The Diana Award remembers Princess Diana twenty-two years after her death.
As we remember Princess Diana on the anniversary of her death it is wonderful to know her legacy lives on through tens of thousands of young people across the world. Most of these young people were not born when Princess Diana died twenty-two years ago, yet they continue to be inspired by her work.
They carry their association with The Diana Award with pride and admiration for the woman whose memory it was set up in. We are incredibly proud of these young people and can only imagine that Princess Diana would have been equally proud of them too.
As millions of young people head back to school this September, new research, commissioned by leading youth charity The Diana Award and the UK’s largest online mental health support service Kooth, has revealed while more than half (56%) of the UK’s young people have experienced bullying, many are ‘suffering in silence’ with one in three (39%) saying they have avoided telling their parents or carers because they thought they wouldn’t understand.
Today, The Diana Award launched ‘Pledge to Invest’ an initiative which puts the spotlight on the future of youth leadership and how forward-thinking businesses can support.
Young people from across the UK gathered at the Department for Education to share their experiences of bullying directly with Minister Morgan. Their voices are helping shape how schools respond and support pupils in the future.
