Categories

Category descriptions are listed below.

1. Inclusion in Small Business – Private Sector

Recognises private sector businesses with 15 or less employees that has proven to provide exceptional service to people with a disability or excelled in accommodating the needs of customers, clients or staff with a disability.

2. Inclusion in Medium to Large Business – Private Sector

Recognises private sector businesses with more than 15 employees that has proven to provide exceptional service to people with a disability or excelled in accommodating the needs of customers, clients or staff with a disability.

3. Inclusion in Agency or Department – Act Government

Recognises an agency, a team within an agency or a department of the ACT Government that has proven to provide exceptional service to people with a disability or excelled in accommodating the needs of customers, clients or staff with a disability.

4. Inclusion in Agency or Department – Commonwealth Government

Recognises an agency, a team within an agency or a department of the Federal Government that has proven to provide exceptional service to people with a disability or excelled in accommodating the needs of customers, clients or staff with a disability.

5. Inclusion in Education & Training

Recognises an educational and training organisation either government funded or within the private sector, that has proven to provide exceptional service to people with a disability or excelled in accommodating the needs of customers, clients or staff with a disability.

6. Inclusion in Sports

Recognises a sporting organisation either government funded or within the private sector, that has proven to provide exceptional service to people with a disability or excelled in accommodating the needs of customers, clients or staff with a disability.

7. Inclusion in the Arts

Recognises an arts organisation either government funded or within the private sector, that has proven to provide exceptional service to people with a disability or excelled in accommodating the needs of customers, clients or staff with a disability.

8. Inclusion in Tourism & Hospitality

Recognises a business or organisation either government funded or within the private sector, that has proven to provide exceptional service to people with a disability or excelled in accommodating the needs of customers, clients or staff with a disability.

9. Innovation in Inclusion

Recognises a business, organisation or an individual that has designed or designed and delivered an exceptional and innovative program, strategy, activity or resource with a primary objective to drive the inclusion, participation and respect of people with disabilities in the community or workplace.

10. The Margaret Spalding Award – Inclusion by an Individual

The Margaret Spalding Award for outstanding achievement is awarded to an individual who has significantly raised the profile, visibility, inclusion and respect of people with a disability in the ACT community.

11. The Act Chief Minister’s Award for Excellence

The ACT Chief Minister’s Award for Inclusion is awarded to the most compelling, and impressive business, organisation, agency, department or individual as judged from the group of winners of the above listed categories.