The Awards and Recognition Program aims to recognise the outstanding contributions of individuals, volunteers, organisations or groups and their contribution to Maitland and, where appropriate, the broader society.
Nominations are now closed.
The Awards and Recognition Committee will be the judging panel and comprises the Mayor, four Councillors and two community representatives.
Should the Awards and Recognition Committee not receive any suitable nominations for the award categories, the Committee will be under no obligation to present an award for any, or all, categories.
The decision of the Awards and Recognition Committee is final and no correspondence will be entered into in respect to the decision.
The recipients of each award category will be announced and presented at the Australia Day function on 26 January each year.
Nominations will be called on an annual basis. Nominations must be completed using the nomination forms circulated by Council and must be submitted by the closing date.
An individual or an organisation may make nominations.
If an individual is nominated for multiple awards across a range of categories, the Awards and Recognition Committee will recommend the nominee be considered for only one award category.
A maximum of one award per category will be awarded each year.
Please ensure you provide as much detail as possible to assist the Committee in making any decision on Award recipients.
Cannot be a Maitland City Council employee or Councillor.
Must be an Australian Citizen (Citizen of the Year and Young Citizen of the Year only).
Must reside in the Maitland Local Government Area (Citizen of the Year and Young Citizen of the Year only).
The Young Citizen of the Year is to be under the age of 25 years as at 26 January in the awarding year.
The Sportsperson of the Year must be a non-professional sportsperson (someone who does not receive their primary source of income from their chosen sport. An individual who receives a secondary income or wins prize money on occasion for participating in sporting and championship events is not considered to be a professional sportsperson).
