AWARD CATEGORIES AND CRITERIA

Prestigious Arts Award

For any individual whose main occupation is in the visual, music and performing arts.

Prestigious Writing, fiction or non-fiction, performing/journalism, including online Award

For any individual whose main occupation arises from one of these professions.

Prestigious Sport Award

For any individual in sport

Prestigious Business Award

For any individual in business including for example-farming, health, online businesses operating in Australia, CEO of a disability organisation or Board member.

Prestigious Government and Non-Government Award

For any individual working in the public service, teacher, lecturer in a University, an architect, working in TAFE, or in Community and Adult Education. 

Prestigious Law Award

For any individual solicitor, barrister, QC, Magistrate, Judge or Supreme Court or Federal Court Judge

Prestigious Medicine including Research Award

For any individual doctor, nurse, allied health practitioner, or medical researcher 

Prestigious Community development and or Advocacy Award

For any individual in the not-for-profit volunteer community organisations, volunteer in emergency services and local councils

Prestigious Human Rights Award-this is for the highest achievement in Human Rights

Presented to a person who demonstrates the most outstanding outcomes towards advancing the rights of people with a disability in Australia. The winner can be also selected from all award nominations in each state. 

All nominees shortlisted will attend a PriceWaterhouseCoopers function centre in their nearest city to participate in the national event

 Each National Award is presented by a National or Internationally renowned person.
 

Each award is judged by a person who identifies with a disability or has a lived experience of a disability or is a disability advocate with over 30 years’ experience.
 

The winners on the day will receive a Trophy and national recognition.
 

Each nominee when short listed will be publicly acknowledged around Australia and on the day seen by a national audience. The event is filmed live and we will cross to other nominees in other states, all nominees will have their profile seen on the internet site, and those who are short listed will be part of the broadcast, and included  in the edited video of the event.
 

The audience is Australian wide with all national and state organisations non-disability and disability organisations who supported the awards in the past and present invited to tune and watch. The event will be available for 5 years on the Aspire Awards internet site and each nominee can use the aspire awards internet link which is a direct link to the 2019-20 national awards event and everyone who is nominated can use this link https://theaspireawards.com.au/  as part of their signature line and in emails can state: Nominated for an Aspire Award 2020  or short listed for or winner of a best achievement in the relevant category. All nominations will be considered for the highly coveted Human Rights Award.