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Purpose of The Heart of Women Awards
The primary purpose of the event is to identify and acknowledge the outstanding achievements of women who demonstrate courage, passion, enthusiasm, and generosity in a range of sectors in our community.
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Who Can Be Nominated?
Nominees must provide service, support, and leadership to women living in the Tweed Shire, Gold Coast, Brisbane or Byron shire. A nominee will demonstrate sustained passion and commitment to women through outstanding achievement, leadership, and representation of women and women’s issues.
A nominee must provide consent to the nominator to be nominated
How Do I Make a Nomination?
About The Host
In 2015 Theresa Mitchell, founder of Agape Outreach Inc. won the Wonders of Women Outstanding Achievement Awards’ Woman of the Year. Theresa felt honoured and blessed to win the award both personally and on behalf of the many volunteers and supporters of Agape. However, not long after having won the award, the organisation that ran the Wonders of Women Outstanding Achievement Awards ceased to operate.
Remembering how much it meant to both her and the team at Agape, Theresa wanted to pass that honour and blessing on to other women who by their courage, passion, enthusiasm and generosity are making outstanding achievements in our community — and so, in 2017, the ‘Heart of Women Awards’ was born, identifying and acknowledging the Tweed Shire and Gold Coast’s future Women of the Year.
WHY AGAPE HOSTS THE HEART OF WOMEN AWARDS
In 2015 Theresa Mitchell, founder of Agape Outreach Inc. won the Wonders of Women Outstanding Achievement Awards’ Woman of the Year. Theresa felt honoured and blessed to win the award both personally and on behalf of the many volunteers and supporters of Agape. However, not long after having won the award, the organisation that ran the Wonders of Women Outstanding Achievement Awards ceased to operate.
Remembering how much it meant to both her and the team at Agape, Theresa wanted to pass that honour and blessing on to other women who by their courage, passion, enthusiasm and generosity are making outstanding achievements in our community — and so, in 2017, the ‘Heart of Women Awards’ was born, identifying and acknowledging the Tweed Shire and Gold Coast’s future Women of the Year.
JUDGING PANEL
The judging panel consists of a skilled and experienced community panel, with a broad range of knowledge in community processes. This panel will review all nominations in line with the judging criteria and review and assess the information provided by the nominator. The panel selects five finalists within each category.
The finalists are then further assessed by a judge in the specified category and a winner chosen by that judge (for example, the Regional Manager in a Disability Service may assess the category of Health & Disability). All decisions made by the judging panel and the independent judges are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
AWARDS CATEGORIES
Health & Disability Award
Aged Care Award
Youth & Children's Services Award
Environment Award
Creative Arts Award
Emergency Services Award
Making a Difference Award- Individual
Making a Difference Award- Group/ Service/Team
Unsung Hero Award
Big Idea Award
Agape Ambassador Award
Entrepreneur of the Year
Young Woman of the Year
Woman of the Year
AWARDS CEREMONY
Winners will be announced and Awards presented on Saturday 9th March 2024, to coincide with the timing of International Women’s Day.
