Nominate outstanding citizens now
22 October 2020, 7:30 PM
Fleurieu councils have all opened nominations for their annual citizen of the year awards.
Everyone has the opportunity to put forward the name of someone who has made a contribution to the local community, making it a better place.
Each council has slightly different categories, but most include Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year and Community Event of the Year.
A new category is an Award for Active Citizenship, presented to a person or group delivering outstanding work for an event or cause staged in the community during the past year
All councils will celebrate their outstanding citizens and community events at Australia Day ceremonies in January.
Nominations close at 5pm on Friday November 20. Hard copy nomination forms are available from all council offices.
A special panel of councillors and community representatives will judge this year’s Citizen of the Year awards. To get involved in the judging, send an expression of interest to the Chief Executive Officer by email before 5pm on Friday, 30 October.
Award winners will be announced following the December council meeting. Full details of the awards and how to nominate are online.
Alexandrina Council is seeking your nominations for people who have enhanced and enriched community service areas like education, health, fund-raising, charitable and voluntary services, business, sport, arts, the environment, or any other area that contributes to the advancement and wellbeing of the community.
Full details of the awards and how to nominate are online.
District Council of Yankalilla
Yankalilla Council has stressed that nominees don’t have to be local residents if they have made a specific and significant contribution to the district or to a community organisation within the district.
Full details of the awards and how to nominate are online.
Onkaparinga Council offers awards for Little Hero of the Year and Sportsperson of the Year, as well as the standard categories.
Full details of the awards and how to nominate are online.