8 November 2012

Strathfield Council is calling for nominations for the 2013 Citizen and Young Citizen of the Year Awards for local citizens/groups who have made outstanding contributions to the community.

The awards are presented each year at the Australia Day celebrations at Strathfield Park.

Nominations are being sought in two categories and all nominees must be Australian citizens and residents of the Strathfield Council area at the time of nomination.

Mayor of Strathfield, Gulian Vaccari said the awards are an opportune way of recognising some of the leaders of the Strathfield community.

“Strathfield is a diverse community with many inspirational and hard working people across a number of fields. This is a great opportunity, at a fitting time of year to recognise the efforts of two very valuable citizens in our community on Australia Day. I encourage all community groups and the like to nominate members who they feel are worthy or recognition,” Cr Vaccari said.

Young Citizen of the Year is open to nominees aged 16 to 25 on January 26 2013. All other nominees, including those nominated for Young Citizen will then be considered for the Citizen of the Year Award.

Nominees will be judged on a number of criteria, including whether contribution was outstanding, voluntary, beneficial to the community and/or of significant personal effort. A number of other criteria will also apply.

If you know someone who you think has made significant contributions to the Strathfield community and would like to nominate them, please do so using the official nomination form available at www.strathfield.nsw.gov.au or at Council’s customer service centre.

Nominations close at 5pm Thursday 20 December 2012.