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Nominations close 5pm AEST Friday 28 June 2013

National Disability Awards2013 Nomination Guidelines and Form

Supported by the Australian Government

3 December

Celebrating21 years ofInternational Day o People with Disability


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National Disability Awards

With the exception o the Commonwealth Coat o Arms and where otherwise noted all materialpresented in this document is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australialicence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/) .

The details o the relevant licence conditions are available on the Creative Commons website(accessible using the links provided) as is the ull legal code or the CC BY 3.0

AU licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/legalcode) .

This document must be attributed as the Department o Families, Housing, Community Servicesand Indigenous Aairs, 2013 National Disability Awards Nomination Guidelines.

Contact detailsPhone: 1800 672 682

TTY: Please phone 1800 555 677 and ask or 1800 672 682Email: [email protected]: National Disability Awards Manager

Disability and Carer Policy BranchDE2, Tuggeranong Oce ParkPO Box 7576Canberra Business Centre ACT 2610

The photograph on the cover o these Nomination Guidelines is an image o 2012 NationalDisability Award's recipient Georey Warren, with students rom Cliton Hill Primary School.

Georey Warren received the Excellence in Improving Education Outcomes Award. He has beenprincipal o Cliton Hill Primary School or the past 23 years, providing extraordinary leadershipand inclusive educational practices that he has embedded across every aspect o school lie.

Further inormation on previous years Award nalists/recipients, can be ound atwww.idpwd.com.au


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Preamble ...................................................................................................................4

Aim o the National Disability Awards.....................................................5

Recognising excellence .....................................................................................6

1. Lietime Achievement Award in Disability .................................................6

2. Emerging Leaders Award in Disability ........................................................6

3. Excellence in Accessible Communities Award ..........................................6

4. Excellence in Improving Social Participation Award................................6

5. Excellence in Advocacy & Rights Promotion Award ................................6

6. Excellence in Improving Employment Opportunities Award.................6

7. Excellence in Improving Personal and Community Support Award ....6

8. Excellence in Improving Education Outcomes Award............................6

9. Excellence in Improving Health Outcomes Award ..................................6

Important dates and inormation ...............................................................7

Conditions o entry ..............................................................................................8

Privacy and confdentiality ..............................................................................9

Judging and award presentation .................................................................9

Assessment evaluation criteria ....................................................................9

Award selection criteria...................................................................................10

National Disability Awards - 2013 Nomination Form ...................15

Contents


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PREAMBLEIn July 2008 the Australian Government ratied the United Nations Convention on the Rights oPersons with Disabilities (the Convention). The Convention aims to:

promote, protect and ensure the ull and equal enjoyment o all human rights and undamentalreedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect or their inherent dignity.

All tiers o Australian government now have an obligation to act in accordance with the rightsprovided or in the Convention. The Convention aims to enhance opportunities or people withdisability to participate in all aspects o social and political lie, including access to employment,education, health care, inormation, justice, public transport and the built environment.

A change in community attitudes is required that promotes dignity and human rights, andsupports participation in all aspects o community lie to achieve lasting social change and toimprove outcomes or people with disability.

On 13 February 2011, the Council o Australian Governments endorsed theNational Disability Strategy 20102020

The National Disability Strategy outlines a ten year national policy ramework to driveimprovement across mainstream policies, programs, services and inrastructure as well as thespecialist disability services system, so that people with disability can participate as equal citizens.

The National Disability Strategy will help ensure that the principles underpinning the Conventionare incorporated into policies and programs to improve access and outcomes or people withdisability, their amilies and carers.

'The Strategy provides a shared agenda to help achieve thevision of an inclusive Australian society that enables peoplewith disability to achieve their full potential as citizens'National Disability Strategy 2010-2020

The Australian Government hosts the annual National Disability Awards in the lead up to theInternational Day o People with Disability on 3 December each year.

Celebrating the International Day o People with Disability and the National Disability Awards providean opportunity to ensure that the achievements and needs o people with disability, their amilies andcarers remain visible. The National Disability Awards recognise the outstanding achievements oindividuals, teams and organisations that have improved the lives o people with disability.

Further inormation about the National Disability Strategy can be ound at:http://www.ahcsia.gov.au

2013 Nomination Guidelines


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Aim o the National Disability Awards

International Day o People with Disability is a United Nations sanctioned day that occurs

annually on 3 December.

