Jan Pentland Memorial Award
The Jan Pentland Memorial Award is awarded to an Accredited Member of FCVic who has demonstrated excellence in financial counselling service to the wider community* above and beyond their normal duties as a financial counsellor.
Examples could include but are not limited to:
- Contributing to the welfare of the wider community in some way while working as a financial counsellor.
- Providing financial counselling input to a community development activity
- Helping a community recover from a natural disaster
*For the purposes of this award, ‘community’ is defined as either geographic community/local area, broader geographic community/Victoria/Australia/internationally or community of identity or purpose regardless of location. For example indigenous community, women, youth, people affected by family violence, asylum seekers etc.
About Jan Pentland
Jan Pentland was a life-long advocate for social justice and inclusion. In addition to her time as Chairperson of the FCRC Board (FCVic’s predecessor organisation), Jan made significant contributions to the national peak, AFCCRA (now Financial Counselling Australia, FCA). Her advocacy led to AFFCRA being funded for the first time in 2009.
Jan passed away in 2009, but continues to be an inspiration to our sector.
In June 2014, the Devil’s Advocate published an interview with David Morawetz, Jan’s partner. Jan’s informative contributions to the Devil’s Advocate were a highlight for many years. We thank David for his time providing this interview.
Past recipients of the
Jan Pentland Memorial Award
2022 – Michele Padbury
2020 – Leonie Cooke
2019 – Sandra Blake
2018 – Jo Parkin
2017 – Lisa Garlick
2016 – Mona Mrad
2015 – Maria Turnbull
2014 – Jill Com and Jenny Elvey
2013 – Rhonda Mahoney
2012 – John Mumford
2011 – Ken Slatter
2010 – Barry White
Nomination process
Nominations are now open for the Jan Pentland Memorial Award.
Closing date for nominations:
Nominations close at 11.59PM on Sunday, 3 September 2023
Award presentation:
The award is presented at the annual FCVic Gala Awards Event.
The 2023 FCVic Gala Awards event will be held on Wednesday, 12 October at Mantra Lorne.
FCVic thanks David Morawetz for his support of this award.
Nomination process
Nominations for the Jan Pentland Memorial Award are currently closed.
Award presentation:
The award is presented at the annual FCVic Gala Awards Event.
FCVic thanks David Morawetz for his support of this award.
Nomination guidelines:
- Provide a summary of why you think your colleague would be a worthy recipient of the award.
- Make sure you address the criteria, for example, by outlining how the nominee has helped their community over and above their job description as a financial counsellor.
- The nominated person doesn’t have to be present at the awards presentation to be eligible for their award. A proxy can accept the award on the recipient’s behalf. The FCVic office will liaise with the nominator to arrange this beforehand.
- Nominators may attach additional pages and supporting materials to the nomination form.
- The FCVic Board will appoint a selection panel to consider the nominee’s relative merits in accordance with the criteria for the award they are nominated for.
- The panel will provide recommendations for the awards on a confidential basis to the FCVic Board. The awards recommended by the Panel will be considered by the Board for ratification. If a recommendation is not ratified the award will not be conferred. The Board’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.