About the Outstanding Community Group award

This award recognises community groups and sporting clubs for either of the following:

  • Contribution to the community
    Significant and beneficial voluntary contribution to our local community over the past 12 months and/or outstanding service to our local community over a number of years
  • Sporting achievements
    Outstanding group sporting achievements over the past 12 months or over a number of years.

Eligibility criteria

Contribution to the community

  • Groups nominated for this award need to be based within the City of Tea Tree Gully or have made a substantial voluntary contribution to the community of the City of Tea Tree Gully.
  • Unsuccessful nominees may be re-nominated in subsequent years.
  • Recipients of this award may only receive this award on subsequent occasions if their nomination relates to additional voluntary contributions to the community not covered in their previous nomination.
  • The community group must be a not-for-profit organisation.
  • Award recipients will be selected at the discretion of Council. If nominations for this award are deemed unsuitable, Council reserves the right not to select an award recipient.

Sporting achievements

  • Groups nominated for this award need to be based within City of Tea Tree Gully.
  • Unsuccessful nominees may be re-nominated in subsequent years.
  • Recipients of this award may only receive this award on subsequent occasions if their nomination relates to sporting achievements not covered in their previous nomination.
  • Award recipients will be selected at the discretion of Council. If nominations for this award are deemed unsuitable, Council reserves the right not to select an award recipient.