The day celebrates and recognises the achievements, contributions and abilities o people withdisability. The day also provides an important opportunity to raise awareness about disabilityissues more broadly across the community and, ultimately, to support the development o aninclusive Australian society.

The National Disability Awards (the Awards) are also held each year as part o the InternationalDay o People with Disability celebrations.

The Awards aim to honour and recognise the outstanding achievements o individuals, teams andorganisations that have improved the lives o people with disability and thereby contributing to

increased recognition o equality and human rights or all Australians.

The Yooralla Media Award of Distinction is an integral part o the Awards ceremony, with thenomination process or this Award category undertaken separately by Yooralla, and presentedat the Awards ceremony. Yooralla is one o Australias largest and most proactive organisationsworking to support people with disability to live independent and ullling lives. Furtherinormation can be ound at the Yooralla website: http://www.yoorallamediaawards.com.au

The National Disability Strategy has many ideas or improving dierent parts o lie or peoplewith disability, including:

1. Taking part in the community

2. Rights or air treatment

3. Work, money and housing

4. Getting support

5. Learning and skills

6. Health and wellbeing

The Award categories are aligned with these key policy areas o the National Disability Strategyand celebrate and acknowledge people, teams and organisations who demonstrate excellence,

passion, vision and a commitment to assisting people with disability to achieve their goals.


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Important dates and inormation

Nominations close 5pm AEST Friday 28 June 2013

Nomination acknowledgement Nominations will be acknowledged within 10 days othe nomination closing date. I you do not receivean acknowledgement within this time please [email protected] or call 1800 672 682

Awards ceremony 26 November 2013

Parliament House, Canberra

Contact or enquiries Phone: 1800 672 682

TTY: Please phone 1800 555 677 and ask or 1800 672 682Website: www.idpwd.com.au

Email: [email protected]

Nomination submission Lodged online at: www.idpwd.com.au ORBy email: [email protected]

By Post:

National Disability Awards Manager

Disability and Carer Policy Branch

DE2, Tuggeranong Oce Park

PO Box 7576

Canberra Business Centre ACT 2610

Nomination attachments Note: Online nominations can include attachments with theollowing le types: PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF; however the sizelimit is 2MB.

Emailed nominations can include attachments with theollowing le types: PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF; however the sizelimit is 10MB. Any nominations including attachments whichexceed this size limit will need to be split between multiple

emails and the same reerence MUST be made in the subjectline to ensure all emails are connected.

Reerees Name and contact details or two reerees must accompanyeach nomination.

Nomination orms can be downloaded rom the website above or hardcopies, including Brailleand Audio, can be ordered by phoning (reecall) 1800 672 682. TTY users please phone 1800 555677 and ask or 1800 672 682.


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Conditions o entry

1. The Lietime Achievement Award in Disability and the Emerging Leaders Award in

Disability categories are only open to individual nominees who demonstrate lived disabilityexperience.

2. All other Award categories are open to people with disability, people without disability,volunteers, teams, public, private and non-government organisations that have takensignicant steps to improve the lives o people with disability (private sector organisationscan include small, medium or large businesses).

3. All individual nominees must be Australian citizens or be permanent residents oAustralia.

4. All organisations must be registered in Australia, with an Australian Business Number.

5. Nominees that are part o a partnership will also be accepted.

6. Employees o the Department o Families, Housing, Community Services and IndigenousAairs (FaHCSIA) and their immediate amily, members o the Awards judging panel andmembers o the National People with Disabilities and Carer Council are not eligible.

7. When nominating an individual, team or organisation or an Award, please ensure thatthey agree to being nominated.

8. All nominees must agree and be aware that their inormation may be used or publicityand promotional purposes.

9. Nominations must address each eld in the nomination statement. Nominations that are

not completed in ull against each will not be considered.

10. Nominations should closely consider both the assessment evaluation criteria and theselection criteria outlined below in completing the Nomination Statement.

11. Nominations or more than one Award category must be completed on separatenomination orms.

12. The name and contact details or at least one non-amily member or organisational reereemust accompany each nomination.

13. Nominations may be submitted online, via email or post by 5pm AEST Friday 28 June 2013.

14. Late nominations will not be accepted.


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Privacy and confdentiality

1. Personal inormation collected during the Awards process will be handled in accordance

with FaHCSIAs security policy and is protected by the Privacy Act 1988.

2. The inormation provided on the nomination orm is collected by FaHCSIA and may be madeavailable to the judging panel and other agencies contracted or the purposes o the Awards.

