Congratulations are in order to Millwall's Community Scheme after participants from its ground-breaking Kickz project were honoured at the second annual Kickz Awards held at Wembley Stadium.
The outstanding effort and commitment of our Scheme were quite rightly rewarded.
Volunteer Hope Stephenson picked up the Kickz Young Personality of the Year Award.
Hope, 16, has been a volunteer on the project for three years and has given more than 400 hours of her time to supporting activities.
In addition to this Hope is a member of the Kickz Youth Board: Can We Kick It, that help to steer the project nationally. Hope is an ever-present on sessions at Downham and is a founder member of the Downham Kickz Youth Panel.
Her dedication to the project, her enthusiasm, and her bubbly personality make Hope an inspiration to other young people, and she very much deserves the recognition this award brings.
The Kickz Outstanding Personal Achievement Award for male participants went to another Lion in the shape of George King.
George, 16, has overcome personal problems that saw him leaving school early without qualifications, to turn his life around and progress to becoming a promising community sports coach.
Since leaving school in April, George has passed his FA Level 1 Football Coaching qualification and completed an NVQ Level 2 in Activity Leadership.
He has also undertaken training specific to working with young people who suffer from autism and has worked voluntarily on Millwall's Disability Programme, as well as dedicating regular time to Kickz..
The judging panel, including representatives from the Football Foundation, Metropolitan Police and Football League Trust, also recognised the work of Millwall's Kickz Volunteer of the Year, Eddie Sower, who received a special commendation from The FA's Director of Football Development, Sir Trevor Brooking.
Millwall Community Scheme's Kickz Girls Film Team and Millwall as a club were also in the final six short-listed for Kickz Team Achievement of the Year and Club Achievement Award respectively.

* Kickz is an award-winning sport-based social inclusion programme that was born out of discussions between the Metropolitan Police and Premier League and is managed centrally by the Football Foundation. Kickz is also an official charity partner of Wembley Stadium.
The young people from estates across the country where Kickz is delivered are often negatively stereotyped and given a bad press.
The event counters those stereotypes and will be an opportunity to acknowledge the powerful and positive impact that they are making to some of the most challenging urban areas. Kickz relies on strong partnerships and the awards will also recognise the efforts of those exceptional individuals who have directly inspired young people to fulfil their potential, as well as the role played by a number of organisations behind the scenes.
Kickz now has over 27,500 registered participants aged 12-18 and 39 professional football clubs from the Premier League and Football League are delivering a total of 110 projects across the country in partnership with the Police and other local partners. The awards are organised by the Football Foundation, Metropolitan Police and Premier League.