Parents Centres ‘Family Friendly Awards’ Nominations

Thank you for your interest in the Parents Centre ‘Family Friendly Awards’.

Business owners know that it’s a huge asset to be known locally as ‘family friendly’! Parents possess massive purchasing power and will buy where it is easy, convenient to do so and where they feel their needs are being met and respected. And they will tell anyone who will listen who are the good guys in the family friendly stakes!

Ensure that youget the chance for the recognition you deserve by being nominated. A Parents Centre ‘Family Friendly Award’ really is a badge of honour for your business, an endorsement by parents for parents that your business is placing priority on the needs of families and that parents should shop with you. In today’s modern world this may well give you the edge you need over your competitors.

How your local ‘Family Friendly Awards’ will work:

  • Nominations for the ‘Family Friendly Awards’ will be open from 1 August – 31 August 2012. Businesses can nominate themselves or be nominated by someone. Nomination forms and posting boxes are at LaHoods The Chemist and Quins Unichem Pharmacy. Nomination forms are also available at
  • Nominated businesses will be advertised, and public voting will take place to determine a shortlist of three in each category, publicised through a Facebook page( in The Ensign. The public vote will take place from 1 September – 17 September 2012.
  • Shortlisted businesses will be identified through the public vote and will then need to provide two vouchers that can be redeemed by judges to cover the cost of the judges visiting and experiencing their service. (The business themselves can decide the parameters of this voucher, but should allow the judges to fully enjoy the experience offered and cover the costs of two adults and two children up to the age of 10.)
  • Details of the shortlisted businesses will be publicised via the Gore Parents Centre website, facebook page and database, as well as through The Ensign.
  • The three finalists (as determined by the public vote) will then be judged by two nominated families from the local Parents Centre between 18 September and 30 September 2012. Noone with any relationship to any of the finalists will be allowed to accept a position as a judge.
  • Judging families will visit the finalists and experience their service, judging according to the specified criteria.
  • Highly commended awards may be presented by the judges, at the discretion of Gore Parents Centre committee, to nominated businesses who were considered ‘unlucky’ to miss out on being shortlisted.
  • Winners will be announced on 3 October 2012 in The Ensign and on the Gore Parents Centre website and facebook pages.

Prizes

  • Parents Centres around New Zealand are running this competition and all finalists and winners will be published on the Parents Centres New Zealand website ( facebook page and e-newsletter (which is sent to over 18,000 Parents Centre members every month).
  • Winners, finalists and recipients of a highly commended award will be presented with a certificate which can be displayed in their venue, as well as a poster for display at the business owner’s discretion.
  • Winners will be provided with a file of a ‘badge of honour’ which they can use in all their local promotional material as ‘The Family Friendly Awards 2012 Winner’
  • The Ensign, as the local sponsor, will publish articles announcing finalists and winners, and detailing how they were chosen above other entrants.

‘Family Friendly Awards’ Judging Criteria

Each criteria will be judged on a scale of 0 – 5 (5 for exceptional, 0 for non-existent). The business receiving the highest number of points from the two families combined will win.

Places to Eat / Things to See and Do
Value for money / Value for money
Comfort and cleanliness / Comfort and cleanliness
Safety (including highchair) / Safety (including highchair)
Toilet and infant changing facilities / Toilet and infant changing facilities
Infant feeding services (breastfeeding space or quiet area to feed babies, ability to warm a bottle or baby food) / Infant feeding services (breastfeeding space or quiet area to feed babies, ability to warm a bottle or baby food)
Parking and access (including space for a stroller/parent parking) / Parking and access (including space for a stroller/parent parking))
Service / Service
Enjoyment for kids / Enjoyment for kids
Enjoyment for parents / Enjoyment for parents
Range of food choices (for children and adults)

Parents Centre ‘Family Friendly Award’
Nomination Form

Award Category (circle one):

Places to EatThings to See and Do

Nominated Business

Name of Business:______

Physical Address:______

Contact Name:______

Phone Number: ______

Opening Hours:______

Nominator

Name:______

Postal Address: ______

Phone Number:______

Acceptance of Terms and Conditions

I wish my business to be nominated for the Parents Centre Family Friendly Awards.

I am an authorised representative of the nominated business.

I accept the Terms and Conditions outlined.

Signed: ______Print name:______Date:___

Terms and Conditions

  1. Nominations must be received by 31 August 2012, with all nomination details completed and the nomination signed by an authorised representative of the nominated business.
  2. Nominated businesses agree for their name and photo to be included in advertising, press releases, on the related facebook pages, websites and e-newsletters of Parents Centres New Zealand.
  3. Public voting will determine the shortlist to be judged. This public vote is final.
  4. Shortlisted businesses will be notified on 18 September and will need to provide two vouchers that can be redeemed by judges to cover the cost of the judges visiting and experiencing their service. (The business themselves can decide the parameters of this voucher, but should allow the judges to fully enjoy the experience offered and cover the costs of two adults and two children up to the age of 10.) These vouchers must be supplied as soon as possible and no later than Friday 21 September to Gore Parents Centre, PO Box 241, Gore.
  5. The three finalists (as determined by the public vote) will be judged by two nominated families from the local Parents Centre between 18 September and 30 September 2012. Noone with any relationship to any of the finalists will be allowed as a judge. Shortlisted businesses will be notified of the names of the judging families and must notify the local Parents Centre if any potential conflict of interest exists.
  6. Winners will be determined by collating the scores of the two judging families. Winners will announced on 1 October 2012. The decision of the judges is final.
  7. Highly commended certificates may be awarded at the discretion of the local Parents Centre Committee. No correspondence will be entered into by the committee or the judges..
  8. Parents Centre will promote winners via their associated websites, facebook pages and databases and The Ensign as major sponsor of the local award will print an article to announce finalists and winners.