Flourish Awards 2025

In September 2025, our third annual Flourish Awards saw people from across Norfolk gather at the Assembly House in central Norwich. We celebrated those who have made outstanding contributions to help children and young people in Norfolk flourish. This included people, projects, teams and organisations.

The Children and Young People's Strategic Alliance (CYPSA) hosted this year's awards. We received nearly 600 nominations for over 250 different nominees.  

Our amazing young comperes announced the eight Winners, across the categories. We also recognised 16 others as worthy Finalists. Congratulations to all! 

The Flourish Awards eBrochure will tell you everything you need to know about the 2025 awards. The brochure celebrates every nominee, finalist and winner for each category. 

Download the Flourish Awards 2025 eBrochure. (PDF, 4 MB)

Our winners and finalists

Family & Friends Award  

• Winner: Autism Explorers 
• Finalist: Stronger Families Norfolk 
• Finalist: Kings Lynn Neighbourhood Policing Team, KL Cadet Unit and partners 

Learning Award   

• Winner: The Lighthouse 
• Finalist: Beth Sleet - Swaffham CE Primary Academy 
• Finalist: St Nicholas Priory CE VA School 

Opportunity Award   

• Winner: Our Space 
• Finalist: North Norfolk Judo Club 
• Finalist: Opening Schools Facilities project 

Understood Award  

• Winner: Norfolk Youth Against Bullying (NYAB) Conference 
• Finalist: NR Thirty Youth Panel 
• Finalist: The Norfolk SEND Youth Forum 

Resilience Award   

• Winner: Savage Martial Arts 
• Finalist: S&L Self-Harm Distraction Kits 
• Finalist: Red Balloon Norwich 

Individual Award  

• Winner: Tackle Learning - Norwich City Community Sports Foundation 
• Finalist: Twinkles SEN Activity Days 
• Finalist: Tennis Able 

Safe & Secure Award  

• Winner: The Rose Project - The Magdalene Group 
• Finalist: Public Health Road Safety Team 
• Finalist: SPACE Partnership Project 

Healthy Award  

• Winner: The Parachute Project 
• Finalist: Paediatric Epilepsy Psychology Service - Queen Elizabeth Hospital 
• Finalist: Sportspark Active Families Community Group 

Our supporters

The awards ceremony was made possible through the kind support of:

• The Assembly House Trust
• City College Norwich
• The Norfolk and Suffolk Music Hub
• Norwich Theatre
• New-U
• The Infant Feeding Friendly Norfolk initiative
• The Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association
• The Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk
• UEA's NICHE Anchor Institute
• JMR Healthcare
• Tailored Building
• ROARR! Dinosaur Adventure Park
• Freebridge Community Housing
• Repton Property Developments 

A panel of young people and parent carers selected the winners. They were from a variety of participation groups including:

• The Youth Advisory Boards
• Norfolk Youth Parliament
• Break
• SEND Youth Forum
• Norfolk in Care Council
• Young Carers Forum
• Norfolk Youth Justice
• Start for Life Parent Panel
• Family Voice Norfolk

More information

You can learn more about the Flourish framework or make Flourish Pledge for your organisation. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]. Read our privacy notice to find out how we use your personal information.

Stay tuned for news about the Flourish Awards 2026! 

Learn more about the Flourish Awards 2023 and Flourish Awards 2024.