The Resilient Australia Awards is a national program, which recognises initiatives that strengthen community disaster resilience.

The Get Ready Community Award is a NSW initiative that recognises a local community that has worked together to make their community more prepared and better able to recover from disasters.

Award categories

The 2019 NSW award categories are:

 NSW Get Ready Community Award  Resilient Australia Business Award  Resilient Australia Community Award  Resilient Australia Government Award  Resilient Australia Local Government Award  Resilient Australia School Award  Resilient Australia Photography Award – People’s Choice

The winners of the Resilient Australia Award categories will automatically progress to consideration for the Resilient Australia national awards.

How to enter

Apply for the NSW Get Ready Community Award by completing the application form available online and emailing it to [email protected] Apply for the Resilient Australia Awards using the portal to submit an application.  We are here to help! We encourage you to contact our Awards Convenor with any questions about applying Call (02) 9212 9278 Visit https://www.emergency.nsw.gov.au/Pages/emergencymanagement/Awards/Awards.aspx or https://www.aidr.org.au/programs/resilient-australiaawards/ Email [email protected] or [email protected]