Nomination form2016 Community Awards

This is your chance to nominate people from the voluntary, charity or business sector who work tirelessly to help a wide range of really great causes. Without doubt, they deserve to be thanked, and the Community Awards are an excellent way to reward their hard work and dedication.

Self-nominations are welcome. The closing date for nominations is Wednesday 14th September 2016. Nomination forms may be completed and returned by email to sadie@foundation.gg or via post to Sadie Siviter de Paucar, Guernsey Community Foundation, 1st Floor, Tudor House, Le Bordage,St. Peter Port, GY1 1WD. If you require assistance with completing this form, please call 748056.

NOMINATION PROPOSED BY:

Name Is the person, team or organisation aware you are nominating them?

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Address

Contact number Email Address

Your relationship to the nominee

I / WE WISH TO NOMINATE:

NameIf this is a registered charity, please provide charity registration number here (e.g. CH123)

Address

Contact number Email & Web Address

For the following award category (please ‘x’ box):

Charity of the Year Corporate Social Responsibility Youth Award

Fundraising Team of the Year Overseas Award

Outstanding Individual Achievement Organising Committee of the Year

Please use this space to explain your nomination. Please use the criteria for the Award (see next page) to describe why your nominee should win – the more information you provide the better the Judges will be able to consider your application. You and/or the nominee may be contacted for further information at a later date. All submissions will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

REASONS FOR NOMINATION:

Awards Criteria2016 Community Awards

CHARITY OF THE YEAR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYSponsored by State Street Global Services

Awarded to the charity that the Judges believe has consistently delivered outstanding service to its beneficiaries; promoted and raised its cause; been clear in its goals and strategy and demonstrated excellence all round.

NB: The charity must be a registered charity with the Guernsey Registry. The charity can be of any size, large or small, and can either be a long-established organisation or a successful newcomer. The emphasis is on the impact the charity has made to its beneficiaries.

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTSponsored by KPMG Channel Islands LimitedAwarded to a person who has demonstrated innovation, teamwork, passion and integrity throughout their involvement, and who has produced an identifiably profound effect on a charity or voluntary organisation through their work and/or leadership.

NB: The emphasis is on the impact the individual has made to the charity/voluntary group and not necessarily on the length of time involved with that organisation.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF THE YEARSponsored by RG FallaAwarded to the organisers of an annual event, one-off project or campaign which has been particularly successful in engaging with the local community and whose participants have demonstrated great teamwork.

NB: The committee need not be formally registered with the

Guernsey Registry and should not, as its primary function, be engaged in fundraising for a specific charitable cause.

FUNDRAISING TEAM OF THE YEARSponsored by Cazenove Capital Management – Wealth Management from SchrodersAwarded to a locally based fundraising team on the basis of its innovation and results that achieve or exceed the aims of a campaign, or campaigns, during the previous 12 months.

NB: This award is not restricted to a team within a charity or voluntary organisation (voluntary/paid), but can be an ad-hoc team who have got together to raise money for a charitable, voluntary, church or community purpose. It will not necessarily be measured by the amount of money raised but the impact the funds have achieved. The team does not necessarily have to be part of a formally registered organisation with the Guernsey Registry.

(CSR) AWARDSponsored by RBC Wealth ManagementThe CSR Award recognises the active involvement of a commercial company and its team directly with charitable, voluntary or community projects in its locality, or through its partnership with a local charitable, voluntary or community organisation that has had a quantifiably positive effect on the local community over the last year/s.

NB: The CSR Award may be for a one off initiative run by a company, or as part of a long-standing, structured CSR program. The company should have a proven track record in CSR activity. The company must be a registered company with the Guernsey Registry.

OVERSEAS AWARDSponsored by SpecsaversThe Overseas Award is for a local charity or initiative whose work benefits areas outside the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

NB: This work can be any where outside of the Bailiwick, including the UK.

YOUTH AWARDSponsored by Guernsey ElectricityAwarded to a young person who encapsulates commitment, contribution and giving, either to or for the community, individuals, family or others. A young unsung hero. Through caring, by volunteering, by achieving, in showing spirit or heroic deed, perhaps above and beyond expectation and in ways that would not normally attract the limelight.

NB: A young person for the purpose of this award will be 11-25.

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Awards Criteria2016 Community Awards

GENERAL CRITERIA FOR ALL AWARDS

1 All award nominees must be an individual or group of individuals, charity, voluntary organisation or company that are set up and operating within the Bailiwick of Guernsey. For the Charity ofthe Year Award and CSR Award, companies and charities must be registered with the Guernsey Registry.

2 Church or parish groups are welcome to be nominated unless the category specifies that it is for a charity or company.

3 A charity, voluntary, church or community group, individual or company should have made a significant and obvious impact that can be measured and demonstrated.

4 In all other cases the nominator will interpret the stated criteria for each award and explainto the Judges why they believe the nominee fits the description and it will be for the Judges to decide who deserves the award. Providing detailed information makes selection easier for the Judging Panel.

5 The Judges will retain the right to ask for accounts and further information where it is deemed necessary, particularly at the shortlisting stage.

6 Nominations for the previous year’s winners of an Award will not be accepted for the same award two years running, but may enter in another award category. Past winners will be eligible for nomination again for the same award when one year has passed.

7 Sponsors cannot be nominated for the Award category that they are sponsoring, but can enter or be entered in other categories.

8 Self-nominations are welcome.