Luke Huxham

Managing Director at Broadwick Live

Luke Huxham is the Managing Director at Broadwick Live and has over 15 years of experience creating some of the UK’s most beloved music festivals and venues. Since joining Broadwick Live in 2012, Luke has been instrumental in transforming the company from a boutique festival business into a leading independent music promoters, developer and operator of large-scale cultural destinations. He has played a key role in reimagining and revitalising iconic spaces like Printworks, Drumsheds, and Brooklyn Storehouse, turning them into world-renowned venues. Driven by a passion for adapting spaces to give them new leases of life, Luke's work focuses on placemaking and the creative reuse of urban environments. He is also committed to nurturing the next generation of talent through Broadwick Live Presents—a platform that supports emerging artists and helps guide them from grassroots stages to future headliners.

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Dev Griffin

Radio Presenter, DJ and Producer

Dev brings a wealth of industry experience to the Youth Music Awards 2025 panel. He first rose to fame as a presenter on BBC’s Smile, and went on to build a successful career at 1Xtra, Radio 1 and now Heart FM. Alongside his radio work, Dev is a music producer (as Joziff Jordan), a seasoned DJ, and a regular presenter at major cultural events like the BAFTAs and BRITs. His career spans TV, music and storytelling—making him a brilliant advocate for the next generation of creatives.

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Mary Mandefield

Journalist and Presenter

Mary Mandefield is an award-winning journalist and presenter, known for using her platform to amplify underrepresented voices. She currently hosts Hits Radio’s early breakfast show, and recently won the Debut Presenter award at the TV Foundation’s New Voice Awards. From Channel 4 documentaries to BBC News, podcasts, and mentoring schemes, Mary’s work combines media impact with a commitment to equity in the creative industries—making her an ideal Youth Music Awards 2025 judge.

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Bethan Elfyn

Senior Content Producer & Presenter, BBC Radio Wales

BBC Radio Presenter (credits include BBC Radio One, BBC 6Music, BBC Introducing, BBC Wales), Event Curator, New Music Champion, DJ and festival host. Currently BBC project manager of “Horizons” a new music project – supported by BBC Wales and Arts Council. Horizons is a talent development partner at the Excite network with 9 other countries in Europe, and Bethan is also an Anchor jury board member for the Reeperbahn festival 2025.

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Kemi Rodgers

TV & Radio Presenter

Kemi Rodgers is a presenter, DJ, and radio host with a deep passion for music and a proven ability to connect with audiences. She currently hosts Capital’s mid-morning show and has fronted music series for Universal, as well as a documentary for Warner Music. Kemi is also a familiar face on the festival circuit and brings hands-on industry experience across radio, TV, and live events. Her energy, industry insight, and commitment to spotlighting new talent make her a brilliant addition to the Youth Music Awards 2025 judging panel.

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Access Community Trust

Access Community Trust champions homelessness support across East Anglia, alongside providing a range of mental health and wellbeing assistance that helps vulnerable individuals of all ages, families, and, wider communities that find themselves socially isolated: www.accessct.org

Arts Educational Scheme

Arts Education Exchange (AEE) is a charity based in Margate, South East Kent, providing creative education for young people aged 8-25. They offer high-quality music and visual arts programmes as a vital alternative to mainstream education, working with marginalised young people who face significant adverse life circumstances and barriers to participation in education, arts and culture: www.artsedex.org

Aspire4U CIC

Aspire4U CIC is a not for profit community engagement organisation that uses the arts to develop mindsets towards well being, financial literacy and employability.

Their mission is to support communities to create better futures by using evidence of things that work and bringing it back to the community. We use events and experiences to amplify this message: www.aspire4u.co.uk

Billy and Andy's Music School

Billy & Andy’s Music School provides accessible music sessions and services for disabled and neurodivergent young people in Greater Manchester. Our programs range from helping disabled young people to form bands, organising open jam sessions using accessible music technology, and offering living room gigs to those in residential care: www.billyandandy.co.uk

Creative Optimistic Visions

Creative Optimistic Visions is a small grass roots organisation, founded in 2014 in Coventry City, that has built a respectful reputation with existing partners, but most importantly with our beneficiaries and families. An award-winning Community Interest Company that provides alternative education, training, consultancy, mentoring, youth and community services: www.creativeoptimisticvisions.co.uk

DaDaFest

DaDa is an award winning and pioneering disability arts organisation based in Liverpool with international reach and impact. Founded in 1984, we were one of the first disability-led arts organisations in the UK.

We are known widely for DaDaFest, our biennial cross-arts festival which has supported many renowned disabled artists from the UK and beyond since 2001: www.dadafest.co.uk

DJ & MC Academy

DJ & MC Academy CIC is a youth organisation in North London set up in January 2008, using music and media to support personal development, skill-building, and social change to those from disadvantaged backgrounds. We deliver free-to-access programmes in schools, colleges, youth hubs and outdoor spaces: www.djandmcacademy.com

GIRL GRIND UK

GIRL GRIND UK CIC works in Birmingham to support girls and gender-expanding youth with diverse heritage between the ages of 12 to 30 through our GROWNISH (12-17) and WOMANISH (18-30) development arms: www.girlgrinduk.co.uk

Hastings Fat Tuesday

Hastings Fat Tuesday CIC is a not-for-profit organisation that delivers a year-round programme of activity to support the communities of Hastings and St. Leonards. Including the flagship Fat Tuesday Music Festival, along with a range of live music events, community sessions and workshops: www.hastingsfattuesday.co.uk

Helix Arts

Helix Arts specialises in creative work that explores the role and potential of the arts in a social context, empowering people to be heard through cross-artform approaches. Our Mission is to increase equality of opportunity for people to participate in the art: www.helixarts.com

Jamming Station 

Jamming Station (Totnes, Devon) empowers marginalised young people through music. Our projects foster creativity, belonging, and emotional well-being, building skills and confidence while amplifying youth voices: www.jammingstation.co.uk