the last four years TD1 Youth Hub has grown its youth work programme and is now recognised as a respected and much valued service in Galashiels and the wider Borders.

The positive reaction from school, social work, police and the local authority amongst others demonstrates the pivotal role it plays in ensuring that youth work works for the young people of the town.

Jim Sweeney, Chief Executive of YouthLink Scotland, said: "Youth work is critical to the success of many young people in Scotland.

"In every area of the country there are countless examples of people, paid and unpaid who do great work with young people that quite literally changes lives.

"TD1 Youth Hub’s partnership working is a fantastic example of effective youth work in practice, their work illustrates that when the investment is made in our young people, and they are given the opportunity to learn and grow, their achievement and confidence improves.”

The 10th National Youth Worker of the Year Awards, run by YouthLink Scotland, was an outstanding showcase of the remarkable work that is being done right across the nation.

The ceremony was held on Thursday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Glasgow.