Auckland city's community safety awards 2008

"Promoting and recognising community safety"

Wednesday, 3 September 2008

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.

This is the fourth year Auckland City Council will recognise the contributions of these Aucklanders, who help make our community a safer place to live, work and visit. The awards take place during Safety NZ Week, a national initiative led by the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) and Safe Communities Foundation New Zealand (SCFNZ).

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.

Applications for the 2008 awards are open from 20 June and must be received by 5pm on Friday, 1 August.

The nomination form is available below for downloading in PDF format. Alternatively you can contact us to have one posted out to you.

Auckland city's community safety awards 2008 - nomination form (85kb PDF)

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2007 award winners

Pictured at the awards (from left): the chairperson of the Public Safety and Community Order Committee, Councillor Graham Mulholland, Agnes Gandy, John Currie, Mayor Dick Hubbard, Arif Saeid (from the Refugees as Survivors Trust), Hera Mohns (from Friends of the Street) and chairperson of the Community Development and Equity Committee, Councillor Cathy Casey.

The four winners (who each received a certificate and New Zealand designed art work) were:

John Currie - for the Down with Speed project which aims to reduce dangerous driver behaviour in Glendowie
The Refugees as Survivors Trust - for their part in developing a visual injury prevention resource for ethnic communities
Waiheke Island's Friends of the Street group - for their work in improving safety for teenagers in their community
Agnes Gandy, a parent volunteer at St Peter's College - for selflessly working to improve traffic safety at the school gate for the past two years.

Image - Pictured at the awards (from left): chairperson of the Public Safety and Community Order Committee, Councillor Graham Mulholland, Agnes Gandy, John Currie, Mayor Dick Hubbard, Arif Saeid (from the Refugees as Survivors Trust), Hera Mohns (from Friends of the Street) and chairperson of the Community Development and Equity Committee, Councillor Cathy Casey.