Infratil-Waitakere Community Awards

 

Introduction

Nomination Form

2007 Winners

2006 Winners

2005 Winners

Introduction

The Infratil-Waitakere City Community Awards have been set up to recognise and celebrate the achievements of, or work undertaken during a 12 month period, by voluntary groups and organisations in the community.

Volunteers are the heart of our community - dedicating a tremendous amount of time and energy to help make it a better place in which to live. Infratil and Waitakere City understand that, which is why we want to honour and reward volunteers through our Community Awards Program.

The Infratil Waitakere City Community Awards are open to all voluntary and not-for-profit organisations.

The Awards are about celebrating and acknowledging volunteers and the generous amount of work they do in our community.

Through the Infratil Waitakere City Community Awards, volunteers are given the recognition they really deserve! No matter how big or small your group may be, if it's a club, society or group which involves volunteers, then the Infratil Waitakere City Community Awards are for you.

There are five categories in which groups can be nominated.

A. Heritage and Environment
B. Health and Wellbeing
C. Arts and Culture
D. Sport and Leisure
E. Education and Child/Youth Development

The supreme winner of the 2008 Infratil Waitakere City Community Awards will receive a trip for two if its members, to the Trust Power National Awards, to be held in Palmerston North between 13th and 15th March 2009.

See the winners of previous awards of the Trust Power National Awards.

Nominations for the 2008 Awards open on 1st May 2008 and close on 30th July 2008, so read the criteria and fill in a nomination form.

2008 Nomination Form

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2008 Nomination Form (Size 63K)      Nominations Close 30th July 2008

Category Information  (Size 91K)

Selection Criteria  (Size 68K)

2007 Winners

2007 Supreme Winner - The Razzlers Click to enlarge

Waitakere Xmas Festival Awards Click to enlarge

Heritage and Environment - Friends of Arataki - Promotes and supports the development of the Arataki Visitor and Education Centre and the Waitakere Ranges Regional parkland. The society fosters public interest and conservation of the Waitakere Ranges through lectures, exhibitions, educational programmes and assisting the Auckland Regional Council in acquiring funds for special projects for the benefit of the public.

Health and Wellbeing - The Razzlers - It's volunteers bring fun, laughter and participation into the lives of Waitakere based pensioners and any funding received from its activities (plays, performances etc) is channelled into children's charities, such as the Child Cancer Foundation.

Arts and Culture - Waitakere Christmas Festival - Established in 2002 the Waitakere Christmas Festival is produced by a voluntary Trust which involves local schools and community groups in a free family Christmas concert. The festival is also used to raise funds for local charities such as West Auckland Hospice and the Teen Trust.

Sport and Leisure - New Lynn Community Activity Centre - Is a social non-profit organisation to promote and enhance the health and wellbeing of members through various physical activities and to also facilitate understanding between the different cultures that make up the community in which it operates.

Education and Child/Youth Development - Parents Inc - Equips parents with the skills and ideas to make parenting more rewarding. Their vision is to positively impact every home through passing on skills, information and resources to assist parents to engage with their children; and

Tasi Ae Lasi Samoan Teachers Association of West Auckland - promotes the values of teaching different languages and cultures to all New Zealanders and works to maintain and build relationships with whanau, children and the wider community.

Supreme Winner - THE RAZZLERS

2006 Winners

Supreme Winner - BRING IT ON TRUST

2005 Winners
 

Supreme Winner - KEEP WAITAKERE BEAUTIFUL