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WA Seniors Awards 2015 are presented by the Council on the Ageing (WA) in partnership with the Department of Local Government and Communities presented in partnership by:
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Minister’s Message
WA Seniors Awards 2015 are presented by the Council on the Ageing (WA) in partnership with the Department of Local Government and Communities
presented in partnership by:
The State Government is proud to support the WA Seniors Awards, which celebrate outstanding older Western Australians and remarkable individuals and organisations who work with and for them. The relevance of these awards continues to grow. Each year, the population of seniors in Western Australia increases. Almost one in five people are now aged over 60, a figure expected to move towards one in four over the next few decades. The WA Seniors Awards program, celebrating 30 years, is a partnership between COTA WA and the Department of Local Government and Communities. It is an opportunity to recognise those people, many of them quiet achievers, who contribute so much to the lives of older West Australians. The Liberal-National Government is dedicated to fostering a community in which seniors can enjoy a healthy and active life, remain independent and stay socially connected.
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Today’s seniors are more involved in the wider community than ever before, providing knowledge, skills and support as mentors, teachers, volunteers, workers, carers and family members. Older people contribute enormously to the economic and social well-being of our communities. I encourage you to nominate individuals and organisations for the WA Seniors Awards so their contributions can be recognised and rewarded.
Hon Tony Simpson MLA Minister for Seniors and Volunteering
WA Senior Awards celebrating 30 years
WA Senior Awards Categories: Juniper 2015 WA Seniors Champion Award Community Senior Volunteer Award Intergenerational Award Seniors Advocate Award Age Friendly Community Award Deborah Kirwan Media Award
Juniper’s Message Juniper is proud to sponsor this year’s premier award for seniors and congratulates the awards’ convenors in achieving 30 years of celebrating older Western Australians. As a leading provider of aged care and community support services, Juniper has a long history of serving our seniors, having opened our doors to our first residents in 1949. Since then we have grown to more than 1,600 staff and 500 volunteers who support more than 4,000 people in our retirement villages, home care programs and residential aged care services throughout the State ranging from Wyndham in the Kimberley to Albany in the Great Southern. As our population ages and demand for care and support services increases we are doubling our response with some of the most forward-thinking services available. Our workforce contributes greatly to the wellbeing of seniors and the communities in which we operate. Our volunteers make an enormous difference to the work we do and without them our response would be significantly diminished. We congratulate the WA Seniors Awards for 30 years in recognising and celebrating seniors and we look forward to commending finalists and winners when the Awards are announced on 1 October - International Day of Older Persons. Older people will continue to share their experiences, commit to giving back to the community and work hard to make a difference in people’s lives. The Juniper 2015 Seniors Champion Award recognises an outstanding senior for their commitment to Western Australian communities. Juniper acknowledges this spirit and encourages individuals, groups and organisations to participate in this year’s WA Seniors Awards and join us to celebrate the many wonderful achievements of our seniors.
Vaughan Harding Chief Executive
About Juniper Juniper is a Christian, values driven, community benefit organisation that excels in social enterprise for the benefit of the whole community. For more than 65 years we have provided care, accommodation and support services to older Western Australians. Our vision is ‘a good life for all our people’ and our mission is to enhance the independence, spiritual fulfilment and enjoyment of life of older people.
Juniper 2015 WA Seniors Champion Award Recognises an outstanding senior for their commitment to Western Australian communities. The Juniper 2015 WA Seniors Champion Award winner will be selected from the winners of the following categories: • Community Senior Volunteer Award • Intergenerational Award - Category 2 • Seniors Advocate Award (if the winner is aged 60 years or over at the time of nomination)
Since 1949, Juniper has provided care, accommodation and support services to older Western Australians.
2014 WA Senior Awards winners, from left; Rashelle Predovnik, City of Cockburn’s Paul H, Minister Tony Simpson, Cassie Silver, Nic Ellis, J Briers Ellenbrook Seniors, Christine Cullen (representing Val Firmin) Maureen Angus, Jan Fletcher
Message from Maureen Angus Maureen Angus
Juniper WA Seniors Champion 2014 WA Seniors Awards The WA Seniors Awards are a wonderful platform from which to recognise the great work done by regular people in the community and I encourage all West Australians to get behind the awards and nominate a senior who contributes to making our State a better place to live. As winner of the Seniors Advocate Award and overall champion at the 2014 WA Seniors Awards, I was humbled and proud that the collective support and spirit shown in my small Aboriginal community of Ardyaloon (One Arm Point), and nearby Beagle Bay and Djarindjin, were recognised and highlighted. Seniors contribute so much to our communities,
whether in the remotest Aboriginal community or the inner city of Perth. When I established my Kimberley community’s first care service, it was to help the elders with day-to-day tasks such as shopping, transport and paying bills. Awards were not a consideration but being nominated for, let alone winning, a WA Seniors Award was a great honour and provided a wonderful confirmation to our community that we are on the right path. I also encourage everyone to take part in the many fun activities and events that will be held to celebrate WA’s fantastic seniors as part of Seniors Week, 8-15 November 2015.
