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Who's your local hero? Nominate someone for a Community Service Award

14 March 2024

Nominations are now open for the Community Service Awards 2024

The Council’s Community Service Awards & Youth Service Awards are a way of giving well-deserved recognition to people who make communities better places to live. They are a way of thanking and honouring volunteers who without pay and little recognition demonstrate dedication and passion, inspiring others to make service a central part of their lives.

Whether it be for youth, older adults, education, culture, church, recreation, sport or community service fields, we want to make sure they are thanked and honoured for their dedication.

The Waipuna Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board also presents Youth Service Awards for young people aged 25 or under. These awards recognize individual effort rather than that of a whole group or organisation.

Being recognised with a Community Service Award is a badge of honour that the Canterbury Society of Model and Experimental Engineers (CSMEE) display proudly. The group has been located in Halswell Domain for nearly twenty years, catering for many activities including the building and running of model trains and radio-controlled boats. This year, the CSMEE are helping to promote the awards. Further details regarding the group and the Community Service Awards can be found on Newsline. Please feel free to share the attached poster with your networks which features CSMEE members John, Mike and Ritchie.

For more information and to make a nomination, visit www.ccc.govt.nz/csa or phone 941 5008.

Nominations close 5pm, Sunday 31 March 2024.