Deadline: 05-Jul-20
Hawkesbury City Council is calling on local organisations and groups that are working on initiatives to help the Hawkesbury community to better prepare for, respond to, or recover from a disaster, to apply for the NSW Get Ready Community Award.
Coordinated by Resilience NSW, the Mayor of Hawkesbury, Councillor Barry Calvert said that the NSW Get Ready Community Award aims to recognise a community that has worked together to make their community more prepared and better able to recover from disasters.
An awards ceremony will be held in September/October 2020, in conjunction with the Resilient Australia Awards, the date being dependent on COVID-19 restrictions.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications can be submitted by local organisations, such as volunteer groups, community organisations or local council, on behalf of the community. The initiatives must demonstrate community driven partnerships and collaborations.
- The term ‘community’ can refer to a particular township or region, or a group of people that have something in common, for example young people, older community members, people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities or people with disabilities.
- Applications need to show participation across the community, and are open to initiatives that have been completed as well as work that is underway or ongoing. If you can demonstrate the value of the initiative in building your community’s resilience to disasters it will be award worthy!
Selection Criteria
The community initiative or project:
- has been initiated and managed by the local community
- shows strong collaboration and partnerships across the community and involvement of community members
- has strengthened the resilience of the local community to disasters through community participation in disaster planning, preparedness, response and/or recovery
For more information, visit https://www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/news-and-events/news/all-news/2020/june/call-for-applications-award-to-recognise-community-resilience?utm_source=miragenews&utm_medium=miragenews&utm_campaign=news