Deadline: 31-Oct-22
The Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale is seeking nominations for its Community Citizen of the Year Awards.
The Auspire – Australia Day WA Community Citizen of the Year Awards are presented by Local Governments across Western Australia each year.
The Community Citizen of the Year Awards celebrate the positive news stories of their citizens who are worthy of the community's attention, recognising those who are role models and who inspire us with their achievements and challenge us to make their own contribution to creating a better community.
Categories
Your community champions can be recognised in four categories:
- Citizen of the Year: A person you believe has delivered outstanding service to his or her community.
- Citizen of the Year – Senior: An older person you believe has delivered outstanding service to his or her community and to be eligible, the person must be over 65 years of age on January 26.
- Citizen of the Year – Youth: A young person you believe has delivered outstanding service to his or her community and to be eligible, the person must be under 25 years of age on January 26.
- Award for Active Citizenship: A group doing outstanding work or for an event staged in the community during the past year.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nominees should reside or work principally within the local authority making the award.
- Awards may be granted posthumously in recognition of recent achievements.
- Groups of people or couples will not normally be eligible except when meeting the criteria for a community group. Though a couple or pair working together on a joint initiative may be considered in an individual category at the discretion of the local selection committee,
- A person may receive an award on more than one occasion in recognition of their particularly outstanding community contribution or involvement in an alternative initiative.
- Unsuccessful nominees may be nominated in future years.
- Nominations must be apolitical in their nature and should not in any way bring the awards program or local government area into disrepute.
- Sitting members of State, Federal and Local Government are not eligible.
Note: Auspire encourages all nominators to recognise and acknowledge those in their community displaying ideals of social justice, cultural diversity and social inclusion. They also want to highlight the importance that the reconciliation process plays in enabling people to feel valued and contribute more positively towards society.
For more information, visit Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale.
For more information, visit https://www.sjshire.wa.gov.au/community/your-community/volunteering-and-awards/australia-day-community-awards.aspx