TASMANIA
Tasmanian Community Achievement Awards
Describe the scope of your program/service/project (include the location, target audience, number/age of participants, duration and sustainability)
Outline how your program/service/project was developed, including resources used, and how you involved the community
Outline the objectives of your program/service/project and the benefits to the community (include any increase in physical activity levels, opportunities for participation and increased awareness of the benefits of physical activity)
Describe how you measured any increase in physical activity levels, opportunities or awareness and/or how you determined the success of your program/service/project
Describe any barriers you faced and how they were overcome
In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination; highlighting your achievements and impacts made.
This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.
The APM Sustainable Disability Employment Award recognises businesses who are making a positive social impact by creating opportunities and employment for people living with injury, illness or disability in Tasmania.
The award focuses on excellence and achievement in providing support for employment, skills, training and education.
Description of any vacancies created to support someone with injury, illness or disability within your own organisation.
Barriers or difficulties and how they have been overcome within your own organisation.
Outline the employment and support you have provided to those with injury, illness or disability within your organisation.
Description of final outcomes to any long term employment of someone with injury, illness within your own organisation
- In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination; highlighting your contribution and impacts made. This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.
The EPA’s vision is a Tasmania that is clean, healthy and sustainable. Its purpose is to protect and enhance the quality of the Tasmanian environment in balance with economic and social values, and the needs of future generations.
The EPA Sustainability Award (Community) acknowledges businesses and/or organisations from any community sector who have developed and implemented projects or initiatives that have delivered measurable improvements in preventing pollution, conserving energy and water, minimising waste and maximising resource efficiency.
Submissions should be for a project or initiative that results in measurable improvements in any or all of the following areas: energy efficiency, water conservation, resource efficiency, waste minimisation; and results in wider community or flow-on benefits.
Describe the initiative or project, particularly how it has resulted in improvements to environmental sustainability and explain how the results were measured.
Detail the social, economic and environmental benefits of the initiative or project both to your organisation, stakeholders directly involved and to the wider community.
Outline the project or initiative’s sustainability, including any innovative aspects such as changes to technology, process and training. Including any challenges, you faced and how they were overcome.
Describe the methods used to share information about this project or initiative within the business, your community sector, and other key stakeholders such as local communities. Include copies of press clippings, newsletters etc if available.
In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination; highlighting your achievements and impacts made. This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.
- Describe the initiative or project, particularly any innovative aspects and how it has resulted in improvements to the environment
- Demonstrate the measurable improvement to relevant areas of environmental sustainability, resulting from the initiative or project
- Detail the social, economic and environmental benefits of the initiative/project both to the business and partners directly involved, and to the wider community
- Outline the initiative’s sustainability, including changes to technology, process, training and awareness
- Describe barriers and learnings from concept to implementation, and how these were/are being overcome
- Describe the methods used to share information about this project/initiative within the business, your industry sector, and other key stakeholders such as local communities
- In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination; highlighting your achievements and impacts made.This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.
- Describe the contribution to the farming/agricultural community
- How has this impacted the community/industry and who/how many benefit
- Describe any barriers or difficulties (if any) and how they have been overcome
- Detail any achievements, performance success, self-development or training (if applicable)
- In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination; highlighting your achievements and impacts made.This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.
- Describe the scope of your program/service/project (include the location, target audience, number/age of participants, duration and sustainability)
- Outline how your program/service/project was developed, including resources used, and how you involved the community
- Outline the objectives of your program/service/project and the benefits to the community (include any increase in physical activity levels, opportunities for participation and increased awareness of the benefits of physical activity)
- Describe how you measured any increase in physical activity levels, opportunities or awareness and/or how you determined the success of your program/service/project
- Describe any barriers you faced and how they were overcome
- In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination; highlighting your achievements and impacts made.This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.
A vibrant community supports people's health and wellbeing so they can live their best lives.
The Healthy Tasmania Health and Wellbeing Award celebrates the work of community champions behind groups and organisations in keeping people healthy and well.
Healthy Tasmania is the Government’s plan for keeping people healthy and well (preventive health).
This award is for not-for-profit community groups or organisations (including local government and social enterprises). Have you done something outstanding this year that improved the health and wellbeing of people in your community?
For example:
- supported people to connect with others and have positive mental health and wellbeing
- helped more people to be smoke free, eat well, be more active and reduce harm from alcohol
- protected your community from the health impacts of climate change
- addressed needs in your community so no person is left behind
- increased people's skills for managing their own health and wellbeing (health literacy).
- Tell us about your program, project or service (what you did, who you reached, how many people, where and when).
- How was your program, project or service created? Outline any resources used and how you involved the community.
- What were the goals of your program, project or service? Include any health and wellbeing outcomes.
- What difference did your program, project or service make? Describe how you measured any changes and the success of your program, project or service.
- Describe any challenges you faced and how you overcame them.
- In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination; highlighting your achievements and impacts made. This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.
- Describe your achievements and field of endeavour. Provide examples of initiative, planning, management and/or leadership
- What impact does your achievements have on the community and who benefits?
- List or estimate the number of hours contributed paid/unpaid
- Barriers/difficulties and how they have been overcome
- In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination; highlighting your achievements and impacts made.This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.
The MAIB Community Safety Award recognises individuals and groups who have, through their dedication and efforts, improved safety and/or reduced injury and harm in the community, whether that be on the roads (such as emergency services and first responders, road safety etc), to specific groups, specific areas or specific activities (for example workplace health and safety, community safety, etc).
There are many in our community who take steps or act tirelessly to take care of others, improving environments, circumstances or activities to improve the safety and well-being of others and reduce the trauma and impact of injury and harm. Nominations can be made by, or for any person, organisation, business or group to recognise and appreciate genuine and significant efforts to improve safety and/or reduce the risk of injury and harm in the community.
It may be:
· a group dedicated to reducing road crashes, assisting in road crash rescue or injury management;
· someone who has identified a high risk environment and introduced supportive safety measures or actions to reduce injury and harm; or
· a community program designed to improve safety and reduce risk.
The award is recognition of efforts to look after each other in the community.
Open to individual and group nominees.
- Describe the individual nominee or community group and their safety activities or strategies
- Outline the effect on improving safety or reducing the risk of injury or harm
What has been the nominee’s impact on a region, town or community?
- Hours contributed, either voluntarily or paid
- List additional references here, feel free to provide testimonials (you can upload supporting documents, such as letters of support, in the ‘Attachments’ section)
In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination; highlighting your achievements and impacts made.
- Your community involvement and contributions (service/organisation name, role, task/activity, time contributed)
- What others have recognised as your significant achievements (if applicable)
- How have your contributions influenced the community?
- Details of challenges and barriers you experience and how you overcome them to achieve your goals
- In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination; highlighting your achievements and how these have made a positive impactThis summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.