3. The nominees will be requested to give FaHCSIA permission to publish details o thenomination or the purpose o promoting these Awards, including biographies andphotographs published on the International Day o People with Disability website and otherpromotional materials and media releases.

4. Any photographic lm, either still or motion, will remain the property o FaHCSIA who shallhave ree and ull rights to the use o the name, photograph or lm or recommendation o

any nominee in perpetuity.

Judging and Award presentation

An independent judging panel, comprising individuals with an understanding and lived experience odisability, will review the nominations and make recommendations to the Government with nalistsannounced in a national media release.

The judges reserve the right to re-allocate any nomination to a more appropriate category and/ or toselect nalists or Award categories 1 and 2 rom any other category.

The judges decision will be nal and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into.

A gala dinner and Awards presentation ceremony will be held on Tuesday 26 November 2013, in theGreat Hall o Parliament House, Canberra.

All nalists will be invited to the ceremony, where Award recipients will be announced.

Assessment evaluation criteria

The Awards will be judged on the ollowing evaluation criteria:

1. Relevance o the nomination to the Award category (the achievement).

2. Demonstrated outcomes, successes and positive impact on people with disability that couldinclude demonstrated innovative, quality or leading practice elements that distinguish theapproach rom others or that could then be replicated by others (the impact).

3. Demonstrated commitment to upholding the United Nations Convention on the Rights ofPersons with Disabilities and consistency with the National Disability Strategy, particularly thepriority areas or improved action, including as a high priority, improving access or people

with disability to mainstream services, policies, programs and inrastructure.


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Award selection criteria

Award Category 1: Lifetime Achievement Award in Disability

Recognises an individual with lived disability experience who, or a signifcant period, hasdemonstrated an outstanding commitment to improving outcomes or people with disability

In addressing the selection criteria or this Award category, the nomination should:

1. Describe how the nominee has exemplied leadership, is contributing to, or has contributed to,excellence in improving outcomes or people with disability:

examples could include contribution across any or all o the National Disability Strategy outcomesareas, including disability rights advocacy; education; employment; health outcomes andpromoting awareness and understanding o the rights o people with disability

(summary of the achievement).

2. Demonstrate how the nominee has made a dierence to individuals and the community anddescribe successes (evidence of the impact).

Award Category 2: Emerging Leaders Award in Disability

Recognises an individual aged 15-35 years at time o nomination, with lived disability experiencewho demonstrates leadership qualities in their community through raising awareness and/orimproving outcomes or people with disability


1. Describe how the nominee is contributing to excellence in improving outcomes or people withdisability:

examples could include contribution across any or all o the National Disability Strategy outcomesareas, including disability rights advocacy; education; employment; health outcomes andpromoting awareness and understanding o the rights o people with disability (summary of theachievement).

2. Demonstrate how the nominee has made a dierence to individuals and the community and

describe successes so ar (evidence of the impact).

Award Category 3: Excellence in Accessible Communities Award

Recognises an individual, team or organisation that has made a signifcant contribution to thecommunity by removing or reducing structural or communication barriers in a community, to helpmake communities more accessible or people with disability


1. Describe how the nominee is contributing to excellence in improving outcomes or people with

disability through, or example:

removing barriers rom the physical environment, including public transport, parks, buildings andhousing, observing relevant guidelines such as universal design principles in buildings, DisabilityStandards or Accessible Public Transport, Access to Premises Buildings; or


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improving communications, technology and inormation systems that are accessible, reliable andresponsive to the needs o people with disability and that observe relevant communication guidelines(summary of the achievement).

2. Demonstrate how the nominee has made a dierence to individuals and the community anddescribe successes so ar (evidence of the impact).

Award Category 4: Excellence in Improving Social Participation Award

Recognises an individual, team or organisation that has made a signifcant contribution inimproving the social participation o people with disability, including assisting people withdisability to participate in sport, recreation, tourism, the arts and other social and culturalactivities


1. Describe how the nominee is contributing to excellence in improving outcomes or people withdisability through, or example, one or more o the ollowing:

strengthening participation or people with disability in sporting, recreational, social, religious andcultural activities, whether as participants, spectators, organisers, sta or volunteers;

increasing participation in community and mainstream activities such as going to a movie,sporting event, theatre, parks or museums or on a holiday; and/or

breaking down social barriers to enable emerging and established artists with disability to reachtheir ull potential(summary of the achievement).


