State Award
Management Awards
Overview
These awards seek to recognise leisure facilities, parks and open
space developments and events
or festivals which demonstrate excellence in their fields. Successful
management should be able to be acclaimed as models of best practice
and examples to the industry.
It is recognized that management projects may take a number of
years to reach fruition, however any improvements or developments
must have occurred over the last two years.
There are four categories:
- Management of Leisure Facilities;
- Management of Parks;
- Management of Open Space Development; and
- Management of Events / Festivals
1. Leisure Facilities
may include: leisure centres, swim centres, community houses, sporting facilities (venues for activities) etc.
2. Parks
may include: local, rural and urban parks and gardens, state or national parks (non structured sporting activities)
3. Open Space Development
may include: a municipal district, a regional or state area or
a specific site. It can also include streetscape development or
residential development.
4. Events / Festivals may
include: a local or regional event or festival.
Eligibility Criteria
Nominations must:
- Be of a current member organisation;
- Be nominated by a PLA individual or corporate member;
- Nominate a leisure facility, park, open space development
or event or festival that has made management improvements over
the past two years; and
- Nominate management that demonstrates excellence in its category.
Judging Criteria
Judges will take into consideration: clarity of goals/objectives;
innovation,; management processes and frameworks; assessment of
outcomes; staff and customer satisfaction; stakeholder benefits
and financial, sustainability and accessibility dimensions.
Nomination & Submission Checklist
- All sections of the Nomination form must be completed;
Does your submission include?
- A word or PDF formatted document template of the Nomination
form (maximum of 5mg, which consists of:
- Section A:- Title page (name and location of Leisure
Facility, Park, Open Space Development organisation or
Event / Festival name of contact person, contact phone
numbers, email address and mailing address of nominators);
- Section B:- Relevant information that addresses the judging
criteria for the award,
- Photos of the Leisure Facility, Park, Open Space Development,
or Event /Festival (maximum 4 – 1mg each in jpeg format),
and include explanation of the photos;
- Supporting material can be submitted in Word format and can
include charts, brochures, certificates, awards, media stories,
citations, reports testimonials or statements from referees.
(Maximum of 4 pages)
Please note:
- This nomination is to be used for review and information
only;
- That any other supplementary printed matter, DVD’s
or additional presentations are not required, and will not be
considered by the judging panel
- Please do not include any information you need returned to
you or you do not want published;
- All information received remains the property of PLA;
- Separate applications are required for each different award
nomination lodged; and
- An electronic letter will be sent to each applicant acknowledging
receipt of the nomination.
Closing Date:
Friday 18 July 2008 – 5pm
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