Virginia Noonan Award
Recognising members who have demonstrated excellence in service to our profession.
The Virginia Noonan Award
Each year FCVic presents the esteemed Virginia Noonan Award, named after one of our much respected Life Members.
Many current financial counsellors owe much of their knowledge to the pioneering training run by Virginia in the early 90s, long before any tertiary courses existed.
PAST RECIPIENTS OF THE VIRGINIA NOONAN AWARD
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
LEARN MORE ABOUT VIRGINIA NOONAN
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.
Nomination Process
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Nominations are now open!
Nominations are now open for the 2022 Virginia Noonan Award.
CRITERIA
The Virginia Noonan Award is awarded to a full 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
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.
CLOSING DATE FOR NOMINATIONS
Nominations for 2022 have not opened yet. Please check back again soon.
CLOSING DATE FOR NOMINATIONS
Nominations close at 11:59PM on Friday, 19 August 2022.
AWARD PRESENTATION
The award is presented at the annual FCVic Gala Awards event.
The 2022 FCVic Gala Awards event will be held on Wednesday, 21 September 2022 at Pullman on the Park, East Melbourne.
Financial Counselling Victoria thanks Virginia Noonan for her support of this award.