NT Volunteer of the Year Awards 2021
Applauding Northern Territory Volunteers
The NT Volunteer of the Year Awards recognise the outstanding contribution of Northern Territory volunteers, volunteer involving organisations and corporate volunteering programs at work in our community.
These prestigious awards promote the important contribution of volunteering to the social, cultural, economic and environmental wellbeing of the Northern Territory, paying tribute to those who inspire and promote the spirit of volunteerism through exemplary endeavours.
The Awards, established in 2014, are an initiative of Volunteering SA&NT.
Nominations assessed by an independent Judging Panel chaired by Volunteering NT.
2021 WINNERS
Northern Territory Volunteer of the Year Award 2021 (overall winners)
- Dianne Tynan, Bushfires NT
- Nepalese Association of the Northern Territory
Central Australia
Chief Minister’s Volunteer of the Year Award
Erica Stanley, Australian Red Cross
Chief Minister’s Youth Volunteer of the Year Award
Evie Rose, Purple House
Chief Minister’s Emergency Services Volunteer of the Year Award
Sabina Wakerman, Australian Red Cross
Alice Springs Town Council Community Volunteer Organisation/Team of the Year Award
Jurnkkurakurr Volunteers
INPEX Lifetime Contribution to Volunteering Award
Brian Vidler, Alice Springs Baseball, Baseball NT
Top End
Chief Minister’s Volunteer of the Year Award
Dan Tellam, RSL Darwin Sub-branch, Billeroy House
Chief Minister’s Youth Volunteer of the Year Award
Leroy Gazey, NTES, Katherine Volunteer Bushfire Brigade, Australian Airforce Cadets (AAFC)
Chief Minister’s Emergency Services Volunteer of the Year Award
Dianne Tynan, Bushfires NT
StudyNT International Student Volunteer of the Year Award
Zitan (Sunny) Liu, StudyNT, Office of Youth Affairs, Kindness Shake, Multicultural Council of NT
Community Volunteer Organisation/Team of the Year Award
Nepalese Association of the Northern Territory
INPEX Lifetime Contribution to Volunteering Award
Dianne Tynan, Bushfires NT
Garry Casey, NTFS, NTES
Excellence in Volunteer Management Award
Sarah Moses, Darwin Community Legal Service
Media Release
Double Accolades for NT Volunteers
Awards Presentation
Image gallery (Facebook)
Awards presentation video
Kym Cairns, Sector Services Manager
T: 0439 677 181
E: ntvolawards@volunteeringsa-nt.org.au
Sponsors
Award presentation image gallery Central Australia
Award presentation image gallery Top End
TV commercial
NT Volunteers Rewarded for Keeping up their Great Work - media release winners
Media release - Keeping up their great work - media release launch
Award presentation image galleries
Media release - Singing the Praises for 42 years of Volunteering
Past recipients
2020 Recipients
2019 Recipients
2018 Recipients
2017 Recipients
Winner: Donna Hunter, North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA)
Highly Commended: Dianne Tynan, Bushfires NT
Winner: David Joyce, Bushfires NT
Highly Commended: Peter Poole, St John Ambulance Service NT
Ron Green, Northern Territory Emergency Services
Volunteering SA&NT Award for Organisational Excellence (Small)Winner: Multicultural Youth NT
Highly Commended: Alice Springs Beanie FestivalSt John Ambulance NT
Highly Commended: Vinnies Alice Springs
Winner: Vicki James, Riding for the Disabled Alice Springs Incorporated
Highly Commended: Gordon Coward, Douglas Daly Volunteer Bushfire Brigade, Bushfires NT
Winner: Nella Willis, Drovers Volunteer Service Alice Springs Hospital
Highly Commended: Rosemary Burkitt, Red Cross
Winner: Geoff Kenna, NT Fire and Rescue Service, Alice Springs Rural Volunteers
Organisational
Volunteering SA&NT Award for Organisational Excellence - Small OrganisationWinner: 8CCC Community Radio Incorporated
Volunteering SA&NT Award for Organisational Excellence - Large OrganisationHighly Commended: Conservation Volunteers Australia