The WE Award 2025: Together Against Loneliness(Fully funded Access to the One Young World Summit 2025 in Germany)

About the Award

The trendy world provides unparalleled instruments for connection, from social media to the wealth of data accessible from throughout the globe. Yet, whereas these developments have made us extra nearly related than ever, they’ve additionally in some ways deepened the divides between us. The unfold of misinformation, unfavorable impacts on psychological wellbeing, and the transient nature of recent life have all contributed to a rising sense of disconnection and division. It comes as no shock, then, that current research present a decline in folks’s notion of the world as a welcoming and convivial place (1).

This rising sense of isolation has far-reaching penalties. The current WHO Commission on Social Connection has estimated that 1 in 4 older adults are going through social isolation and up to 15% of adolescents worldwide are experiencing loneliness worldwide (2).  If we’re to work in the direction of a more healthy and inclusive future for all, it’s subsequently essential that we don’t overlook – or diminish the significance of – the energy of being collectively.

At Pernod Ricard, we’re dedicated to inspiring genuine moments of sharing. We consider that the younger folks of in the present day possess a singular capacity to carry communities collectively and create inclusive areas the place everybody feels they belong. With a rising world consciousness of the significance of psychological well being, inclusion, and the worth of genuine connections, we want to acknowledge and help those that are main the approach in the direction of a extra compassionate world and empowering people to attain their full potential collectively.

This is why, to mark Pernod Ricard’s fiftieth anniversary, we’re delighted to companion with One Young World to present The WE Award, recognising 5 exemplary younger leaders who’re placing in the work to carry folks again collectively. By spotlighting their efforts, we hope to encourage others and reaffirm our shared dedication to constructing a extra authentically related future.

To be thought-about for the Award, candidates should be:

• Advocating for and implementing options that promote social connection, and fight loneliness;
• Developing and enhancing social infrastructure (e.g. neighborhood areas, providers and networks) in order to encourage social interplay and accessibility;
• Actively cultivating optimistic social environments (e.g. by way of accountable ingesting initiatives),
• Or, main preventive and intervention packages designed to help psychological wellbeing inside communities.

Award winners will obtain:

• Access to the One Young World Summit 2025 in Munich, Germany.
• Hotel lodging in Munich between 2 – 6 November (inclusive) 2025.
• Participation in a pre-event hosted by Pernod Ricard Foundation on 3 November 2025.
• The price of journey to and from Munich (flights in economic system)
• Catering which incorporates breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
• Ground transportation throughout the Summit by way of public transport.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible candidates should match the following:

• Aged not less than 18 & aged not less than the minimal ingesting age in your nation of residence.
• Nationals of all nations might be eligible to apply for the award.
• Demonstrated capability for management.
• Showcased tangible affect in one in all the three pillar subjects:
  • Promoting social connection and tackling loneliness,
  • Cultivating optimistic social environments,
  • Supporting psychological wellbeing.

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(2) WHO Commission on Social Connection.