Awards Application Guidelines

All nominations must be received by 4.00pm on Friday 20 August 2010.

Entries can be completed Apply now or posted to:

Fire Awareness Awards
C/- DSE Level 3
PO Box 500
East Melbourne VIC 3002

Call 9412 4465 for inquiries or to request a hard copy application to be emailed or sent to you.

Any supporting documentation you wish to submit that cannot be sent electronically can be posted separately to the address above. Please make sure that any supporting documentation is clearly labelled with the title of your project.

Judging process

• Make sure your project is eligible to enter. See ‘Terms and Conditions’.
• Each entry will be assessed thoroughly by a panel of judges.
• Your project is most likely to be successful if you clearly show how it meets each of the four selection criteria below and the aims of our grants program. The judges base their decisions on how well your project meets these criteria.
• Judges may move projects between categories, where appropriate.
• If your project is shortlisted you may be contacted to provide additional information.
• The judges’ decisions are final and no corrrespondence will be entered into.
• Once judging is complete, you will be informed whether or not you are a finalist.

Judging criteria

All projects will be judged on these four important areas: By fully answering the questions in the award application form, you will cover these criteria.

• Originality of the project
• Appropriateness of the project to the target audience
• Demonstrated impact and success of the project
• Benefits of the project to the community

Timetable for decision-making

All nominations must be submitted by 4.00pm on Friday 20 August 2010. Each application will be assessed thoroughly and the winner/s will be announced at a special presentation made at the official Awards ceremony in October.

Successful entries

All finalists will be invited to the official awards ceremony where winners will be presented with their Fire Awareness Award.

 

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