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2024 Deakin Community Awards – Recipients
On Thursday 13 June we celebrated the 2024 Deakin Community Awards. More than 500 members of our community came together to recognise individuals and community groups who selflessly serve others.
We recognised 56 individuals and 13 community groups who were richly deserving of this recognition.
I also want to thank The Australian Children’s Choir and East City Sound Chorus for their wonderful performances and to Nicole Werner MP, for her outstanding efforts as MC.
Congratulations again to all of our award winners, and those who nominated and supported such a wonderful group of people for recognition this year.
Full list of recipients here:
| FULL NAME OF NOMINEE | CATEGORY | COMMUNITY ORGANISATION | CATEGORY WINNER |
| Olivia Ashcroft | Under 30’s | Ringwood Football Netball Club | |
| Genevieve Barclay | Under 30’s | Australian Childrens Choir | |
| Gabi Johnson | Under 30’s | Heathmont United Netball Club | |
| Jake Keogh | Under 30’s | Ringwood Football Netball Club | Youth Category Winner and Overall Winner |
| Mi Za Lian Mawi | Under 30’s | Chin Community Victoria | |
| Miranda Solidaga | Under 30’s | Ringwood Secondary College | |
| Wyatt Thai | Under 30’s | ||
| Jody Altman | Open | Croydon City Soccer Club | |
| Frances Batt | Open | Truth and Liberation Church | |
| Helen Borloz | Open | Mitcham Thunder Basketball Club | |
| Jo-Anne Bowler | Open | Blackburn Cricket Club | |
| Mandy Camilleri | Open | Norwood Football Club | |
| Antony Cannon | Open | Glen Park Community Centre | |
| Rhonda Carson | Open | Arrabri Community House | |
| Janice Cassino | Open | Life’s Little Treasures | |
| Duh Tin Tial Cinzah | Open | Australia Chin Community | |
| Jo Conway | Open | Ringwood North Football Club | |
| Amelia Dell | Open | Maroondah Volleyball | |
| Steve Duke | Open | South Croydon Football Club | |
| Helen Dundon | Open | Brentwood Park Kindergarten | |
| Thomas Fagernes | Open | Dads Group | |
| Christopher Fallon | Open | Ringwood Central Tennis Club | |
| Deb Fife | Open | Maroondah Calisthenics | |
| Helen Johnston | Open | Ringwood East Traders Association | |
| Gabby Knaepple | Open | Rotary Club of Nunawading | Open Category Winner |
| Mark Lanyon | Open | Heathmont Jets Football Netball Club | |
| Chris Leahy | Open | North Ringwood Junior Football Club | |
| Cameron MacKay | Open | South Warrandyte CFA | |
| Jack McDonald | Open | Aquinas Old Collegians Football Club | |
| Melissa Middleton | Open | Heatherdale Preschool Inc | |
| Tammie Palmer | Open | North Ringwood Junior Football Club | |
| Bronwyn Roberts | Open | Mitcham Community Laughter Club | |
| Gavin and Sue Ross | Open | All Abilities Netball Club | |
| Dean Anthony Spicer | Open | Heatherdale Community Action Group | |
| Adam Stone | Open | Holy Spirit School | |
| Jonathon Tan | Open | Different Journeys | |
| Bobby Thai | Open | Australian Martial Arts Foundation | |
| Stephen Tully | Open | Mitcham Cricket Club | |
| Gayle Wood | Open | Forest Hill Football Netball Club | |
| Van Dawt Thawng Zathang | Open | Victorian Chin Baptist Church | |
| Denise Agnew | Seniors | Croydon RSL | |
| Robert Graham (Bob) Allardice | Seniors | Rotary Club of Nunawading | |
| Ian Atkinson | Seniors | Melba Secondary College Chaplancy Support Group | |
| Gabby Beams | Seniors | Neighbourhood Watch Whitehorse | |
| Joan Benson | Seniors | Heatherdale Recreation and Bowls Club | |
| Sheryl Cook | Seniors | Melba Secondary College Chaplancy Support Group | |
| Robert Davis | Seniors | Heatherdale Recreation and Bowls Club | |
| Judith Eadon | Seniors | Rotary Club of Nunawading | |
| Athalie Edis | Seniors | U3A Nunawading | |
| David Fitzgerald | Seniors | Kids Hope Australia | |
| Terry Hart | Seniors | U3A Nunawading | |
| Jennie Harvie | Seniors | U3A Ringwood | |
| Marion Payne | Seniors | Maroondah Community Assist | |
| Valerie Penn | Seniors | Heathmont Baptist Church | Seniors Category Winner |
| Stephen Roberts | Seniors | Blackburn North Community Garden | |
| Heather Tasker | Seniors | Heatherdale Community Action Group | |
| Australian Martial Arts Foundation Inc | Group | ||
| Community Music & Performance | Group | ||
| Croydon RSL | Group | ||
| Croydon’s Mens Shed | Group | ||
| Eastern Area Multiple Birth Association Inc | Group | ||
| Eastern Emergency Relief Network Inc | Group | ||
| Heathmont History Group | Group | ||
| Life’s Little Treasures Foundation | Group | Group Category Winner | |
| Maroondah Business Group Inc | Group | ||
| Rotary Club of Maroondah | Group | ||
| The Australian Children’s Choir | Group | ||
| Urban Life Care | Group | ||
| Vermont Secondary College Community Association | Group |