2018 Banyule Citizen of the Year Award

Submissions closed at midnight 7 October 2018 (AEST).

Helping you complete your nomination

  • Make a note of the password and the number allocated to your nomination for future reference. 
  • If you have any technical difficulties with the online form, contact Smartygrants on 9320 6888 during business hours or email service@smartygrants.com.au and quote the name of the nomination form and the nomination number.
  • Several people can work on the same nomination using the same login details, but only one person can work on the form at any one time.
  • Remember to save as you go!
  • If you are applying on behalf of a group it is best wherever possible to use the group’s generic email address or else in the future problems may occur if the person whose email address was used has left the group. It is also a good idea for the group to record the login and password for future use.

If you need help in completing the nomination you can speak to Karen Molinaro on 9457 9955 during business hours or email volawards@banyule.vic.gov.au. You will need to quote your nomination number. 

Click here to view the guidelines.

If you need more help using this online form, download the Help Guide for Applicants or check out Applicant Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

Starting your nomination

  • When you are ready to start filling in the nomination form, click the “apply now” button at the top of this page.
  • You can start anywhere in the nomination form but save as you go.
  • On every page of the form there is a Form Navigation box, with links to every page of the nomination, enabling you to jump to the page you want.
  • You can also click 'next page' or 'previous page' on the top or bottom of each page to move forward or backward.

Saving your draft nomination so you can continue it later 

  • If you want to return to the nomination, press 'save' and log out.
  • When you log back in, click on the 'My Submissions' link at the top of the screen to get to the list of any nominations you have started or submitted. You can then reopen any draft nominations and continue the nomination.
  • If there is a section of the form that is compulsory to complete and you don’t complete it, you will get a warning message in red at the top of your screen letting you know it needs completing.
  • If the nomination form is open on your screen and you haven’t been working on it, the system will automatically log you out.
  • You can download any nomination, whether draft or completed, as a PDF. Click on the 'Download' button at the bottom of the nomination navigation panel

Submitting your nomination

  • You need to review your nomination before you submit it – the Review and Submit button is at the bottom of the Navigation Panel.
  • Once you have reviewed your nomination and are happy, click the Submit button.
  • You cannot submit the form if you have left any compulsory sections (marked with an asterisk*) blank.
  • Once you have submitted your nomination, you cannot edit or amend it in any way.
  • When you submit your nomination, you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of the submitted nomination attached. Please keep a copy of your nomination for future reference.
  • If you do not receive a confirmation email then you should presume that your nomination has NOT been submitted. However, check your junk/SPAM folder first in case the email has gone there. If the submission is not there, call the Smarty Grants Help Desk on 9320 6888

Attachments and supporting documentation

  • You may need to upload attachments to support your nomination. This is very simple, but you need to have the documents saved on your computer or a storage device first.
  • Allow enough time for each file to upload before trying to attach another file.
  • It is best to keep file sizes around 5MB each. Files can be up to 25MB each but they take longer to upload.
  • Attachments need to be Word documents, image documents (.jpg) or in PDF Format.