Dianna Braun Aspirations Award
Applications are now closed for the 2023 Dianna Braun Aspirations Award, which is presented biannually by the National Women’s Branch (NWB), Blind Citizens Australia. The award recognises the noteworthy contribution to the lives of people who are blind and vision impaired in Australia that has been made by a woman who is a current full member of the NWB.
The NWB Committee will assess nominations and shortlist finalists. The Award will be presented at BCA’s Policy Connect event this September. The NWB committee reserves the right not to present the award if they deem that the nominations do not reflect the selection criteria.
Dianna Braun Award Recipients
2021 – Valerie Mudie, South Australia
2019 – Robyn Bousie, Victoria
2017 – Giselle Messnage, NSW
2015 – Lori Grosvenor, NSW
2013 – Jenny Dawson, Western Australia
2011 – Erika Webb, Western Australia
2009 – Christine Simpson, Victoria
2007 – Joan Heckman, Victoria
2005 – Patricia Stillman, Queensland
2003 – Karen Knight, Queensland
David Blyth Award
Every second year, Blind Citizens Australia (BCA) presents the David Blyth Award and the Blind Citizens Australia Certificates of Appreciation.
The David Blyth Award is named after BCA’s founder, Mr David Blyth AO. You can learn more about David by listening to a series of podcasts, “Blindness No Barrier”. The award recognises individuals who have made a significant contribution to the lives of people who are blind or vision impaired. A list of former award recipients is included below.
Certificates of Appreciation are awarded to members of Blind Citizens Australia who have made a significant contribution to the work of the organisation. Recipients are volunteers and contribute to BCA’s work in various ways, including with our communications, supporting peers, assisting in systemic advocacy issues, and with the general operation of the organisation.
Nominations for the 2023 David Blyth Award and Certificates of Appreciation are now closed.
David Blyth Award Recipients
2021 – Claire Tellefson
2019 – Martin Stewart
2017 – Ron McCallum
2015 – John Schute
2013 – Maryanne Diamond
2011 – Patricia Stillman
2009 – Barry Chapman
2007 – Professor Laurie McCreedie
2005 – Ivan Molloy
2004 – William Jolley
2003 – Neville Kerr
2002 – Michael Simpson
2001 – Harold Gration
2000 – June Ashmore
1999 – Graeme Innes
1998 – Joan Ledermann
1997 – Walter Bolin
1996 – Stephen Jolley
1995 – Mercy Dickinson
1994 – Hugh Jeffrey
1993 – Barbara Sattler
1992 – Raymond Hannah
1991 – Ronald George Burnett
Certificates of Appreciation
2021- Vaughn Bennison, Janene Sadhu
2019 – Doug McGinn, Sondra Wibberley
2017 – Jenny Dawson, Lynette Eagers, Patricia Stillman
2015 – Tony Iezzi
2013 – Ivan Peterson
2011 – Bill McKennariey
2009 – Erika Webb, Lee Smith
2007 – Rosalyn Bates
2003 – Lynne Davis
2002 – John Marshall
2001 – Patricia James, Brian Turner
2000 – Kerry Simpson, Diana Braun
1999 – Terry Boyle, Kylie Partington
1998 – Carmel Jolley, Pat Downie
1997 – Dale Simpson, Barry Chapman
1996 – Sue Thompson, Aad Korteweg
1995 – Robert Altamore, Peter Johnson
1994 – Helen Simpson, Graeme Innes
1993 – Michael Janes, Dolly Lee
1992 – Joan Kathleen Neich, Robert Alexander Forbes Hay
1991 – Dorothy Laughton, Ivan Molloy, John Machin, Robyn Stephens
1990 – Neville Kerr, Hugh Jeffrey, Andrea Willison, Eileen Jolley