There's still time to nominate Unley's Citizen of the Year!

Published on 27 November 2024

Nominations will be open until 5pm on Friday 13 December.

Award recipients for the four awards will be notified the week ending Friday 20 December 2024 in advance of the Citizenship and Citizen of the Year (COTY) Awards Ceremony next year on 26 January 2025. Nominate online today via the website at citizenoftheyear.com.au

Nominations are still open for:

• Citizen of the Year Award
• Young Citizen of the Year Award
• Community Event of the Year Award
• Award for Active Citizenship

Selection Criteria

To determine the recipients for the Citizen of the Year Awards, regard is given to the nominee's achievements in the year immediately prior to receiving the award, as well as their past achievements and ongoing contribution to the community. An individual need only be nominated once to be considered. The number of nominations received per nominee bears no weight in their selection.

Citizen of the Year:

• Significant contribution to the community beyond employment duties
• An inspirational role model for the Australian community
• The scope of impact the individual’s contribution has on the local government area.

Young Citizen of the Year:

• Significant contribution to the community above and beyond employment duties
• An inspirational role model for the Australian community 
• The scope of impact the individual’s contribution has on the local government area.

Community Event of the Year:

• The quality of the work for the event
• The scope of impact the work has on the local government area
• The event’s contribution to the community.

Active Citizenship:

• The person or group has demonstrated leadership in and for the community
• The person or groups involvement in the community
• The scope of impact the person or groups work has on the community.

General Eligibility Criteria 

1. Nominees must be Australian citizens (*except for the Award for Active Citizenship)
2. Awards will not be granted posthumously.
3. Self-nominations will not be accepted.
4. Nominees must be at least 16 years of age in the year of the award presentation.
5. Nominees for the category of Young Citizen of the Year must be 30 years of age or under on 26 January in the year of the award presentation. 
6. Sitting state and federal politicians, current vice-regal officers and current elected members of Council are not eligible
7. Retired politicians, elected members and vice-regal officers will be considered for work undertaken in addition to their official duties.
8. Unsuccessful nominees may be re-nominated in subsequent years.
9. Groups of people, organisations or couples will not normally be eligible for Citizen of the Year and Young Citizen of the Year, though in exceptional cases the selection panels reserve the right to consider such nominations.
10. Both individuals and organisations should be considered for the Community Event of the Year as this recognises the organising body or committee responsible for the event.
11. Absolutely NO weight is given to the number of times a person or organisation is nominated.
12. Previous recipients of the award categories may receive the award in the future. However, the work that this person or organisation undertook in receiving the original award may not be considered.
13. Councils may choose to re-submit nominations that do not receive an award for future consideration in subsequent years of the program.