The Victorian Coastal Awards for Excellence recognise and celebrate the outstanding achievements of people preserving and enhancing Victoria's coastal and marine environments.

Nominations for the 2015 Victorian Government's Community Sport and Recreation Awards are now open.
The Victorian Government's Community Sport and Recreation Awards recognise and celebrate the significant contribution made by clubs, teams and individuals in shaping our community sport and recreation landscape.
The awards are open to all Victorians. Every Victorian club, team or individual involved with, or contributing to community sport and recreation is eligible to be nominated.

Organisations are also invited to nominate for the new Age-Friendly Victoria Award that recognises excellence in creating age-friendly communities, promoting active ageing or improving quality of life and inclusion for older people.

Celebrating the achievements of early career health and medical researchers.

The Premier's Design Awards recognise and reward Victorian designers and businesses using exemplar design effectively and sustainably. The awards provide an opportunity for businesses and the community to better understand the role of design in making products and services more functional, efficient and attractive, and ultimately increasing productivity and business outcomes.

The Premier's Sustainability Awards celebrate and recognise outstanding achievements by Victorian businesses, institutes, community groups, government and individuals leading the way in sustainable innovation and practices.

The Resilient Australia Awards recognise and promote initiatives across the nation that support and strengthen community disaster resilience. The Awards are proudly sponsored by the Australian Government Attorney-General's Department, in conjunction with the states and territories.
Applications are open until 3pm on 9 June 2016 (AEDT).

Entries are now open for the ResourceSmart Schools Awards, Victoria's largest sustainability awards program celebrating the achievements of schools and early childhood services.

Through these Awards, students and teachers are rewarded for their creative actions that reduce energy, waste, and water, increase biodiversity, and how they engage with the wider school community on these issues. The Awards are a fantastic way for the schools to exhibit the leadership and sustainability successes of our Victorian schools and their innovative ideas.

Victorians are being encouraged to nominate young Aboriginal achievers for this year's Ricci Marks Award.

Nominations for the 2017 award will open in late 2016.

Do you know someone who works tirelessly to keep children and young people safe from harm?

Celebrate their efforts to improve the lives of vulnerable children and young people by nominating them for the 2016 Robin Clark Protecting Children Awards.

The Awards recognise dedicated teams and individuals working within government and community services who make child protection their business every day.