Award categories
This year, there are eight award categories for individuals, organisations and community initiatives.
Learn more and submit a nomination below.
Minister's Mental Health Award
This award celebrates an outstanding contribution to mental health in WA, by recognising an individual who has had a positive impact on people living with mental health challenges in our community, including their families or carers. Nominations for this award are open to any employee, leader, volunteer, advocate or person with lived experience. Self-nominations are not accepted for this category.
Submit a nomination for the 2026 Minister’s Mental Health Award
Lived Experience Impact Award
This award recognises an outstanding contribution to mental health in WA by an individual who identifies as having a lived or living experience of a mental health challenge or suicide (as a consumer, carer or family member). The successful nominee can demonstrate how they have improved the lives and wellbeing of others in the community and/or raised awareness of mental health challenges in WA. Nominations are open to any individual who identifies as having lived experience of a mental health challenge, or is a family member or carer of someone who identifies in this way. Self-nominations are not accepted for this category.
Submit a nomination for the 2026 Lived Experience Impact Award
Innovation in Service Delivery Award
The Innovation in Service Delivery Award recognises a person, team or organisation operating in the mental health sector, which has developed a new or innovative approach to service delivery. The new approach should be transformative for the mental health sector and/or improve the lives of Western Australians. The new approach may be a result of feedback from people with lived experience or the result of co-design. The successful nominee can provide clear evidence of the change in the service delivery and the impact on people with lived experience. Self-nominations are accepted for this category.
Submit a nomination for the 2026 Innovation in Service Delivery Award
Prevention or Promotion Award
This award recognises an outstanding contribution to the prevention or promotion of mental health in WA for people with moderate, severe or persistent mental health challenges. The successful nominee can demonstrate how they have increased community awareness and understanding, and reduced the stigma, of moderate, severe and persistent mental health challenges. This includes strong engagement with mental health consumers, the sector and/or the wider WA community. Nominations are open to any individual, organisation, group or project. Self-nominations are accepted for this category.
Submit a nomination for the 2026 Prevention or Promotion Award
Diversity & Inclusion Award
This award recognises an individual, organisation or group that embraces diversity and promotes inclusion, through an initiative that benefits a particular population group. This group includes, but is not limited to, culturally and linguistically diverse people, youth or older Western Australians, people of different abilities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and LGBTQIA+. The successful nominee can demonstrate supports or activities that connect with population groups in a way that is respectful, and which reflects the interests and preferences of that group. Nominations are open to any individual or organisation. Self-nominations are accepted for this category.
Submit a nomination for the 2026 Diversity & Inclusion Award
Mentally Healthy Employee or Volunteer Award
This award recognises an outstanding contribution to mental health in WA by an employee or volunteer within a private, public or not-for-profit organisation.
The successful nominee is a mental health champion in their place of work and can demonstrate how they have supported people with mental health challenges in the workplace. Nominations for this award are open to any employee or volunteer within any workplace. Self-nominations are not accepted for this category.
Submit a nomination for the 2026 Mentally Healthy Employee or Volunteer Award
Mentally Healthy Education Award
This award recognises an education institution that encourages positive mental health and wellbeing for students, staff or volunteers. The successful nominee can demonstrate that its programs or activities are ongoing and not just a one-off event. Nominations are open to any education institutions within WA, including early childhood learning centres, kindergartens, primary and high schools, universities, TAFE colleges and registered training organisations (RTOs). Self-nominations are accepted for this category.
Submit a nomination for the 2026 Mentally Healthy Education Award
Mentally Healthy Workplace Award
This award recognises a WA workplace that encourages positive mental health and wellbeing for staff or volunteers. The successful nominee can demonstrate that its programs or activities are ongoing and not just a one-off event. Nominations are open to any organisation operating within WA. Self-nominations are accepted for this category.
Submit a nomination for the 2026 Mentally Healthy Workplace Award