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Please address the General Criteria for all nominations and then the specific criteria for each category. You don’t have to address all of the criteria points these are just a guide to help you.
It is important that you try to keep to the guidelines
of these criteria when completing your nomination.
· Academic achievements
· Personal goals and other achievements
· Degree of difficulty and sacrifices made to achieve, past and in the future
· Personal interests and involvement in the wider community
· Contribution and benefits to society
· Samples of press articles, awards, certificates, photos etc
· Career profile - work experience, strengths, career path - development plan
· Communication, marketing and management skills
· Position in work environment - industry background
· Creativity - innovation - entrepreneurial skills
· Responsibilities - support available
· Budget and staffing control - number of staff, skills etc
· Personal development - extracurricular activities
· Financial position of business
· Contribution to team management
· Contribution to the regional and rural community – economic, social or environmental
· Contribution to the regional and rural economy – productivity, employment, now and in the future
· Initiative and innovation – planning, management, leadership
· Source of funding
· Individual or team effort
· Self-development
· Length of service
· Initiative and innovation in a leadership capacity
· Involvement in setting the direction of the group/organisation in which they have been involved
· Active effort in working toward the group’s goals with group members
· Training, support and encouragement of group members
· Commitment to their own personal development by participation in courses/forums/conventions and other training opportunities
· A worthwhile contribution to their community or the Territory
· Length of service in each area
· Who has benefited from service
· Barriers and how they have been overcome
· Range of groups and number of people involved
· Nature of your individual input
· Hours of unpaid voluntary work
· Contribution to lasting solutions
· Commitment to caring for an elderly or disabled person
· Activities that benefit the disadvantaged
· Level of assistance required – bathing, travel requirements, banking
· Number of carers hours paid and/or unpaid
· Degree of time and effort of carers duties
· Contribution that carer makes to their local community
· Training, education and courses undertaken
· Degree of independence, health improvement, confidence and self worth of the elderly or disabled person
· Commitment to personal development in the arts
· Prizes and Awards - local, national, international
· Performance / exhibition achievements
· Creativity and professional standards
· Samples of work and awards, where possible
· Goals and degree of difficulty in achieving
· Complexity of endeavour
· Inventiveness, ingenuity and entrepreneurial skills
· Scientific or engineering awards received (include samples if possible)
· Contribution to community, commercial application, or broader field of research
· Career development - motivation, commitment, sacrifices, competitiveness & ability to achieve goals
· Athletic achievements - results on a local, national and international scale, samples where possible
· Vocational development - education, courses undertaken, work experience, part-time or full-time athlete, samples where possible
· Contribution to the community - impact on the community, coaching clinics attended, promotion of sport and associated groups
· Current environmental impact on a local, national or world scale
· Impact on community behaviour
· Future impact on environmental preservation
· Source of funding
· Management and leadership skills
· Is this a solo or team effort
· Voluntary or paid involvement
· Achievements – past, current and future
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- Complete the official Nomination Form
- Review the General Criteria and Category Criteria detailed
- Using the Category Criteria determine the most suitable category (nominees may enter more than one category, however, we require a separate application for each)
- Prepare a summary of the nominee using the criteria
provided (up to 2,000 words) - included in this
summary should be a 100 word profile that can be
used for media purposes.
- Attach relevant newspaper articles, awards, certificates, photographs, etc
- Provide four recent, different, clear photographs
labelled with the nominee’s full name and
address
- Forward the original nomination and one A4 single-sided photocopy
- Nomination and contents will remain the property of the Young Achiever Awards Program and will not be returned
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- Nomination must be completed on the official application forms.
- Nominations much address the criteria for the relevant award category. This information must be relevant to the last 12 months.
- Nominees may apply for more than one category; however a separate nomination must be submitted for each category.
- Provide relevant newspaper articles, awards, certificates not older than 12 months.
- Provide 4-6 clear photographs emailed to: info@awardsaustralia.com
- Nominations and contents will remain the property of Awards Australia and will not be returned.
- Entry is free and open to individuals, businesses, groups or organisations according to population and community size.
- Entrants must be Australian citizens, organisations or companies.
- Entrants must reside in regional areas within the state of nomination. Excluding metropolitan areas and have done so for a minimum of two years.
- Entries must show achievements with positive outcomes for regional and rural areas.
- Judges will select three category finalists and one category winner for each category. The judge’s decision is final and no further correspondence will be entered into.
- Entrants must agree to any local, station or national marketing and media publicity.
- Finalists are required to attend the Gala Dinner Awards Presentation ceremony.
- Sponsors are ineligible to enter.
- Submissions must be received prior to the state nomination closing date by 5pm.
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