Community Senior Volunteer Award Recognises outstanding voluntary or unpaid work by a senior serving the community. This includes contribution by a senior involved in: • Voluntary or unpaid work • Leadership • Working with service organisations • Serving on committees • Art • Education • Music • Sport Self-nominations are welcome.
e WA Seniors Awards 2015 Celebrating 30 YEARS
Val Firmin
2014 Bendigo Bank Community Senior Award winner An instructor of low-impact fitness classes for more than 20 years, Jurien Bay resident Val Firmin has been instrumental in encouraging seniors to stay healthy, active and socially engaged. Her aerobics classes brought fun and fitness to a large number of seniors in the community and she showed incredible dedication to her role. When Val recently retired from her fitness role, she made sure there would be a replacement for her classes and the Jurien Bay seniors now take part in a walking group. Val is a much-loved member of the community and she has gained the respect of not only the seniors, but also the many local sporting and recreation groups. 2014 Finalists Marie Kormendy Irene Thomas
Intergenerational Awards There are two categories in this award... Category ONE
Category TWO
Recognises an outstanding person between the ages of 18-30 who work either in a voluntary or paid capacity with seniors. Self-nominations are welcome.
Recognises an outstanding person over the age of 60 who works either in a voluntary or paid capacity with young people. Self-nominations are welcome.
2014 WA Seniors Awards winners
Dr Janet Fletcher
2014 Intergenerational Senior Award Dr Janet (Jan) Fletcher is a volunteer coaching convener with Orienteering WA and has had a tremendous impact on the organisation, showing the skill and wisdom seniors can contribute to a sporting community. She has drawn on her professional qualifications in psychology and coaching to develop an intergenerational coaching approach pairing senior coaches with junior competitors. The idea helped older orienteers develop their
coaching skills and addressed the challenge of encouraging more juniors to get involved in the sport. Members of the coaching group, who are primarily seniors, have risen to the intergenerational challenge thanks to Jan’s inspiring leadership, support and strategic thinking. 2014 Finalists Nicolette Pratt Alan Salisbury
Age Friendly Community Award
Seniors Advocate Award
Recognises a community organisation or a local council which has demonstrated its innovation and services involving seniors and provided opportunities for seniors to lead full and satisfying lives.
Recognises outstanding commitment by a person who, in their professional capacity, advocates for seniors. This can encompass a broad spectrum of professionals in health, not-for-profit organisations, education, art, music or sport. Self-nominations are welcome.
City of Cockburn 2014 Age Friendly Communities Local Government Award
Maureen Angus 2014 Seniors Advocate Award
The City of Cockburn has a long standing commitment to involving seniors in planning an age-friendly community. Over the past 10 years, the city has developed an age-friendly strategic plan and consulted Cockburn seniors for its Seniors Strategic Planning Framework. It has also founded a regional seniors group made up of representatives of local seniors groups and clubs and in 2009 opened a seniors’ centre. The city has supported seniors to remain living in their community for longer with suburban revitalisation projects that facilitate smaller and more affordable dwellings. Community projects also encourage seniors to volunteer and stay active.
Jawi Bardi woman Maureen lives in Ardyaloon (One Arm Point), a remote indigenous town in WA’s north-west with a population of barely more than 300. As a senior who was taken care of by her family and who had regular visits from the Kimberley Aged and Community Services, Maureen thought she was lucky. But she knew other seniors in her community weren’t so fortunate. So she investigated how she could set up a support service in the town. Today, the Ardyaloon Community Care Service supports local seniors by helping them with organised care and supporting them with transport, shopping, cleaning and paying bills. The service has helped seniors stay at home rather than moving to residential care in Broome. Maureen’s commitment and passion has helped to boost social participation and reduced isolation among seniors in her community.
2014 Finalists City of Fremantle City of Melville
2014 Finalists Mary Kepert Arthur Ventham
Deborah Kirwan Media Award - Print, Broadcast or Photography Print Rashelle Predovnik, Echo Newspaper 2014 Finalists ‘Pleas sway developer’ - Rashelle Predovnik, Echo Newspaper ‘Teaching children to be kind’ - Rashelle Predovnik, Echo Newspaper
Broadcast Cassie Silver, Channel 7 Recognises a journalist or photographer whose portrayal of seniors and ageing has positively influenced community attitudes towards seniors, increased community awareness of the needs of seniors or helped to build respect between the generations. This year there is only one award. This award is in honour of the late Deborah Kirwan AM, Media personality and former president of Council on the Ageing (WA).
