Auckland city's community safety awards 2009
"Promoting and recognising community safety"
Auckland City Council has identified community safety as a priority area for
the city and its residents, as it has a direct impact on the quality of life in
our communities, and therefore the city.
Many groups, individuals, organisations and businesses promote and carry out
community safety initiatives, injury prevention, road safety or crime prevention
work in our communities. They work hard to ensure that our communities are safe.
The council has once again recognised the contributions of these Aucklanders
at the annual community safety awards held on Wednesday, 9 September 2009 - during
Safety NZ Week, a national initiative led by the Accident Compensation Corporation
(ACC) and Safe Communities Foundation New Zealand (SCFNZ).
This year, the council increased the scope of the awards to enable greater recognition
of the contributions that Aucklanders make to keep our communities safer places
to live, work and visit.
This year's award categories were:
- Individual community volunteer award
- For outstanding individual effort that contributes to a safer community.
- Innovation award
- For outstanding results in a key area of community concern through partnership
and collaboration.
- Excellence in host responsibility award
- Recognises proactive measures/initiatives to promote a safe drinking environment
that successfully prevents alcohol-related harm and ensures the safety of patrons.
- Business award
- Recognises the contribution of a business to the greater wellbeing and safety of
the local community achieved through a partnership with a community group or organisation.
- Media award
- Recognises an outstanding contribution in raising public awareness/understanding
of community safety issues.
- Not-for-profit organisation award
- Recognises the contribution of a not-for-profit organisation to the greater wellbeing
and safety of the local community achieved through the demonstration of initiatives
that encourage a reduction in crime or injury and promote community safety.
- Environmental safety award
- Recognises a contribution to safety by the initiation of
improvements to the environment
To be eligible for the award, a person, group, school or business needs to have
introduced a community safety project or activity (focusing on injury prevention,
road safety or crime prevention) in the Auckland City Council area during the past
two years.
2009 award recipients
Each recipient received a certificate and a sculpture in bronze by ironwork artist,
Chris Moore.
Selected as outstanding in their categories were:
- Peter Lett - for promoting a safer community through the eradication
of graffiti vandalism in Newmarket and surrounding areas
- Glen Innes Drug and Alcohol Group - for their work in raising the
awareness of alcohol and drug issues in their community
- Elizabeth Binning - for her honest and provocative published series
in The New Zealand Herald on child abuse
- Tableside Charitable Trust - for engendering tremendous community
spirit through coordinated activities in the community
- Keith Hay Park Users Group - for their successful, coordinated response
to crime and safety issues in the park.
The judging panel also selected two nominations to be recognised for a meritorious
award:
- Grace Ikenasio - for writing a song and producing a DVD to persuade
youth against graffiti vandalism
- Outreach Therapy pets programme - for ongoing animal safety education
for children and adults across the Auckland region.
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| Cr Goldsmith (far left) and the Mayor with Denise Krum
and Marcus Driller from Tableside Charitable Trust. |
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Updated September 2009
