Young People’s Choice Award

The information below is for British Firework Championships 2024. Details about British Firework Championships 2025 will be coming soon.

Local care-experienced children and young people will play a key role at this year's British Firework Championships, in the Young People's Choice award, sponsored by Plymouth Citybus.

This year a special group of young judges will have a central part in the judging process. Up to ten care-experienced children and young people will supplement the judging panel of industry experts to score the spectacular displays.

They’ll have exclusive access to view the vibrant extravaganza from inside the Royal Citadel, directly opposite the firing site on the Mountbatten breakwater. And they’ll get the chance to grade the displays on four categories – variety of fireworks and sequences, rhythm of the display, use of colour and the wow factor. The Young People’s Choice Award will then be presented to the winner by the young judges, the Lord Mayor and Plymouth Citybus, headline sponsors of the prestigious accolade.

Twenty five hospitality tickets per night have been allocated to the young people invited and the adults who care for or support them.