🔥 The stage is set, the excitement is building, and the finalists are on the verge of being unveiled!
🌟 Our finalists are about to shine brighter than ever before!
💪 Get ready to cheer for the best of the best! 🎊
#finalistannouncement #CommunityAchievementAwards #staytuned
Community Achievement Awards - Nomiations Open - Patron Video.mp4
🙌 Our Official Patron for the SA Community Achievement Awards, Minister Nat Cook, would like to remind you all to nominate or put someone notable in the community forward to be acknowledged for their hard work and for making the SA Community a better place! 🙌
With under three weeks left until nominations close, now is the time to change a life!
Put someone forward here: https://forms.gle/htrH2d6sRBNj3CaUA
Thank you, Nat Cook MP, for participating in our awards. 💕
Merry Christmas.mp4
From the team here at Awards Australia – Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 🎄🎁🌟
We hope that no matter what you celebrate, you have a relaxing, safe and enjoyable break; we look forward to what 2023 brings! 🎉
🏆 Congratulations to Ryde Clothing, the winner of the Awards Australia Small Business Award!
Ryde Clothing was started by Nathan Woodrow at the age of 16. Ryde recognises that brand is about community. Ryde now helps other business people and community leaders realise their capacity by sharing their learnings from the Ryde journey. Over the last year, it has diversified to a more sustainable business mode, developing the Ryde Design, Ryde Consulting and Ryde Summer Sessions.
🏆 Congratulations to Kaleb Wilden, the winner of the Australian Dental Foundation Community Welfare Innovation Award!
Kaleb Wilden introduced the NeuroTherapy Rehabilitation Program to service residents in the Adelaide Hills region living with acquired brain injury. The Program is goal-based and tailored to the individual’s physical disabilities associated with their acquired brain injury. Kaleb also produces educational videos that are readily available and free to access. He has serviced over 1,900 patients since launching the Program in January 2022.
🏆 Congratulations to D'faces of youth arts Inc., the winner of the Community Centres SA Inc. The Loneliness Cure Award!
D’Faces Of Youth Arts Inc welcomes young people to build their confidence and social connections through art. This year they’ve opened Good Nights, a safe space for young adults and teenagers to go on Saturday nights. Each week they’re invited to try a different creative challenge, and cook and eat together.
🏆 Congratulations to Christopher Wright, the winner of the Awards Australia Volunteer Award! #SACAA
Christopher Wright is a 72-year-old volunteer. He spent 6 months cooking for 130 Volunteers during the Kangaroo Island bush fires. Christopher also cooks for the needy, including a homelessness Fundraiser for 220, and runs cooking classes for widowers and careers. A foundation member of Victor Harbor Men's Shed, Christopher helps others achieve more.
Awards Australia
Victor Harbor - SA
🏆 Congratulations to Communication eXtra, the winner of the Ricoh Australia Customer Service Award! #SACAA
Communication eXtra is a specialised support coordination business for deaf and hard of hearing people. They offer a free advocacy service for the deaf and hard of hearing community to get advice when applying for NDIS. They have a weekly drop-in service, where they discuss how the scheme will benefit the new applicants long-term. They have serviced over 195 families in Australia since 2020.
Ricoh Australia
Communication Extra
🏆 Congratulations to Hub Gymnastics Club, the winner of the Woolworths Sports in the Community Award! #SACAA
Hub Gymnastics Club was established in 1985 by a group of volunteers to run a recreation gymnastics program. The Club has since embarked on delivering new programs for the community, allowing families access to professionally run classes with highly skilled coaches. They also offer school holiday gymnastics, after-school, and in-lesson gymnastics programs. Hub Gymnastics has around 750 members, with about 350 children on waitlist.
The Hub Gymnastics Club-Official
@Woolworths
🏆 Congratulations to SA Lived Experience Leadership & Advocacy Network, the winner of the Breakthrough Innovation in Mental Health, Social and Emotional Wellbeing Award! #SACAA
SA Lived Experience Leadership & Advocacy Network (LELAN) has strongly advocated bringing Alternatives to Suicide (Alt2Su) systematically to South Australia after hearing from people with lived experiences of the need for peer-led, community-based support options for suicide distress and crisis. The first Alt2Su groups in SA commenced in September 2022. Individuals experiencing suicidal thoughts/feelings could have somewhere to go other than their GP, therapist or the emergency department.
Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation
SA Lived Experience Leadership & Advocacy Network
And the winner of the People’s Choice Award is… Encounter Youth! 🏆
Tonight, they will take home a $500 travel voucher and a hamper pack form the Australian Native Food Co.
Encounter Youth
🏆 Congratulations to Mid Murray Suicide Prevention Network, the winner of the Rural Doctors Workforce Agency Rural Community Health and Wellbeing Award! #SACAA
Mid Murray Suicide Prevention Network (MMSPN) was established in the mid-2010s following the death by suicide of four men in two years in the Sedan/Cambrai area. Some MMSPN members have completed training courses to assist residents and visitors, such as SafeTalk, Mental Health First Aid, and Youth Mental Health First Aid. In 2022, they collaborated with Country Arts SA in the screening of a mental health-related movie.
