IMPORTANT UPDATE: The nominations period for the 2023 Victorian Protecting Children Awards has been extended until Wednesday 24 May 2023 at 5.00pm.
Tuesday 18 April 2023
Nominations for the 2023 Victorian Protecting Children Awards are now open. If you know individuals or organisations that have contributed positively to the lives of children and young people, please consider nominating them for these awards made by the Commission – the Child and Youth Empowerment Award, and the Walda Blow Aboriginal Children and Young People Award.
Child and Youth Empowerment Award
This award was established by the Principal Commissioner for Children and Young People and recognises an individual, team or organisation who has achieved excellence in realising children’s and young people’s right to meaningfully participate in matters affecting them.
Nominations close 11.59pm on Friday 19 May.
For queries about this award, please email contact@ccyp.vic.gov.au or call 1300 78 29 78.
The Walda Blow Aboriginal Children and Young People Award
This award recognises contributions of an Aboriginal person, persons or organisations in Victoria to the safety and wellbeing of Aboriginal children and young people.
This award was established in partnership with the Victorian Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People, in memory of Aunty Walda Blow – a proud Yorta Yorta and Wemba Wemba Elder who lived her life in pursuit of equality. Amongst her many contributions over 40 years of service to the Victorian Koori community, Aunty Walda:
- was an early founder of the Dandenong and District Aboriginal Cooperative
- established the Women’s Interfaith Network
- for 21 years managed the Margaret Tucker Hostel which provided supported accommodation for young Aboriginal girls and their children aged 15 to 18 years.
In Aunty Walda’s name, this Award recognises contributions of an Aboriginal person in Victoria to the safety and wellbeing of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children and young people. For more information on Aunty Walda please visit the Aboriginal Victoria – Aboriginal Honour Roll website.
Nominations close 11.59pm on Friday 19 May.
For queries about this award, please email contact@ccyp.vic.gov.au or call 1300 78 29 78.
Finalists will be announced in early August and the Awards will take place in early September.
For other award categories and general information, please visit the Victorian Protecting Children Awards website.