Virginia Noonan Award
The Virginia Noonan Award is awarded to an Accredited Member of FCVic who has demonstrated excellence in service to our profession or their clients over and above their normal duties as a financial counsellor.
Examples could include but are not limited to:
- Successful advocacy and input into a test case to alter policy or legislation in regard to a financial or consumer issue
- Resolving an extremely complex financial counselling case with far reaching implications, resulting in systemic change
- Developing and presenting innovative community development/education initiatives
- Serving on boards or committees in the consumer advocacy space
About Virginia Noonan
The Virginia Noonan Award was established in 2009, in and honours Virginia’s outstanding contributions to our organisation and the profession in delivering pioneering training and resources throughout the 1990s.
Virginia’s involvement in the financial counselling sector goes back more than 30 years. In June 2014, the Devil’s Advocate published an interview with Virginia Noonan, an FCVic life member. We thank her for her time providing this interview.
Past recipients of the
Virginia Noonan Award
2022 – Carly Baker
2020 – Elizabeth Stary
2019 – Tracey Grinter
2018 – Colin Handreck
2017 – Rachna Bowman
2016 – Donna Letchford
2015 – Ian Liddell
2014 – Garry Rothman
2013 – Robyn Shepherd-Murdoch
2012 – Ange Upton
2011 – Liz Fiveash
2010 – Judy Egan
Nomination process
Nominations are now open for the 2023 Virginia Noonan 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 Virginia Noonan for her support of this award.
Nomination process
Nominations for the Virginia Noonan Award are currently closed.
Award presentation:
The award is presented at the annual FCVic Gala Awards Event.
FCVic thanks Virginia Noonan for her 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.