Civic Awards 2025 - Nomination Form | Whitehorse City Council

Nominations for 2025 Civic Awards are now open and will close at 5pm on Friday 30 May 2025.

Citizen of the Year - the Citizen of the Year should demonstrate years of achievement in any field including but not limited to community service(s) and innovation, volunteer work and outstanding generosity. If you would like to nominate someone as Citizen of the Year through an achievement made in a paid role, please provide evidence as to how your nominee has contributed to the Whitehorse community in addition to their paid duties.

Young Citizen of the Year - the Young Citizen of the Year should demonstrate leadership qualities and have inspired others through their actions or by being a positive role model. The contribution can be made in any field including but not limited to community service(s) and innovation, volunteer work and outstanding generosity. If you would like to nominate someone as Young Citizen of the Year through an achievement made in a paid role, please provide evidence as to how your nominee has contributed to the Whitehorse community in addition to their paid duties.

Community Achievement Award - the Community Achievement Award recognises individuals or whole of community organisations, clubs or groups who have exceeded expectations to improve the Whitehorse community. This can include areas where individuals or groups have made a tangible difference to either acceptance and tolerance in the community, diversity and outstanding community spirit. Self-nominations by community groups are acceptable in this category.

Provide any further relevant information as attachments, this may include newspaper or magazine articles about the nominee and their achievements
List any awards which may be relevant
You must include a written submission with this nomination form - written submission should be around 500 words, maximum 2000 words.

Find out about the eligibility and conditions of entry.

Eligibility

Nominees must be Australian citizens and unless there are exceptional circumstances, must be residents of Australia.
The nominee must reside, study, work or participate in the Whitehorse Community in some significant way, to be eligible.
The Citizen of the Year must be 27 years of age or older on 1 January 2025.
The Young Citizen of the Year must be under 27 years of age on 1 January 2025.
The Community Achievement award nominee may be an individual, over 18 years of age, or an entire community group/organisation from within the City of Whitehorse.

Conditions of Entry

Nominations must be on this official form, or online nomination via Council’s website.
Self-nominations will not be accepted.
All nomination information and material submitted remains the property of the City of Whitehorse.
The decision of Council in relation to the community awards is final and no correspondence will be entered into in respect of that decision.
The selection shall be made on the basis of outstanding service principally to the local community in any field considered appropriate to Council.
In the absence of any nominations from members of the public, Council may make its own nominations based on local knowledge and experience.
Individuals and organisations may submit nominations.

Eligibility and Conditions of Entry

Download

Submit Your Nomination

Civic Award Categories

Select a category

^{Please tick the appropriate box to indicate the category. Individuals can be nominated for more than one category if eligible.}

Citizen of The Year

Young Citizen of The Year

Community Achievement Awards

Nomination

Nominee

^{Person you are nominating for this award}

Full name or Organisation name

Nominee contact details (email or phone number)

I have let the nominee know they have been nominated

Nominator

^{Your name and details}

Name

Organisation

Your email

Phone number

Referee

^{Please provide the name of someone who is familiar with the achievements of the nominee(s) who can act as a referee}

Name

Phone number

Tell us about your nomination

You must include a written submission with this nomination along with other supporting documents which you can attach below.

Tell us about the nominee

Supporting documents

Maximum 5 files.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif, jpg, png, bmp, eps, tif, pict, psd, txt, rtf, html, odf, pdf, doc, docx, ppt, pptx, xls, xlsx, xml, avi, mov, mp3, ogg, wav, bz2, dmg, gz, jar, rar, sit, svg, tar, zip, jpeg.

Disclaimer

_{The personal information requested on this form is necessary to contact nominators and nominees and to make arrangements as necessary for the Civic Award event. This information will be used solely by Council for that /those primary purpose(s) or directly related purposes. The intended recipients of the information are Councillors and Council officers. Council may disclose the information to law enforcement agencies, courts and other organisations authorised to collect it. Individuals have a right to seek access to their personal information and make corrections by phoning 9262 6333 and asking for the Governance Unit. You may view Council’s Privacy Policy on our website www.whitehorse.vic.gov.au or obtain a copy from any of the Council offices.}

Select the checkbox to confirm this is a valid submission.

You are here

Civic Awards 2025 - Nomination Form

Eligibility and Conditions of Entry

Submit Your Nomination

Disclaimer