Our Partners

The Yorkshire Young Achievers Awards would not be possible without the hard work, sponsorship and support of our partners.

Principal sponsor, McCormicks Solicitors, is an award-winning law firm at the heart of a vibrant commercial region. With core traditional values of integrity, technical excellence and hard work, we are committed to delivering an unrivalled quality of service and innovation to our clients. We also look to provide quality of life to our people, and to support charitable endeavours in the communities in which we work.

McCormicks combines the full range and depth of skills across its entire practice with the firm’s renowned fearlessness and commitment to the client in order to deliver the best possible result.

In the latest edition of the UK Legal 500, a leading Guide to the legal profession, the firm is recommended as one of the leading practices in the region and nationally in 19 areas of law with 21 individual recommendations for our solicitors as leaders in their fields.

Rudding Park, sponsor of the Young Personality of the Year Award, is a privately-owned luxury hotel, spa and golf resort in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

Featuring 90 bedrooms and suites, a destination spa, two restaurants and a kitchen garden, private cinema, two golf courses, golf academy, meetings and events venue, Rudding Park is set in 300 acres of landscaped gardens and woodland and is the natural choice for all occasions.

Trustee Martin Gerrard, is proud to be associated with Yorkshire Young Achievers and the community as a whole in recognising young people’s achievements.

Through his support of the Achievement in the Arts Award we recognise the hard working efforts of young people and this complements his passion for the growth and development of young people .

Harrogate Town Association Football Club is proud to sponsor the Education Award.

We enjoy a really special relationship with our loyal and dedicated fans as well as many important stakeholders across the Harrogate District. Alongside our Community Foundation team, Community is at the heart of the club and we are now delivering more programmes than ever before which provide activities to benefit individuals physical and mental wellbeing.

Programmes are varied and include, Walking football, Running Groups, Harrogate memories Reminiscence sessions and we also deliver before and after school PE sessions with our coaching team.

Our values are designed to maintain a one-team ethos. From playing our part, to doing the right thing, they influence our choices and actions, and they communicate what we stand for as a club. These are INTEGRITY, PRIDE, TRUST, RESPECT, HONESTY.

Proud To Be Town and Proud to Support the Young Achievers Awards!

Established in 1986 by Peter Gilman, when he co-founded GMI Construction Plc, GMI Property has extensive experience in commercial and residential property development and have successfully delivered some of the region’s most high-profile developments. They also have extensive knowledge of working with local authorities on complex regeneration schemes.

Now more than ever, the management team at GMI Property believe that the combination of a proven long- term track record and a sound financial base are key fundamentals that will enable them to deliver occupier-led schemes, to provide innovative solutions for land owners to realise the value of their assets and to ensure their joint venture partners maximise their returns.

GMI Property sponsors the Special Award.

Nabarro McAllister & Co, sponsor the Youngster of the Year Award.

Nabarro McAllister are long standing supporters of the Yorkshire Young Achievers Awards having been in attendance since their inception. Nabarro McAllister & Co are a firm of Chartered Surveyors founded in 1984 and undertake general practice surveying services with a wide variety of disciplines. They trade from premises at Devonshire Lodge, Devonshire Avenue, Leeds and I employ 7 members of staff. Most of their work is carried out within the West and North Yorkshire areas, although some work is carried out on a nationwide basis.

Yorkshire’s best-known football club, Leeds United, has supported the Achievement in Sport Award since the inception of the Awards.

The Club also host the annual gala Awards dinner in the Centenary Pavilion at Elland Road.

Jamboree Entertainment sponsors the Unsung Hero Award. A York-based, family-owned company, with more than 30 years of experience in producing live entertainment and events worldwide.

Closer to home Jamboree Entertainment produces the award-winning Yorkshire’s Winter Wonderland ice rink and funfair at York Designer Outlet as well as Yorktoberfest at York Racecourse.

This year Jamboree Entertainment is bringing a spectacular new Christmas light trail AGLOW! to the Castle and Park at Bishop Auckland, Co Durham, as well as two acclaimed shows to Cardiff Christmas Festival – Santa’s Wish and Castellana, staged in a beautiful Spiegeltent.

The CHR Group sponsors the Management & Enterprise Award.

CHR Estates is a private family owned investment and development company originally dating back to 1933.

Over the years it has owned a number of diverse companies along with many investments. It has carried out extensive, multimillion pound complex development projects, both independently and in collaboration with joint-venture partners.

As well as mixed residential and commercial development, the CHR team has also been involved in numerous commercial, leisure, hotel and retail motor trade, including residential property developments and restaurants in Europe.

ITV Yorkshire has provided fantastic coverage not only of the Gala Dinner every year but also of the launch when nominations open in the spring.