Rural Doc
🏆 Congratulations to Jan Wallent, the winner of the Carers SA Carer Achievement Award! #SACAA
Jan Wallent has cared for her husband, David, since he returned in 1967 from the Vietnam War. David has PTSD and has had other chronic diseases, needing full-time care. Jan was a Board Director for Carers SA. She also co-founded Partners of Veterans SA in 2003. She became a carer at the age of 6, when a relative living with them became unwell.
Carers SA
Congratulations to Encounter Youth, the winner of the Jones Harley Toole Community Safety Award
🏆 Congratulations to Encounter Youth, the winner of the Jones Harley Toole Community Safety Award! #SACAA
Encounter Youth is a not-for-profit charity. They implement the Encounter Youth Hindley Street Program, a program that utilises evidence-based, situational and social crime prevention theories to increase and promote safety. Trained Encounter Youth volunteers patrol Hindley Street every Saturday night between 11pm to 5am. Volunteers provide responsible supervision on a peer level and report to SA police in moments of need or vulnerability.
Encounter Youth
South Australia Police
SA Ambulance Service
Congrats to the winner of the Office for Ageing Well Tackling Ageism Award
🏆 Congratulations to the Australian Refugee Association, the winner of the Office for Ageing Well Tackling Ageism Award! #SACAA
Australian Refugee Association (ARA) delivers the Zimala Project to tackle ageism by bringing together and empowering older men in refugee and migrant communities. The Project connects people with organisations such as health information lines and government services. It also provides opportunities to explore new hobbies and connect through social games. There have been 15 excursions or group activities with 100 people attending so far.
Australian Refugee Association
SA Health
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Here are just some of the incredible people nominated into the Carers SA Carers Achievement Award! 🎉🎉
Here are some incredible nominations for the 2022 Awards Australia Volunteer Award.
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Defence Shed Port Adelaide Anderson Dancers CHATS - Community Help And Togetherness Radwa Alobaid Peppercorn Market - Whyalla
Some amazing nominee's right here for the Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation Innovation in Mental Health, Social and Emotional Wellbeing Award.
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Mentally Fit EP Gold Foundation Earthy University Books
Just a few of the Customer Service nominee's for the Ricoh Australia Customer Service Award
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FARM Direct Markets S.A. supporting Aussie Farms and Producers 54 31 Collective Northern Specialist Suites Barossa Outdoors Chook's Little Winery Tours Meeting Place McLaren Vale Pirie Office National Development at Work Australia
More inspirational organisations. Here is a snapshot of nominee's for Community Centres SA Inc. The Loneliness Cure Award.
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Port Augusta City Council Mentoring Adelaide Pty Ltd Port Adelaide Enfield Council Office Russian-Speaking Women’s Association in South Australia Grandparents for Grandchildren Tailem Bend Community Centre Inc Hackham West Community Centre Our Women's Network
Communities would not be communities without these inspirational organisations. Here is a snapshot of nominee's for Community Centres SA Inc. The Loneliness Cure Award.
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SYP Community Hub Hewett Centre Chinese Welfare Services of SA Inc Deadly Nannas- Nragi Muthar O'Sullivan Beach / Lonsdale Football Club Kindred Spirits Australia Port Augusta City Council Uniity
Great organisations doing amazing things for Ageism South Australia! Take a look at a few of the nominees for this years Tackling Ageism Award, Sponsored by Office For Ageing Well
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Soul Talks Catalyst Foundation Mindset for Life Port Augusta City Council
This is just a few of the incredible nominations we received in this years Jones Harley Toole Community Safety Award Category for the 2022 South Australian Community Achievement Awards! 🎉
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Regional Workplace Safety Pty Ltd Telematics Solutions Holly Scott - Road Safety Advocate Bicycle SA Women's Safety Services SA
We love to see Small Businesses accomplishing amazing things. That’s why we have the Awards Australia Small Business Award. These are just a few of them.
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Beloved Story photography Hahndorf Walking Tours Barossa Helicopters Uniquely Natural Vana Care EBottli
Look that these incredible nominations! Just a few that have been nominated for the Woolworths Sports in the Community Award for the 2022 South Australian Community Achievement Awards!
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The Hub Gymnastics Club-Official Angas Go-Kart Club Seaford Storm Netball Club Salisbury Sharks United Soccer Club Gawler Districts Masters AFL Club Special Olympics South Australia
Here are a few nominations that were put forward for the Australian Dental Foundation's Community Welfare Innovation Award for the 2022 South Australian Community Achievement Awards! ⭐
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PQSA Determined2 Community Outreach Dental Program in Adelaide Multiple Solutions Kaleb Wilden Substance Misuse Limestone Coast - SMLC Project Potential Adelaide
Have a look at a couple of nominee's nominated in the Rural Doctors Workforce Agency Rural Community Health and Wellbeing Category for the 2022 South Australian Community Achievement Awards! ⭐
Head over to our Main Page Community Achievement Awards Australia where the Semi Finalists will be announced in the coming weeks! 🎉
