
Club Awards for Changeover 2024
How to apply
- Submissions emailed to District Awards Chair Bill Salter wtsalter@bigpond.com
- Submissions must be received by 1 June 2024.
- Awards will be presented at the District Changeover on Sunday 30 June 2024.
- All submissions are to be no more than 500 words and must address majority if not all of the criteria, along with an overview and examples - additional material may be attached as an Appendix.
Award submissions will be from two sources:
- Submissions from Clubs.
- Projects/events known to the District Governor and/or District Portfolio Chair.
The Judging Panel will be:
- Those linked to a District Chair portfolio – The DG, Portfolio Chair, and a minimum of one other member of that District committee.
- Those not linked to a District Chair portfolio – The DG, District Awards Chair, and a minimum of one other member of the District committee.
The Awards and criteria are as follows:
** The items listed for each category are examples only.
** Other expressions may give a better presentation of the achievement.
** The items listed for each category are examples only.
** Other expressions may give a better presentation of the achievement.

Club of the year
Criteria:
Examples for Club consideration:
- Projects initiated/completed
- Engagement with the Community
- Membership retention/growth
- Membership engagement
- Level of Giving to the Rotary Foundation – e.g. Annual Fund, PolioPlus, Centurians, EREY etc.
- Improved governance – e.g. Constitution update, Child Protection Training, Risk Analysis etc.
- How the club has made progress year on year.
In Summary:
Diversity, participation at all levels, leadership, Avenues of Service, Club Culture, innovation, imagination.
Diversity, participation at all levels, leadership, Avenues of Service, Club Culture, innovation, imagination.

Best PR and Marketing Campaign
Criteria:
- Impact in the community.
- Coverage in District.
- Social Media involvement.

Best International Project
Criteria:
- Impact on the community where the project is undertaken.
- Number of Rotarians involved.
- Recognition within the international community.
- Is the project sustainable.

Best Local Community Project
Criteria:
- Benefit for the local community.
- Number of Rotarians involved.
- Positive community recognition of event.
- Is the project sustainable.

Best Vocational Community event
Criteria:
- Support for the vocation/s.
- Number of individuals recognised or involved.
- Positive community recognition of event.

Best Youth Initiative/Project/Scholarships
Criteria:
- Positive impact on youth.
- Number of youths involved.
- Recognition in the community.

Outstanding initiative from a Rotaract Club
Criteria:
Community impact.
Number of Rotaractors involved.
Community impact.
Number of Rotaractors involved.