{"id":3155,"date":"2019-06-27T09:14:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T09:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=3155"},"modified":"2019-06-27T09:14:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T09:14:37","slug":"newcastle-volunteer-service-award-nominations-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/06\/27\/newcastle-volunteer-service-award-nominations-open\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWCASTLE VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD NOMINATIONS OPEN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Federal Member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon MP is calling on Novocastrians to nominate a local volunteer for recognition at the 2019 Newcastle Volunteer Service Awards.<br \/>\nMs Claydon said that when it comes to volunteering, Newcastle punches above its weight.<br \/>\n\u201cThe rate of volunteering in Newcastle was above the state average and higher than other metropolitan cities,\u201d Ms Claydon said.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m constantly in awe of the time and effort people devote to helping others and building better communities, not asking a thing in return.<br \/>\n\u201cWhether they\u2019re helping coach the local sporting team, supporting vulnerable people or patrolling our beaches, volunteers enrich our community every single day.\u201d<br \/>\nMs Claydon said that the nominated volunteers would be recognised at a special awards event.<br \/>\n\u201cVolunteers are the lifeblood of our community, but too often they don\u2019t get the recognition they deserve,\u201d Ms Claydon said.<br \/>\n\u201cThese awards are a great reminder of what an amazing city we live in, and what fantastic community spirit there is.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019d encourage everyone to consider nominating one of the exceptional volunteers who make such a difference to our city each and every day.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Award nominations are open until Friday 2 August. Nomination forms are available at\u00a0<u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharonclaydon.com\/\">www.sharonclaydon.com<\/a><\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal Member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon MP is calling on Novocastrians to nominate a local volunteer for recognition at the 2019 Newcastle Volunteer Service Awards. Ms Claydon said that when it comes to volunteering, Newcastle punches above its weight. \u201cThe rate of volunteering in Newcastle was above the state average and higher than other metropolitan &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/06\/27\/newcastle-volunteer-service-award-nominations-open\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NEWCASTLE VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD NOMINATIONS OPEN&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}