Help to recognise footy volunteers this National Volunteer Week
Nominations are now open for the 2024 Toyota AFL National Volunteer of the Year Awards, which launched this week during National Volunteer Week. The annual awards recognise and show appreciation for the invaluable contribution that volunteers give to local football.
As part of launching the 2024 Toyota AFL National Volunteer of the Year Awards and as part of National Volunteer Week, 10 AFL Victoria-affiliated clubs were drawn at random (from clubs with five or more registered volunteers) to receive $1,000 each from a pool of $10,000. This funding is spread across five lucky volunteers at each club who each receive $200 and acknowledge the incredible work of local footy club volunteers.
There are around 200,000 volunteer roles performed in local footy across the country and all play an important role in keeping the grassroots game going.
The winning clubs drawn at random were:
- South Morang Football Club – Northern Football Netball League (110 registered volunteers)
- Strathmore Football Club – Essendon Districts Football League (186 registered volunteers)
- Mount Martha Junior Football Club – AFL South East (304 registered volunteers)
- Rokewood Corindhap Football Netball Club – Central Highlands (30 registered volunteers)
- Echuca United Football Netball Club – Murray Football League (21 registered volunteers)
- Moama Football Club – Murray Football League (7 registered volunteers)
- Fairpark Football Club – Eastern Football Netball League (27 registered volunteers)
- Monash Blues Football Club – Victorian Amateur Football Association (23 registered volunteers)
- Whitefriars Football Club – Victorian Amateur Football Association (9 registered volunteers)
- Preston Bullants Junior Football Club – Yarra Junior Football Club (23 registered volunteers)
Every football community has volunteers that are incredibly important and often go unrecognized. AFL Victoria encourages anyone involved in community football to nominate an individual or group that are eligible for any of the following 12 categories for the 2024 Toyota AFL National Volunteer of the Year Awards:
- Toyota AFL Community Volunteer
- Toyota Young Leader of the Year (Under 25 years of age)
- Toyota Community Club of the Year
- NAB AFL Auskick Volunteer of the Year
- AFL Diversity Ambassador of the Year
- AFL Disability Inclusion Ambassador of the Year
- AFL National Community Umpiring Service Award
- AFL Community Coaches of the Year (Women & Men)
- AFL Schools – Teacher of the Year
- AFL Schools – School of the Year
- AFL National Community Football Media Award
- AFL National Community Football Photography Award
All nominees will receive a recognition certificate, with state winners being recognised at the 2024 AFL Victoria state awards function and will receive a $200 e-gift voucher.
The 13 national winners will receive a once-in-a-lifetime VIP package to attend the 2024 Toyota AFL Grand Final at the MCG. The 2024 Toyota AFL National Community Volunteer of the Year and Toyota Young Leader of the Year will also win a Toyota Corolla Hatch SX Hybrid valued at approx. $40,289.00!
Nominations close at 11:59pm AEST on Monday 8 July. Click here to submit a nomination.
Select the relevant State / Territory to access the relevant nomination form and to read the full criteria details for each category as well as the detailed Terms and Conditions.
