This category recognises young entrepreneurs who are committed to improving the physical and/or mental health and wellbeing of their community through their business enterprise.

This category recognises young entrepreneurs who have trailblazed awareness of Diversty, Equity and Inclusion issues and provided methods to enhance individual, community and organisational inclusivity.

This category recognises young entrepreneurs who have dedicated their business to improving the lives of people within their community, this could be through social enterprise or a business that supports any aspect of community strengthening and / or development.

This award recognises nutrition-based businesses. This could be young entrepreneurs who have, through their own culinary skills or facilitating access to others, created new routes to market or presented new products to the food and nutrition market.

This category recognises young entrepreneurs who have exemplified true hands on skill, providing practical solutions using a specific and developed skillset. This could be working in a creative or construction trade, as a craftsperson or anything else which requires a physical application of their individual skills.

This category recognises young entrepreneurs overcoming significant adversity or championing a particularly exceptional cause as part of their entrepreneurship. This could be a social enterprise or simply an impressive founding story.

This category recognises young entrepreneurs who have disrupted their business marketplace through digital innovation.

This category is for those young entrepreneurs who, through any category nominations, have been highlighted by the judging panel as deserving special recognition for their achievements.