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06/07/2010	SAVE WINS SUPREME AWARD AT TRUSTPOWER COMMUNITY AWARDS
Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) has won the Supreme Award at the 2010 TrustPower Nelson Tasman Community Awards.
The Awards were announced and presented on Monday 5 July at a function at the Rutherford Hotel. The TrustPower Nelson Tasman Community Awards are run in conjunction with the Nelson City and Tasman District Councils. For winning the Supreme Award, SAVE received a framed certificate, a trophy and $1,500 prize money. SAVE will now represent the region at the 2010 TrustPower National Community Awards, which are being held in the Western Bay of Plenty and Tauranga region in March 2011. SAVE also won a six month subscription to Fundraising in New Zealand magazine, New Zealand's only monthly publication dedicated to all things fundraising. SAVE will also be filmed by a TVNZ6 crew to be featured in a new television series called ‘Volunteer Power’, which is being screened on TVNZ6. In total, TrustPower has given away $7,450 to various community groups through tonight’s Awards. SAVE was established in May 2009 by two Nelson secondary school students with the aspiration of achieving a violence free generation of New Zealanders. Since then SAVE members have presented their views to national leaders and have taken part in numerous national anti-violence discussions. SAVE also ran the very successful Young Leaders Conference on Violence, held in Nelson in April 2010, which was attended by nearly 150 young people from all around New Zealand. TrustPower Community Relations Coordinator Pip Tschudin says SAVE’s list of achievements is simply mind-boggling. “This organisation is spearheaded by secondary school students who are passionate about the need to address the issues of violence in our communities. They are not just a local lobby group – they have quickly grown to become a national voice and their message is gaining traction right around New Zealand,” says Mrs Tschudin. The competition for this year’s TrustPower Nelson Tasman Community Awards was fierce with 116 nominations received for the Awards. Other winners at the TrustPower Nelson Tasman Community Awards were: Heritage and Environment Winner: Friends of Flora Inc Runner-Up: Friends of Labyrinth Rocks Commendation: Rotary Club of Nelson West Health and Well Being Winner: Lifeline Nelson Inc Runner-Up: Stoke Social Seniors Commendation: Murchison Volunteer Fire Brigade Commendation: Collingwood Volunteer Fire Brigade Arts and Culture Winner: Founders Heritage Park Reception Staff Runner-Up: Magenta Creative Space Charitable Trust Sport and Leisure Winner: Golden Bay Tennis Club Runner-Up: Saxton Field Sports Stadium Society Commendation: Golden Bay Swimming Club Commendation: Fulton Hogan Basketball League Educational and Child/Youth Development Winner: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nelson Runner-Up: Q-Youth Commendation: Impact Youth Trust, Takaka Commendation: Inspired Productions Tasman District Overall Winner Mapua Community Library Nelson City Overall Winner The Nelson Tasman Housing Trust For more information or for photos of the winners please contact: Pip Tschudin Community Relations Coordinator Ph: 021 276 5319 Email: pip@trustpower.co.nz For more information on the TrustPower Community Awards please visit www.trustpower.co.nz/communityawards. For more information about Fundraising in New Zealand magazine go to www.foresee.co.nz . About Volunteer Power TVNZ 6 has partnered with the TrustPower Community Awards in 2010 to tell the remarkable stories of volunteers all over the country. Regional Winners at each of the 25 Community Awards throughout New Zealand will be filmed by the TVNZ6 crew and shown on TVNZ6. Volunteer Power, presented by Julia Bloore and Jim Mora, will tell the stories of visionary and award-winning projects operating in kiwi communities for the proven benefit of kiwi communities - fuelled by the boundless energy of community volunteers TVNZ 6 is available on Freeview/TiVo channel 6 and on SKY/Telstra channel 16. For more information go to www.tvnz.co.nz/volunteerpower .