Youth Carer Award

The Mildura Rural City Council Youth Awards have been established to recognise young people aged 12 to 25 years of age for their achievements and contributions to the community.

The award program aims to recognise a diverse range of young people with varying potential and skills. The criteria that applications will be assessed against are listed below. Please note that application does not have to meet all of the criteria, however the more points that are met, the stronger the application will be.

AWARD CATEGORIES

Please only select one award category (complete separate nomination forms if you are nominating the young person in more than one award category).

  • Youth Carer Award
  • Youth Volunteer Award
  • Youth Group Award
  • Youth Artist Award (group or individual award)

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

  • Nominees must be between 12 and 25 years of age as of 1 January 2016
  • Nominees must either live, work, volunteer or study in the Mildura Rural City Council municipality
  • Young people who have moved due to study or work commitments are still eligible to enter if they have lived, worked, volunteered or studied in Mildura over the previous 12 months
  • For any group nominations, at least 80 per cent of the group members must be between 12 and 25 years of age
  • Entries must be received by Mildura Rural City Council Youth Services by 5.00pm on Friday 19 February 2016
  • Information on the nomination form will be assessed against the judging criteria
  • Recipients of a youth award in the previous two years will not be eligible to win an award.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

For more information or assistance with the nomination application please contact Youth Development Officer, Barbara Clifford on (03) 5018 8280.

  • Mail completed forms to: Mildura Rural City Council Youth Services, PO Box 105, Mildura VIC 3502
  • Hand deliver completed forms to: Mildura Rural City Council, Youth Services,76-84 Deakin Avenue, Mildura
  • Email completed forms to:

INDIVIDUAL NOMINEE DETAILS (who are you nominating?)

First name / Surname
Date of Birth / Year Level / Gender / Male / Female
Postal Address
Email Address / Contact Phone
Does the young person know that they have been nominated for an Award? / Yes / No
Are you happy for this nomination to carry over to Australia Day Young Citizen nominations? / Yes / No

YOUR DETAILS (person making the nomination)

First name / Surname
Organisation (if applicable)
Postal Address
Email Address / Contact Phone
Privacy Notification
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AWARD DETAILS

This category recognises a young person who is the primary carer for a family member, relative or friend with a disability, mental illness or chronic condition.

This may be demonstrated through performing tasks such as:

  • Caring for others by cooking, banking, shopping, driving, daily chores etc.
  • Generally giving his / her time to making life more comfortable for someone else.

Please provide a brief description of the person you are nominating for this award:

Briefly describe the circumstances that have led to this person having to care for or support someone else:

Describe why you believe this person should receive the Youth Carer Award:

Please provide any other information you feel may be relevant to support this application:

NOTE: please attach another page to this form if you require additional space for answers.

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