Recognising volunteers
Iam pleased to announce that nominations for the 2019 Volunteering Recognition Awards are now open.
Hosted every two years, the Volunteering Recognition Awards celebrate the role volunteers play across the region and bring together individuals and organisations in acknowledging outstanding achievements.
From young volunteers to new residents, Landcare to foster carers, strong community programs to emergency recovery, nominations are open across 12 categories and recognise the remarkable efforts of volunteers, volunteer programs and volunteer-involving organisations that make our communities so vibrant.
This year we are thrilled to welcome The Weekly Advertiser and radio stations 3WM and MIXX FM as our major sponsors and are also excited to announce some fresh ideas for the 2019 awards.
The first is the introduction of the inaugural People’s Choice award, which will give communities the chance to nominate their favourite individual, program or organisation from finalists.
And the second is the introduction of our community roadshows.
In the past we have noticed some nominators experienced difficulty completing the nomination form, so this year we are going out to communities across Horsham, Yarriambiack, Hindmarsh, Northern Grampians and West Wimmera municipalities to assist in answering any questions our communities might have as well as assist with the completion of the forms.
Nomination forms are available online at centreforparticipation.org. au. Nominations close on March 13.
Of course, none of this would be possible without the incredible support of our sponsors or our enthusiastic and dedicated working group, which has been working quietly behind the scenes to promote and engineer the awards.
The 2019 Volunteering Recognition Awards will be at Horsham Town Hall on Friday, May 17.
I encourage everyone to nominate a volunteer, volunteer program or volunteer-involving organisation that they think is doing an outstanding job.
• Julie Pettett is Centre for Participation chief executive