2014 Finalists ‘Roo dog and his mates’ - Jasmine Homer, GWN7 ‘Seniors with strength’ - Cassie Silver, Channel Seven
Photography Nic Ellis, The West Australian 2014 Finalists ‘School superstar’ - Bruce Hunt, Western Suburbs Weekly ‘Shark feats no bar to Carbon’s new role’ - Nic Ellis, The West Australian
Conditions of Entry for Awards 1. Eligibility All Categories • Entrants must consent to being nominated. • Unsuccessful past nominees may be nominated. • Entrants must be available to attend the awards ceremony on Thursday 1 October 2015 if they are selected as a finalist. • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to nominate. Community Senior Volunteer Award Intergenerational Award, Category 2 Seniors Advocate Award No previous winners of the WA Seniors Awards are eligible to be nominated. Nominations are open to: • All Western Australians who are aged 60 years or over on 1 July 2015. • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who are 50 years of age or over on 1 July 2015. Please note: Seniors who are winners of the above awards will also be eligible for the Juniper 2015 WA Seniors Champion Award. Juniper 2015 WA Seniors Champion Award • Open to Western Australians who have been working with seniors, in a paid capacity, to improve the quality of life of retirees or seniors. 2. Nomination form • A nomination form must be completed and contain the contact details of the nominee, nominator (if applicable) and referee. • For organisations, the nomination must be authorised by a senior manager, chief executive officer or board member.
3. Judging An independent panel of judges will select finalists and one winner for each award: • Nominations will be short-listed then assessed by an independent panel. • Judges reserve the right to accept or reject nominations for the awards or to refrain from presenting an award in one or more categories if the standard of submissions is considered to be insufficient. • The decision of the judges of the WA Seniors Awards 2015 will at all times be binding and no correspondence will be entered into. • Judges reserve the right to have the entry considered in an alternative award category if deemed, appropriate. • All nomination material and information remains the property of the Department of Local Government and Communities, and COTA WA. 4. Media and Promotions • Entrants agree to participate in media interviews and photographic opportunities, where possible. These will be used to promote seniors’ interests and issues. • The Department of Local Government and Communities, and COTA WA reserve the right to contact the media about the nomination and to publish the entrant’s photos and biographical details. If the entrant wishes to withdraw permission, he or she must contact the Department or COTA WA in writing. • The Department of Local Government and Communities, and COTA WA reserve the right to include the above details on a mailing list for the purpose of promoting the awards. • If you or the person you nominated is selected as a finalist you or they will be required to sign a nominee declaration form. The Department of Local Government and Communities will ask finalists to complete this form at the appropriate time.
2015 WA Seniors Awards How to Nominate Step 1
Choose the award category for which you wish to nominate.
Step 2
Complete the printed form in this booklet.
Step 3
Ensure you have included personal and referee details.
Step 4
Explain your achievements, or those of the person you are nominating, by addressing each criteria for the award. This should be no longer than 1000 words.
Step 5
Attach supporting documentation (maximum of six A4 pages). This may include newspaper articles, references or a resume.
Step 6
Finalists will be notified to supply two portrait photographs of the nominee. Photographs must be in jpeg format at high resolution and submitted via email, USB or CD.
Step 7
Sign the declaration on the nomination form giving consent and agreeing to all conitions of entry.
Step 8
Submit your nomination by 5pm, Friday 14 August 2015.
Selection Criteria for Awards PLEASE NOTE: Previous winners are not eligible to apply Points are allocated to each of the selection criteria so it is essential to address each of these in your nomination.
Seniors Advocate Award: Recognises outstanding commitment by a person who, in their professional capacity, advocates for seniors. This can encompass a broad spectrum of professionals in health, not-for-profit organisations, education, art, music or sport.
Community Senior Volunteer Award: Recognises outstanding voluntary or unpaid work by a senior serving the community. This includes contributions by a senior involved in: • Voluntary or unpaid work • Leadership • Working with service organisations • Serving on committees • Art, education, music or sport
Selection Criteria: Nominations will be assessed against the following: (a) How her/his work has advanced seniors’ health, wellbeing, education or social situation (b) She/he has undertaken a significant project or initiative or research into seniors’ issues (c) She/he has promoted seniors’ issues to improve their wellbeing (d) She/he has achieved outstanding outcomes for seniors in government, a community organisation or business (e) Length of involvement
Selection Criteria: Nominations will be assessed against how the nominee (a) Has demonstrated excellence in her or his field (b) Has promoted a positive view of seniors and ageing (c) Has helped the community to address issues and challenges that directly affect seniors (d) Has benefited seniors through her/his individual or group work (e) Length of involvement
Deborah Kirwan Media Award: Recognises a journalist or photographer whose portrayal of seniors and ageing has positively influenced community attitudes towards seniors, increased community awareness of the needs of seniors or helped to build respect between the generations.