Award Category 5: Excellence in Advocacy & Rights Promotion Award

Recognises an individual, team or organisation that has made a signifcant contribution in

advocacy and promotion o the rights o people with disability, including helping people withdisability speak up or themselves and their rights



promoting awareness and acceptance o the rights o people with disability;

contributing to reorm around the reduction o violence, abuse and neglect o people with

disability;

supporting independent advocacy to support the rights o people with disability; and/or


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providing greater support or people with disability with heightened vulnerabilities to participatein legal processes on an equal basis with others, including any contact with the criminal justicesystem

(summary of the achievement).


Award Category 6: Excellence in Improving Employment Opportunities Award

Recognises an individual, team or organisation (small, medium and large organisations areencouraged to apply) that has made a signifcant contribution in improving awareness o, andproviding quality employment outcomes or, people with disability



acilitating employer awareness o the benets o employing people with disability;

contributing to the reduction o barriers and disincentives or the employment o people withdisability;

demonstrating innovative approaches to the employment o people with disability;

providing comparable rates o retention, working hours and pay rates or people with disability;

increasing the employment o people with disability either within a team, organisation ornationally, including in technical, administrative, research, management or leadership positions;

improving career paths or people with disability, including in technical, administrative, research,management or leadership positions; and/or

implementing successul human resource management practices promoting the employment opeople with disability, and thereby promoting the benets o employment o people with disabilitywhich could be replicated nationally(summary of the achievement).

2. Demonstrate how the nominee has made a dierence to improving employment outcomes orpeople with disability and providing greater economic security to help them exercise greaterchoice and control in their lives (evidence of the impact).

Award Category 7: Excellence in Improving Personal and Community Support Award

Recognises an individual, team or organisation that has made a signifcant contribution inproviding and/or improving personal and community support or people with disability, includinghelping people with disability to be independent by providing more choice, inormation and control



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developing innovative learning strategies or students with disability, which are accessible, reliableand responsive;

establishing best practice or transition planning and support through all stages o learning androm education to employment; and/or

reducing disparity in educational outcomes or people with disability and others(summary of the achievement).

2. Demonstrate how the nominee has made a dierence to help individuals to reach their ulllearning potential and describe successes so ar (evidence of the impact).

Award Category 9: Excellence in Improving Health Outcomes Award

Recognition o an individual, team or organisation that has made a signifcant contribution in improvinghealth outcomes or people with disability, including targeting health promotion to people with disabilityand giving people with disability more support to make inormed choices about their healthcare


1. Describe how the nominee is contributing to excellence in improving health outcomes orpeople with disability through, or example, one or more o the ollowing:

strengthening health care planning, training and the capacity o universal health care providers toensure access to treatment or people with disability;

health promotion programs that better target people with disability;

demonstrating eorts ocused on assisting people with disability to meet their individual potentialor physical, social, emotional, and intellectual health;

assisting in strengthening the linkages and interaces between disability services, communityservices and universal health care proessions;

providing timely, comprehensive and eective prevention and early intervention health services orpeople with disability;

addressing issues specic to people with disability as part o the national expansion o key publichealth strategies such as dental programs, nutrition and physical activity, mental health, drug andalcohol and sexual and reproductive health programs, so that they explicitly meet the needs opeople with disability; and/or

demonstrating innovative approaches to improving access to mainstream health services orpeople with disability

(summary of the achievement).2. Demonstrate how the nominee has made a dierence to improve health and well-being outcomes

and lie choices or individuals and describe successes so ar (evidence of the impact).


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Nomination FormNominations close 5pm AEST Friday 28 June 2013


National Disability Awards2013 Nomination Guidelines and Form

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2013 NOMINATION FORM

National Disability Awards - 2013 Nomination Form

I someone you know, whether an individual, team or organisation, has contributed to their

community either at a local, regional, state or national level, to improve the lives o people withdisability, and you believe they deserve recognition or their achievements, please considernominating them or an Award.

Nominations close 5pm AEST Friday 28 June 2013. Nominations received ater the closing datewill not be considered.

