Westpac Community Treasurers' Awards

Entry Form

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Organisation Details

Name of Group:

Mission of Group:

Year Group Formed:

Main Geographic Area of Operation:

Treasurer's Details:
(Name, Phone Number & Email Address)

Is your treasurer aware of their nomination? Yes No

Organisation Contact Details

Contact Person:

Title

First Name

Surname

Relationship to Nominee:
(eg Chair, CEO, Board Colleague)

Email:

Telephone Number:

Alt Phone Number:

Organisation's Website: http://

Postal Address:

Suburb

State

Postcode

Organisation Size: Small <$100K Medium $100K-1M Large >$1M

The nominee is the treasurer of a community group that is an incorporated association and that has been in existence for a minimum of two years. Application has been approved by either the President/Chair/Executive Director of the organisation.

Please Tell Us Why Your Treasurer Stands Out in the Following Areas:

1. Ensures good financial management.

Explain how your organisation benefits from your treasurer's efforts at ensuring:

The organisation's books are kept satisfactorily,
Precautionary procedures are in place to guard against all forms of misappropriation, misuse, theft or embezzlement,
Any foreseeable risks are insured against.

2. Ensures good financial governance.

Explain how your treasurer undertakes the responsibilities of:

Keeping the board up to speed on financial issues,
Drawing up the organisation's budget plan,
Consulting widely in drawing up next year's budget.

3. Ensures good financial outcomes.

Explain how your treasurer has:

Developed fundraising strategies within the group,
Broadened the fundraising base,
Developed and implemented innovative fundraising ideas.

4. Provide any further information about why your Treasurer deserves a Community Treasurers' Award.

Consider whether your Treasurer:

Has played a key role in bringing about transformation or significant organisational outcomes
Has helped bring an organisation back from the brink, or moved it to a new level
Has demonstrated true leadership qualities, bringing Board members with them and improving the financial literacy of the Board and the organisation
Has laid a path for succession, making sure their good work can carry on when they've gone
Has stuck his/her neck out - gone above and beyond the call of duty.

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National Headquarters: 51 Stanley St, West Melbourne Victoria 3003 Australia
(PO Box 354 North Melbourne 3051 Victoria)
Telephone (03) 9320 6800 Fax (03) 9326 6859 Email service@ourcommunity.com.au

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