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Each year, North Sydney Council honours local people who make a difference in our community and local government area.
There are many people who work behind the scenes to make North Sydney the wonderful place that it is. The North Sydney Community Awards are a perfect opportunity to acknowledge some of these unsung heroes. If you know someone who is worthy of an accolade, we encourage you to nominate them.
Whether it is someone who volunteers in the area, a social entrepreneur, or you know of a project with wide community impact, a Community Award is a great way to recognise a person or group who is making a difference.
Nominations for 2025 will open soon.
Award categories
1. Community Builder
This person or group is the glue that makes the North Sydney community stronger, together.
Purpose: to encourage, acknowledge and celebrate an outstanding contribution by a person or group of people who makes the North Sydney community stronger, together.
Criteria:
- Degree to which the North Sydney community benefited.
- How the contribution was made eg volunteer, special circumstances, outstanding contribution in specialised field.
2. Eco Warrior
This person or group has made an exceptional contribution to enhancing the cleanliness and sustainability of North Sydney. Their efforts have been instrumental in protecting, conserving, rehabilitating, and sustaining our unique environment, helping to create a more sustainable city. They have also actively promoted environmentally responsible behavior and contributed to the continued development of a cleaner, greener North Sydney.
Purpose: to encourage, acknowledge and celebrate an outstanding contribution to the local environment or sustainability by a person or group in the North Sydney LGA and community.
Criteria:
- Degree to which the North Sydney community benefited.
- How the contribution was made eg volunteer, special circumstances, outstanding contribution in specialised field.
3. Living Legend
This person has served the North Sydney community for more than 20 years and is an inspiration to others.
Purpose: to encourage, acknowledge and celebrate the outstanding contribution of a person who has served the North Sydney community for more than 20 years and is an inspirational role model for others.
Criteria:
- Degree to which the North Sydney community benefited.
- How the contribution was made eg volunteer, special circumstances, outstanding contribution in specialised field.
4. Next Generation
This young person or group of young people has made an outstanding contribution to the North Sydney community and is an inspiration to others.
Purpose: to encourage, acknowledge and celebrate an outstanding contribution by a young person or group who inspires others and has made an outstanding contribution to the North Sydney community.
All Next Generation nominees must be aged 24 and under on 31 December 2024.
Criteria:
- Degree to which the North Sydney community benefited.
- How the contribution was made eg volunteer, special circumstances, outstanding contribution in specialised field.
5. Trailblazer
This person or group are bold innovators, driving positive impact within the North Sydney community.
Purpose: to encourage, acknowledge and celebrate an outstanding contribution by a person or group who has driven positive impact by addressing a current social, developmental, economic or environmental challenge through innovative and bold ideas and/or collaboration.
Criteria:
- Degree to which the North Sydney community benefited.
- How the contribution was made eg volunteer, special circumstances, outstanding contribution in specialised field.
Eligibility criteria
- The nominee must be an Australian citizen.
- While the nominee does not have to reside in the North Sydney LGA, they need to have made a significant and positive contribution to the North Sydney LGA community.
- The nominee's contribution must have been made in 2024; however, this does not exclude cumulative prior years of contribution eg volunteer recognised for 20 years achievement, retired 2024.
- Nominees for the Next Generation Award must be aged 24 and under on 31 December 2024.
- Previous award recipients cannot be nominated.
- Self-nominations cannot be accepted.
- Present Council staff, Councillors and their family members can nominate others, but cannot themselves be nominated.
Judging
The Mayor and Deputy Mayor of North Sydney Council, as well as the Community Awards Committee, are responsible for judging the nominations and awarding winners in each category.
The North Sydney Community Awards will be presented to individuals and groups at a special awards ceremony. Details to be announced.
How to nominate
Nominations for 2025 will open soon.