MATES WA Leadership Awards Breakfast - click here for tickets.

The MATES Leadership Awards Breakfast event is a celebration of positive mental health and suicide prevention support within the Western Australian construction industry, across all sectors and trades, inside and outside of the workplace.

The MATES Leadership Awards are peer-nominated awards which celebrate leadership, advocacy, and initiative. An external panel will decide on the finalists and winner of each award category.

The aim of this awards event is to recognise outstanding efforts and leadership in the field of suicide prevention and positive mental health. Please note - nominations do not necessarily need to directly relate to or involve MATES in Construction WA's services, training, or events (although the Connector or ASIST worker of the Year category requires the nominee to be a trained Connector or ASIST volunteer to be eligible).

Award Categories

• Residential Construction Award (individual)

Recognising Residential Construction workers that have demonstrated an outstanding approach to improving mental health and suicide prevention outcomes for others within the WA construction industry.

• Commercial Construction Award (individual)

Recognising Commercial Construction workers that have demonstrated an outstanding approach to improving mental health and suicide prevention outcomes for others within the WA construction industry.

• Civil Construction Award (individual)

Recognising Civil Construction workers that have demonstrated an outstanding approach to improving mental health and suicide prevention outcomes for others within the WA construction industry.

• Resources Construction Award (individual)

Recognising Resources Construction workers that have demonstrated an outstanding approach to improving mental health and suicide prevention outcomes for others within the WA construction industry.

• Innovation in Awareness Award (individual or company)

Recognising creative and effective campaigns or initiatives that raise awareness about mental health, psychosocial wellbeing and suicide prevention within our industry.

• Apprentice of the Year Award (individual)

Recognising apprentices that have demonstrated an outstanding approach to mental health and suicide prevention support within or outside of the workplace.

• Connector or ASIST Worker of the Year Award (individual)

Recognising a Connector or ASIST trained worker that has shown exceptional leadership, support or advocacy in the field of mental health and suicide prevention within the WA construction industry in 2023.

Key dates

• Nominations open: Tuesday 12th September 2023
• Nominations Close: Monday 30th October 2023
• Leadership Awards Event: Friday 1st December 2023

Please contact MATES in Construction WA with any queries regarding nominations or for information for this event - sdonovan@mates.org.au

To submit a nomination please click here.