Victorian Senior of the Year Awards
Who is eligible for the awards?
How can you can submit a nomination?
When are nominations accepted?
What are the selection criteria?
Step by step guide to making a nomination
About the awards
The annual Victorian Senior of the Year Awards acknowledge and celebrate inspirational Victorian seniors.
Award categories
The award categories are:
- Premier’s Award for Victorian Senior of the Year for an outstanding contribution to their local community and Victoria.
- Promotion of Multiculturalism Award for a significant contribution to promoting the benefits of cultural diversity in their local community or in the broader community.
- Healthy and Active Living Award for helping to create active and healthy communities through their community involvement and as a role model.
- Veteran Community Award for an exceptional contribution to the veteran community. The winner of the award does not need to be a veteran.
- Council on the Ageing (COTA) Victoria Senior Achiever Awards for significant contributions to their local communities and Victoria.
The Victorian Senior of the Year Awards are managed by the Department of Health and presented in partnership with COTA Victoria.
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To be eligible for these awards, the nominee must be an Australian citizen, a resident of Victoria and be aged 60 years or over.
Nominees will be assessed on their contribution and achievements since reaching the age of 60.
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You can submit a nomination by downloading, completing and posting the Victorian Senior of the Year Information and Nomination Form (PDF, 737kb) (Rich Text Format, 97kb). Alternately, call Seniors Information Victoria on 1300 135 090 (local call cost) to request a nomination form be sent to you from 14 May 2012.
OR
You can submit a nomination online using our Online Nomination system from 21 May 2012.
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Nominations for the awards are accepted from Monday 14 May 2012.
Deadline for the awards
The closing date for nominations is Friday 20 July 2012.
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Nominees will be assessed on
- How they are making a difference to community wellbeing.
- Their good standing in the community.
- How their positive attitude to ageing inspires others.
Step by step guide to making a nomination
- Chose how you will submit a nomination.
- Keeping in mind the selection criteria, tell us:
- How your nominee makes a difference to community wellbeing through their service to social, cultural or civic life.
- How their positive attitude to ageing involves and enthuses others.
- Gather up to 10 pieces of supporting information about your nominee such as awards and media articles (note, if you are submitting online, file formats supported will be PDF, JPEG, and MS Word)
- Attach at least two letters in support of the nomination from colleagues, beneficiaries or community members (note, if you are submitting online, file formats supported are PDF, JPEG, and MS Word)
Further information
For more information or help with completing a nomination form contact the Victorian Senior of the Year Awards sectretariat via Seniors Online..
The awards are judged by a selection panel. The decisions of the panel are final.
Information supplied with your application will not be returned to you. Information supplied with your application will be kept confidential and not used for any other purpose.
Back to TopThe 2011 Victorian Senior of the Year Awards winners
The winners of the 2011 Victorian Senior of the Year Awards were announced at a ceremony at Government House on 30 September 2011.
Eighty-two year old Warracknabeal senior Doug McColl OAM was named winner of the Premier’s Award for Victorian Senior of the Year for his visionary leadership and contribution to the Warracknabeal community as historian, gardener and fund raiser.
The Veteran Community Award was won by Joan Gillespie for her support to Vietnam veterans in the Veterans Psychiatry Program at Austin Health.
Seventy-nine year old Bill O’Connor won the Healthy and Active Living Award for his long term volunteering with Arthritis Victoria and through the Box Hill Athletics Club.
The inaugural Multiculturalism Award was won by Helen Jurcevic for her work with the Women’s Friendship Group.
Read about the winners of the 2011 Victorian Senior of the Year Awards.
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