Senior of the Year Award

To be eligible for the Senior of the Year Award, nominees must:

• Be aged 60 years or older.
• Be a resident of the Wattle Range Council area.
• Have made a significant impact on the local community, either through recent efforts in the current year or through a long-standing commitment over a number of years.

Council Elected Members, employees and Celebrate Seniors Working Party members are not eligible to be nominated for the Senior of the Year Award.

Nomination considerations/ guidelines

When submitting your nomination, you may like to include the following information as a guideline:

• The community benefit from the nominee’s contribution or services
• Significant contributions and achievements of the nominee
• Additional national or international awards, certificates and other recognition
• Demonstration of leadership or any other outstanding qualities
• Demonstration of nominee overcoming particular difficulties or hurdles to do the work.

How will the nomination be assessed?

The first stage is an eligibility check where nominations will be assessed against the eligibility criteria. If the nomination meets all eligibility criteria, key considerations for the award will then be assessed.

Both the eligibility and assessment stages are undertaken by a selection panel comprising of past recipients of the Wattle Range Australia Day Citizen of the Year Awards, a representative from the Celebrate Seniors Working Party and Council staff

All nominations will be treated as confidential.

Nomination checklist

• The nominee meets eligibility criteria
• An additional referee/ contact has been supplied
• The nomination outlines the  difference the individual has made to the community which may/ or may not include the following;
  • The number of hours of work/volunteering and years undertaken is noted
  • The community benefit from the nominee’s contribution or services is noted
  • The contribution or services to the local community
  • Outstanding contributions and achievements of the nominee
  • Additional national or international awards, certificates and other recognition
  • Demonstration of leadership or any other outstanding qualities
  • Demonstration of nominee overcoming particular difficulties or hurdles to do the work.

  Key dates

Nomination to be received by Council on or before 5pm Friday, 25 September.

Presentations of the Award will be held at the Wattle Range Council, Civic and Arts Centre, Ridge Terrace, Millicent on Friday, 9 October during Celebrate Seniors Week.

Nominations can be submitted by anyone who believes they know a deserving candidate.

Nomination Form

A copy of the full Senior Award Guidelines and Nominations Form can be downloaded below or alternatively hard copies can be collected at any of Council's Offices, Information Centres or Libraries.

Senior Award Guidelines and Nominations Form

If you’d like to learn more about the nomination process or have any questions, please feel free to contact Council’s Community Development Officer, on 8733 0900 or by emailing council@wattlerange.sa.gov.au.