ORGA
NISATION OF THE YEAR AWARD
NOMINATION GUIDELINES 2020
CHB ORGANISATION OF THE YEAR AWARD
The Civic Awards 2020 sees the introduction of the Community Organisation of the Year Award. Eligible for this award are any
group, society, trust, organisation, association, or club whose work has had a transformational impact on Central Hawke’s Bay in
the following categories:
• Community • Social
• Cultural • Youth
• Recreation and Sport • Education
• Religion • Conservation
The Civic Awards Committee will also consider other civic services not categorised above and worthy of recognition.
What are the CHB Civic Awards?
Central Hawke’s Bay District Council (Council) introduced its Civic
Honours Award system in 1991 to enable voluntary service
within the District to be duly recognised.
The Civic Honours Award was established at the initiative of the Central Hawke’s Bay Country Women’s Institute and the New
Zealand 1990 Commission to mark the NZ 1990 year.
Since its inception, up to four Civic Honours Award have been presented annually. In 2019, the Civic Awards Committee sought to
broaden the way it acknowledges and celebrates outstanding community service within the Central Hawke’s Bay District.
The awards now provide for multiple acknowledgements of community service through two additional categories of awards —
the Community Service Awards and the Community Organisation of the Year Award.
The Civic Honours Award remains
the most prestigious award, honouring those outstanding citizens in our community who over
a long period of time have gone above and beyond to serve their community.
Who can make an Organisation of the Year Award nomination?
Any two members of the community can nominate an organisation for the Organisation of the Year Award. The only exclusions
are members of the Civic Awards judging panel. Nomination can be made by any two citizens of the District, or by two executive
officers of any bona fide organisation, association, club, or society based in the Central Hawke’s Bay District.
Nomination submissions should include sufficient detail of a nominee’s merits clearly showing the extent of a
nominee’s
involvement in a field or fields of community service.
A minimum of two signed letters shall support a nomination.
A nomination must be signed by:
a) t
wo citizens of the District, or
b) two executive officers of a bona fide organisation, association, club, or society.
Who can be nominated?
• A
ny Central Hawke’s Bay group, society, trust, organisation, association, or club whose work has had a transformational
impact on Central Hawke’s Bay can be nominated.
• An unsuccessful nomination, in any category, can in subsequent years be resubmitted for further consideration.
• Organisations that have previously received a New Zealand National Honour are not eligible to be nominated for an
Organisation of the Year Award.