{"id":80999,"date":"2021-12-02T04:58:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T17:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=80999"},"modified":"2021-11-30T16:04:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T05:04:47","slug":"youth-awards-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/youth-awards-2\/","title":{"rendered":"City celebrates young leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ELEVEN young people and two adult allies were celebrated during last week\u2019s City of Ballarat Youth Awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The major award for an 18 to 25-year-old was presented to Bradley Woods, a Wendouree CFA volunteer and leader, while the top gong for a young person aged 12 to 17 years old, and the youth volunteer award, went to Jerrica John.<\/p>\n<p>Jerrica is a Helping Hands Ballarat Keralites\u2019 Foundation of Australia ambassador, youth program leader, learning tutor, children\u2019s dance teacher, and volunteer at the Ballarat Specialist School and The SoupBus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was very honoured to be nominated and pleasantly surprised when I found out I\u2019d won because it\u2019s a big thing in the City of Ballarat,\u201d Mr Woods said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a lot of things in the CFA, we overlook the individual honours and it\u2019s more of a team focus, so I was shocked.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_81001\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81001\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-81001\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/11\/YA-Bradley-Wood.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"247\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bradley Woods.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always viewed CFA as my second family. 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