Application fee: $300 ex GST
Information for participating franchise systems
Award Definition
The award recognises a franchisee who is a champion community advocate within their district, demonstrating a willingness to share knowledge, support others, volunteer and act as a positive role model within their local area.
Eligibility
Open to an individual franchisee or a business partnership. The franchisee can own one or multiple franchise units. Entries must pertain to a single brand. Franchisees who operate a single unit in more than one brand are eligible to enter, but must declare which brand is being entered. All material, information and achievements must pertain solely to that brand.
To enter the awards you must be a financial FCA member, including at the time of the presentation of the awards.
Qualifying Period
The qualifying period is the 12 months immediately preceding opening date for entries. Click here to view the opening and closing dates for awards.
Benefits of participating in this award
- Excellent exposure for your brand or business.
- Represents you as being a leader in this area.
- Helps identify specific things your business is doing well in its contribution to the community.
- Stimulates new ideas and opportunities to improve your business’ involvement in the community.
- Represents an enormous marketing opportunity for you to promote your business and its contribution to the community.
- Builds pride amongst your team about who you are and the contributions you make.
Award Process
- Review the assessment criteria below to confirm that you are willing to respond to detailed questions in these areas. Awards submissions will be assessed against specific Awards questions that are available upon registering through the online Awards portal and paying the Awards application fee.
- For 2024, Regional Awards submissions will open in September 2023. Click here to view the opening and closing dates for awards.
- Register for the online Awards portal and pay the application fee. Your application fee goes toward covering the administration, marketing and assessment costs associated with the Awards.
- You will be sent a link to complete your online submission(s) containing a number of specific questions based on the areas of assessment below. No late submissions will be accepted.
- All submissions will be assessed by judges using predefined criteria to create a short-list of finalists. You will be kept informed of the status of your submission.
- State award winners of the Franchisee Community Advocate for NSW/ACT, QLD/NT, VIC/TAS, WA and SA will be announced at Regional Awards Presentations. The overall National winner will be announced at the Business Essentials FCA National Excellence in Franchising Awards on Tuesday 21 May 2024.