Nominations are now open for the Mount Gambier City Councils’ 2023 Citizen of the Year awards.

Residents are being encouraged to nominate an individual, organisation, group or event that has made an outstanding and impactful contribution to our local community outside their regular employment.

Individuals and organisations eligible for the Citizen of the Year Awards may offer services including but not limited to education, health, fundraising, charitable and voluntary services, business, sport, arts, the environment, or any other area that contributes to the advancement and well-being of a community.

Nominations are open for:

•Young Citizen of the Year (persons under 30 years of age on January 26, 2023).

•Citizen of the Year (persons 30 years of age or older on January 26, 2023).

•Senior Citizen of the Year (persons 60 years of age or older on January 26, 2023).

•Community Event of the Year, for events, staged during 2022.

•Active Citizenship, delivery of outstanding work on an event or cause staged during 2022