Please tick the relevant Award category. A separate nomination orm will need to be completedor each category.

q Lietime Achievement Award in Disability

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Emerging Leaders Award in Disabilityq Excellence in Accessible Communities Award

q Excellence in Improving Social Participation Award

q Excellence in Advocacy & Rights Promotion Award

q Excellence in Improving Employment Opportunities Award

q Excellence in Improving Personal and Community Support Award

q Excellence in Improving Education Outcomes Award

q Excellence in Improving Health Outcomes Award

NOMINEE DETAILS

Please ensure that you only ll in the relevant nominee details below, i.e. Individual OR Team OROrganisation. Please print clearly and ensure names are spelt correctly.

TitleMr/Mrs/Ms/Miss/Dr/Pro

First Name

Surname

Nominees job title(optional)

Organisation(optional)

Date o Birth

Address

Suburb

State Postcode

Telephone Mobile

Email


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OR

Team (i applicable)

Name o Team

Organisation

Address

Suburb

State Postcode

Name o team contact person(title, rst name, surname)

Telephone/Mobile o team contact person

Email o team contact person

OR

Organisation (i applicable)

Organisation

Title o contact personMr/Mrs/Ms/Miss/Dr/Pro

First name o contact person

Surname o contact person

Address

Suburb

State Postcode

Telephone/Mobile o contact person

Email o contact person

NOMINATOR DETAILS


First Name

Surname

Organisation(i applicable)

Address


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Suburb

State Postcode

Telephone Mobile

Email

Relationship to nomineeParent, Guardian, Carer, Friend, Social Acquaintance, Work Colleague, Employer,

Client, Patient, Sel, Other Please speciy

Reeree 1

Title

Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss/Dr/Pro

First Name

Surname

Individual/Organisation/Family

Telephone Mobile

Email

Relationship to nominee

Parent, Guardian, Carer, Friend, Social Acquaintance, Work Colleague, Employer,Client, Patient, Sel, Other Please speciy

Support documentation attached q Yes q No

Reeree 2


First Name

Surname

Individual/Organisation/Family

Telephone Mobile

Email

Relationship to nomineeParent, Guardian, Carer, Friend, Social Acquaintance, Work Colleague, Employer,

Client, Patient, Sel, Other Please speciy

Support documentation attached q Yes q No


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Nomination Statement

About the Nominee

1. Summary o Achievement Provide a summary o what the nominee has done in relation tothe Award category, (maximum o 150 words which must be cleared by the nominee). Note: ifthe nomination is shortlisted as a nalist, this summary may be displayed at the National DisabilityAwards ceremony.


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2. Evidence o the Impact Provide evidence o the impact o the nominees contribution toimproving the lives o people with disability and increasing social inclusion in relation to theAward category (maximum o 500 words).


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3. Additional Inormation Provide extra inormation i you think it will add value to thenomination (maximum o 500 words).


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Nomination Checklist

Please complete this checklist beore submitting your nomination and keep a copy or your records.

q I have read the National Disability Awards 2013 Nomination Guidelines and understandand agree to abide by the Conditions o entry.

q The nominee has agreed to the inormation I have provided in the Nomination Form andthe nominee has given their approval to being nominated.

q I conirm the nominee has satisied the Conditions o entry or an Award.

q I have completed all sections o the Nomination Form.

q I have provided the contact details o two reerees, o which one is a non-amily member.

q I have provided current contact details or the nominator and the nominee, includingaddress email, mailing address and phone number where possible.

q Attachments (i provided) have been clearly labelled with the name o the nominee.

q I have kept a copy o this nomination orm and supporting documentation or my records.

How did you fnd out about the National Disability Awards? Please provide details

q Advertising (TV/Newspaper/Newsletter)

qWebsite

q Work

q Social Media

q IDPwD News Alert (electronic newsletter)

q The IDPwD Patron

q Established Disability or other Networks

q Other

Closing Date: 5pm AEST Friday 28 June 2013


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2012 National Disability Award recipients

Front Row, L to R: Gerard O'Dwyer; Samantha Jenkinson; Dr Rhonda Galbally; Nari Jennings (TheCaptioning Studio);

Second Row, L to R: Bert Ciavarra (Telstra); Georgina Livingstone (Family Planning QLD); FormerParliamentary Secretary Jan McLucas; Mary D'Elia; Bianca Truman (Sae Futures); Georey Warren

Third Row, L to R: Jan Ashord (Communication Rights Australia); Elizabeth Re (The Project);

Sam Clark (The Project); Janine Mahoney (Sae Futures); Michael Small; Zoe Boyd (AustralianCommunication Exchange); Brian O'Shea (Telstra); Michael Marrett (Telstra)


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