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The UJIA Evelyn Shamash
Israel Engagement Leadership Award

This new award will recognise a young volunteer who has demonstrated exceptional leadership in inspiring meaningful engagement with Israel among their peers. This may include education, relationship-building, dialogue, cultural programming, leadership development, community-building or creating opportunities for others to explore and strengthen their connection with Israel.

To submit for this award, please ensure that your organisations are within the Parameters for Israel Engagement. If you are unsure, please contact Gemma at gemma@jvn.org.uk

We recognise that organisations engage young people with Israel in different ways. Volunteers may demonstrate leadership through education, culture, dialogue, informal learning, community-building, travel programmes, social action, peer leadership or other initiatives that foster meaningful engagement with Israel. The strongest submissions will demonstrate the charity winner's ability to inspire and positively influence others.

This is a reminder: please make sure you sign in to your JVN account before filling out the submission form; otherwise, you will not be able to save your form as a draft.

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Once you have completed the form, please make sure you make the relevant payment. You can pay for the submission here. Please note that you should only access the payment page when all the submissions for your charity are complete.

Please confirm you have read the Parameters for Israel Engagment and meet the requirments for this award. *

By checking this, you agree that your Charity Winner meets the requirements for this award. All Charity Winners must meet these requirements to be eligible for this category.

Your Details

Title *

First name *

Last name *

Email address *

Contact number *

Charity name *

Charity number *

Address of the charity *

Your position in the charity *

Charity Website - about us page *

Please include your charity's website so that the judges can understand a bit more about your charity.

Questions about your Charity Winner

Please take the time to write as much detail as possible about your Charity Winner and explain what makes them stand out. This information along with the supporting evidence is all our judges will have access to for their review.

Disclaimer *

You will be asked to submit some personal details about your Charity Winner in this form. These details will be shared with JVN and UJIA only. They will not be passed on to any third parties. Please check this box to confirm that you have permission to share their details.

I confirm that, if required, we are happy for appropriate due diligence to be carried out in relation to this submission, including publicly available social media and background checks.
For more information about how this information is used, you can read the privacy notice here

Please state the name of your Young Adult Charity Winner. Please note to nominate in this category the nominee should be aged 18 - 35 at the time of submission. *

This will be the name which will be put on the trophy

Charity Winner's email address *

Charity Winner's contact number *

Commitment to Israel Engagement

How has the nominee demonstrated an ongoing commitment to promoting meaningful engagement with Israel through your organisation? *

Please provide specific examples, such as:

Length and consistency of their involvement
Time dedicated to programmes or initiatives
Progression into positions of responsibility or leadership
Willingness to take on new opportunities or challenges

Leadership and Impact

How has the nominee made a tangible difference by inspiring or enabling other young people to engage meaningfully with Israel? *

Possible examples could include:

Leading educational, cultural or community programmes
Creating spaces for open discussion and dialogue
Encouraging participation in Israel-related activities or experiences
Developing innovative initiatives or responding creatively to community needs
Mentoring or supporting other young leaders

Please provide specific examples and, where possible, evidence of the impact on participants or your organisation.

Outstanding Contribution

How has the nominee demonstrated exceptional leadership in devising, planning and delivering initiatives that have strengthened meaningful engagement with Israel? *

Please explain:

What makes their contribution stand out
How they have influenced others
Why they are an exceptional ambassador for meaningful Israel engagement
Why you believe they will continue to make a significant contribution to Jewish communal life and Israel engagement in the future

Please provide specific examples.

Exceptional Individual

Why is this nominee exceptional? *

What makes this individual's contribution to Israel engagement distinctive compared with other young leaders?

Please tell us about a particular moment, initiative or achievement that best demonstrates why they deserve this award.

Please write a two-line summary about your Charity Winner. *

This two-line summary should highlight why your Charity Winner has been selected. This summary will be used in our brochure.

Photo and Supporting Evidence

Please make sure the photo meets the requirements outlined below:

- Your charity winner is alone in the photo.
- The photo is of high quality and has a good resolution
- The photo has space around your charity winner's face, do not crop a photo too closely.

If you do not have a photo of your charity winner, this can be sent separately via email. Please upload an image of your charity's logo so you can submit.

Please upload a photo of nominee *

Supporting Evidence

If appropriate, please upload up to four relevant attachments containing supporting evidence or references along with your application. Please only use this option if you feel it will enhance the nomination. Please note that only Word, PDF, JPEG and PNG files are accepted. You may upload your supporting evidence here.