Outstanding achievement awards - information
Summary
The
Council is delighted to be able to host the Blaby District Outstanding Achievement Awards for the seventh consecutive year.
These awards were first launched in 2004 to recognise and reward individual excellence, team achievement and to publicly thank
those people who work tirelessly ‘behind the scenes’ as unsung heroes.
Nominations for these awards are open until Monday 16th August 2010. Please put forward people that you think deserve recognition for furthering their own development or making a difference to the community. If you’ve submitted a nomination in the past and they weren’t shortlisted, please consider nominating them again.
If you would like to help publicise these awards please download a poster and display it at your place of work, community centre, doctor’s surgery, play group – anywhere you know of that would help to spread the word about these community awards.
How to make a nomination
- Please read through the entry criteria and award description before submitting your nomination
- Please complete and return a nomination form for an individual or group that you feel deserves recognition for the work they do
- Submit your nomination by:
- Post - Print the nomination form in the printable forms section, complete it and return it by post to the address in the contacts section below.
- E-mail - Submit your answers to the questions on the back page of the nomination form to the e-mail address in the contacts section below.
- Online - Complete and submit your nomination using the online form below.
Downloads
- Outstanding achievement awards nomination brochure 2010 (PDF, 1,325KB)
- Achievement awards poster (PDF, 704KB)
Online forms
Printable forms
Further information
Award Categories & Sponsors
Category A - Outstanding achievement by a young person
Prize money £750 kindly sponsored by Ford and Slater
This award is open to anyone aged 19 or under. It is for a young person who has achieved something outstanding in some part of their life. This may be academically, in sport, overcoming some form of adversity or by helping others.
Category B – Selfless service to a voluntary body or the community which is of a social or environmental nature
Prize money £750 kindly sponsored by Bardon Aggregates
This award is for someone who has made a difference to the community. They may be dedicated to helping others or to improving the environment in the district. This category has no age limit.
Category C – Sporting Achievement
Prize money £750 kindly sponsored by Sytner Group
This award is open to anyone who has achieved in their specialist sport, encouraged others to progress, or has contributed significantly to a sport or club over a long period of time. The candidate may be a sportsperson, coach or volunteer, novice or an experienced person.
Category D – Community or voluntary group that improves the quality of life for residents in the district
Prize money £750 kindly sponsored by Marriott Leicester
This award is for a group whose aims and activities improve the quality of life in the district of Blaby.
Category E – Individual or group that makes the district a safer place to live
Prize money £750 kindly sponsored by Fosse Shopping Park
This award could relate to your neighbourhood, village or street. Examples could include: raising funds for improvements in the community relating to safety issues, working to reduce crime or the fear of crime or neighbourhood-watch type schemes.
Entry Criteria
- Each award category has a description that explains the type of person or group that qualifies for that award.
- Employees of Blaby District Council and Council Members may not be nominated.
- Finalists from previous years may not be nominated.
- Nominations for categories B, C & E will not be considered if the nomination relates mainly to the individuals paid employment.
- Nominations for category A should live in the district and be 19 years old or under.
- Nominations for categories B, C, D & E should either live or work in the district or their actions should be of a direct benefit to the district.
Selection of Finalists and Prizes
- All finalists will be contacted by 10th September 2010. If you have not heard by this date unfortunately this means that you have not been shortlisted.
- The decision reached by the judges when selecting the finalists is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- Finalists or their representatives must attend the Presentation Dinner on 7th October 2010 to receive their prize.
- All finalists receive a framed certificate to acknowledge their achievement and the prize money donated by the sponsors is split between the winner and runner(s) up for each category.
Important Note: The council may use photos taken and nomination details of entrants in future publicity materials.
Awards Presentation Dinner
The entrants that the judges choose as finalists are invited to an exclusive dinner along with members of their family and the person that nominated them.
This exclusive dinner is the perfect occasion to be able to celebrate and shine the spotlight on what these extraordinary people have achieved and contributed to the community.
The Presentation Dinner is made possible by the generous sponsorship of Grove Park Commercial Centre Ltd and the staging is proudly sponsored by Fosse Shopping Park.
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Contact us
| Officer / Team | Events Officer |
|---|---|
| Postal address | Blaby District Council Council Offices Desford Road Narborough Leicester LE19 2EP |
| E-mail address | public.relations@blaby.gov.uk |
| Telephone | 0116 272 7512 |
| Fax | 0116 272 0368 |
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This page was last updated on 12th May 2010
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