Each of the Alliance Banks has put forward up to two nominees per category and our finalists for 2020 are...

Do Good Community Award

• Lucy Earl (Uniting Church Pantry) - partners with OzHarvest to provide a free community pantry for locals in need.
• Tendayi Ganga - an author, Board member of the Multicultural and Refugees Settlement Scheme and ACT Multicultural Council, and a champion of multicultural issues, diversity and empowerment in the African Australian community.
• Shannon Graham - frontline nurse during COVID and a driving force behind the Empowerment Challenge, a charity that supports young mums in the Geelong region.
• Yvi Henderson - manages the Cooma Multicultural Centre, is a passionate volunteer and an advocate for local immigrants.
• Collin Peebles - is the CEO of Geelong Food Relief Centre which tackles food security for Geelong's underprivileged, feeding more than 40,000 over the past year.

Do Good Team Award

• Canberra Trampoline and Gymnastics Club - the coaches behind the re-opening of the centre during COVID to enable athletes to continue to train so they could remain competitive at state and international level competition.
• Philip Brown and Kelly Stirton - for establishing football programs for people with physical or intellectual disabilities and providing them with pathways to participate in other sports.
• Got Your Back Sista - the entire team for empowering women and helping them thrive after escaping domestic violence.
• Mittagong RSL - for providing a safe haven and free meals to people escaping last summer's bushfires.

Do Good Social Purpose Business Award

• Liam Foldi - established Kenshi candles when he was just 16-years old. The business is a social enterprise that supports communities around the world and the local Chin refugee community by providing them with employment.
• Jo and Geoff Harrington - for donating enormous volumes of bread and raising funds to support struggling farmers and anyone else in their community in need. 
• Sandy Johnston - for establishing a podcast, Tiaras, Tears and Triumphs which reaches out to women experiencing and escaping domestic violence.
• Philanthropize Pty Ltd. - Kristine Hewett and Keron Beath for creating a support group for women who are experiencing or have escaped domestic violence.
• Technology for the Aged and Disabled (ACT) - for providing technical solutions that are not commercially available for the aged and people with disabilities.

Do Good Community Award

• Australian Breastfeeding Association Southern Highlands
• Rosalea Collins
• Lucy Earl - Uniting Church Pantry
• Tendayi Ganga
• Tendayi Ganga
• Tendayi Ganga
• Shannon Graham
• Yvi Henderson
• Stephen James
• Christopher Lytas
• Robert Lytzki
• Angela-Liston McCaughley
• Collin Peebles
• Jack Pidgeon

Do Good Team Award

• Philip Brown and Kelly Stirton
• Cafe Stepping Stone
• Canberra Trampoline Gymnastics Club
• Canberra Trampoline Gymnastics Club
• Caroline Chisholm School staff
• Mittagong RSL
• Southern Highland Rural Fire Service
• Team Got Your Back Sista

Do Good Social Purpose Business Award

• The Alpine School
• Born to Shine
• Jo and Geoff Harrington
• Sandy Johnson
• Kenshi Candles
• Lions Community Bookshop Queanbeyan
• Lions Community Bookshop Queanbeyan
• Magnolia Learning
• Philanthropize Pty Ltd
• Shafeen Mustaq - SiTara's Story
• Technology for the Aged and Disabled (ACT)

Award criteria

• Nominees will have made a significant contribution that has improved the lives of people in their local community.
• Nominees are recognised as a role model by their peers and/or community.

How to nominate

Nominations are made using the online form. There are two key questions that form part of the online nomination:

1. Why are you nominating this person or business for a Do Good Award?
2. How has the nominee positively impacted the lives of others? 

Key dates for the 2020 Alliance Bank Do Good Awards are as follows:

• Nominations open 21 September 2020.
• Nominations close 30 October 2020.
• Nominees announced 16 November 2020.
• Finalists announced 30 November 2020.
• Winners announced 1 February 2021.

Consideration of the following will be taken into account when assessing nominations:

• Nature of the exceptional achievement(s) of the person/business.
• Impact the person/business has had, and the benefits they have/it has provided to Alliance Bank Members/or the local community.
• Demonstrated advocacy, innovation or creativity.
• Contribution to development of the community.

• Nominees must reside in an Alliance Bank Partner catchment or be nominated for a contribution to an Alliance Bank Partner local community. 
• People can self-nominate or nominate others.
• Current Board members of mutuals operating as an Alliance Bank and local politicians are ineligible.
• A person cannot receive a second award in the same award category in consecutive years.
• Unsuccessful nominees may be re-nominated in subsequent years.
• Awards will not be granted posthumously.
• Nominees for the Do Good Social Purpose Business Award must hold an ABN or ACN.
• Nominees for the Do Good Team Award must comprise of two or more people.
• Finalists must provide consent for their image and their story to be used in the awards promotional material.

• Only one prize of $1,000 is awarded per category including the Do Good Team Award.
• Total prize pool $4,000.
• The Outstanding Achievement Award winner will be selected by the judges from the finalists in the three Do Good Award categories.
• Judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
• Nominations open 21 September and close 30 October 2020.
• Nominees announced 16 November 2020.
• Finalists announced 30 November 2020.
• Finalists must provide information that outlines their contribution and how it has positively impacted lives and/or their local community and consent to its use in promotional material.
• Finalist stories will be featured on alliancebankgroup.com.au and on social media from early December to 31 January 2021.
• Winners announced 1 February 2021.