Intergenerational Awards: There are two categories in this Award: (1) Recognises an outstanding person between the ages of 18 – 30 who works either in a voluntary or paid capacity with seniors or (2) Recognises an outstanding person over the age of 60 who works either in a voluntary or paid capacity with young people Selection Criteria: Nominations will be assessed against how the nominee (a) Has demonstrated excellence in her or his field (b) Has demonstrated a positive link between generations (c) Has fostered a positive view of seniors (d) Has helped to promote a positive view of ageing (e) Length of involvement Age Friendly Community Award: Recognises a Community Organisation or a Local Council which has demonstrated its innovation and services involving seniors and enhancing opportunities for seniors to lead full and satisfying lives. Selection Criteria: Nominations will be assessed against (a) The importance of the nominee’s work to the community (b) Demonstration of innovation or new ideas (c) The positive impact of the nominee’s work, policy, program or activity (d) How the nominee’s work i) creates awareness of seniors’ issues ii) improves the health or wellbeing of seniors iii) recognises diversity (e) Length of involvement
Selection Criteria: Judges will assess each nomination to the extent it: (a) Challenges stereotypes/myths about ageing (b) Portrays seniors as contributing members of the community (c) Builds mutual trust and respect between the generations, or (d) Encourages the community to plan for its ageing population.
Checklist: • Selection criteria has been addressed. • Maximum 1000 words explaining achievements of the nominee. • On notification, please supply two high resolution, jpeg photographs of the nominee. • Supporting documents such as a resume, references and newspaper articles submitted with your application (maximum six A4 pages). • Nomination form completed and signed by the nominee acknowledging they have been nominated.
Nomination Form for Awards
You can download additional WA Seniors Awards Nomination Forms online at www.cotawa.org.au Section A: Nominator (if you are nominating yourself, please leave this section blank and go to Section C) Title First Name
Surname
Address Suburb
State
Telephone (Home)
Telephone (Work)
Mobile
Email
Section B: Category – please tick one category Community Senior Volunteer Award Intergenerational Award CATEGORY ONE Seniors Advocate Award Age Friendly Community Award Deborah Kirwan Media Award
Postcode
CATEGORY TWO
Section C: Nominee (person/organisation you would like to nominate) Title
First Name
Surname
Date of Birth
OR Organisation (Age Friendly Community Award / Deborah Kirwan Media Award) Contact Person
All nominees to complete Address Suburb
State
Telephone (Home)
Telephone (Work)
Mobile
Email
Postcode
Section D: Supporting Information
• Explain in up to 1000 words your achievements if you are nominating yourself or the person/organisation you are nominating. Consider the evaluation criteria outlined for each particular award. • You can attach any additional information (limit of six A4 pages) to your nomination. This may include newspaper articles, personal reference and/or a resume. • Finalists will be required to supply two high quality photographs of nominee, head and shoulder jpeg format at high resolution on CD or USB.
Section E: Referee (person who is able to make a direct comment on the contribution/service of the person or organisation you are nominating) Title First Name
Surname
Telephone (Home)
Telephone (Work)
Mobile
Email
Section F: Nominee declaration I have read and accepted the terms and conditions of entry, and consent to being nominated. Signature of nominee Date
Checklist: ■ Selection criteria has been addressed. ■ Maximum 1000 words explaining achievements
of the nominee. ■ On notification, please supply two high resolution, jpeg photographs of the nominee. ■ Supporting documents such as a resume, references and newspaper articles submitted with your application (maximum six A4 pages). ■ Nomination form completed and signed by the nominee acknowledging they have been nominated.
Nomination information and WA Seniors Awards key dates: Hand delivered entries must be received at: COTA WA (Inc) 61 Kitchener Avenue, Victoria Park WA 6979 Postal submissions mailed to: COTA WA (Inc) PO Box 923, Victoria Park WA 6979 Emailed submissions sent to:
[email protected] Fax to: (08) 6161 8902 Entries close Friday 14 August 2015 Winners will be announced at the WA Seniors Awards on Thursday 1 October 2015.
More information and extra copies of this nomination booklet are available online at: www.cotawa.org.au COTA WA Inc Ph: (08) 9472 0104
