Youth Voice
The Trinity Challenge recognises there is a pivotal role for the perspective and energy of youth leaders and youth-led organisations in driving meaningful change.
The Trinity Challenge Youth Summit and Competition 2025
The Trinity Challenge is proud to announce the successful completion of the second Youth Summit on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The big question we were discussing:
“How can we ensure effective use of antibiotics in the food chain?”
The summit gathered young leaders and youth-led organisations to discuss AMR with a focus on animal health and the food chain. The event provided space for learning and idea sharing in order to co-design a global awareness campaign to be delivered in the coming months. More details can be found below.
Youth Competition
Applications to our Youth Competition are now closed. Thank you to all the teams that submitted applications, we look forward to learning more about your innovative ideas.
The competition invited Youth-led teams of 3 or more people can apply for up to £7,500 in seed funding to develop an animal health antimicrobial resistance awareness campaign in their location on the subject:
Promoting biosecurity including vaccination best practice: how can we promote the use of prevention methods (biosecurity) including vaccination, nutrition, and good animal care to replace the need for antibiotics?
Our aim is to support youth voices globally by selecting winners in each region, as defined by the World Bank. This will be subject to applications and review by the independent Judging Panel.
To be eligible, the majority of team members must be 18 – 35 years old and the team must be part of, or supported by, a legally registered organisation, who will receive the grant and be liable for the agreement. The campaign must be delivered within 6 months. Full eligibility criteria can be found below.
The winning campaigns will be announced in the spring. Winners will be invited to attend an online winners event to share their campaign plan, speak with experts and access additional support to deliver the campaign.
On Thursday 23 January at 14:30 GMT we hosted an Application Q&A webinar, if you weren’t able to join, you can watch the recording here.
Here is the competition outline recorded at the Youth Summit 2025.
You may also ask questions by email using [email protected]
Youth Summit 2025
The Youth Summit 2025 took place on 14th January 2025.
Highlights of the summit included:
Interactive workshops: Facilitated dialogue and knowledge exchange among participants, co-organised with our partners BlackSands and expertly facilitated by young people working in activism, AMR and other youth led organisations
Keynote speeches: Introduction speech from our Founder and Chair, Dame Sally Davies plus insights from our Director, Professor Marc Mendelson
Global campaign:Co-designed by youth and expert campaigners to raise awareness of the antibiotic emergency.
This year’s big question was:
How can we ensure effective use of antibiotics in the food chain?
The two topics discussed at the event, following engagement from key stakeholders and event registrants to prioritise the list were:
- Antibiotic stewardship in agriculture: how can we find AMR champions within the farming community to encourage peer learning on ending antibiotic use for growth promotion in farm animals?
- Promoting biosecurity including vaccination best practice: how can we promote the use of prevention methods (biosecurity) including vaccination, nutrition, and good animal care to replace the need for antibiotics?
The winning campaign, voted for by participants, will focus on promoting biosecurity including vaccination best practice.
Contact
For more information on the summit outcomes, resources, or to share your AMR projects, contact Jennie Smith at [email protected].