Voice Against Racism
Youth Human Rights Awards
Application Form
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GENERAL CONDITIONS & ELIGIBILITY
- You may submit only one application per person.
- You must be aged between 10-25 years
- You must reside in a community in rural, regional or remote NSW
- Electronic (email) submissions only – video applications may be uploaded for private viewing on YouTube.
- Applications only open to First Peoples of Australia (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander). We do not require proof of identity; however, we reserve the right to request it at a later date.
- You are applying for an award of $1000. If you win the award, the money can be put towards your personal educational or cultural development expenses. You can either provide receipts for reimbursement or arrange with us to pay the expenses directly.
- You must also be willing to attend the presentation night at a date to be advised and showcase your work if invited to do so
WHAT TO SUBMIT
Applicants must submit:
- This form (filled in and signed)
- Support material such as your video or audio answer to questions if you would rather speak your answers than write them
- Any photos or footage of your work that you would like to show us
All files should be separate attachments to the one email where possible – google drive links ok.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Applications must be submitted to milandhiiyaan@gmail.com by 11.59pm Friday 3rd Oct 2025.
First Peoples founders and community members of the sovereign collective who designed this award will select the winners of the award. No correspondence will be entered into regarding any questioning of decisions. Decisions of the awards selection sovereign collective will be final.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
In pressing the submit button below, I/we certify that:
- all information submitted in this form is true,
- all work submitted has been created by myself/us,
- that I/we descend, identify and are accepted by your/our communities as First Peoples (Australian Aboriginal &/or Torres Strait Islander) and
- that I give consent for all information, images and footage to be used publicly by the awards sovereign collective for any promotional work relating to this award