The NSW Seniors Festival is an opportunity to promote a better understanding of seniors within the community and the value they add to our lives. It is also an opportunity to encourage older people to lead active lifestyles and participate at all levels in our community.
This year, Seniors Festival will be held from Thursday 1 April to Friday 30 April 2021.
NSW Seniors Festival
NSW Seniors Festival (formerly Seniors Week) is the largest festival for seniors in the Southern Hemisphere. To acknowledge the remarkable contributions our local seniors make to our Blue Mountains community, a program of events for the month of April, 2021 has been put together. The theme for 2021 is 'In our nature'.
All events will strictly follow COVID safe procedures, as outlined by NSW Health.
A copy of the Seniors Festival Program for the month's events will be available to download on this page from mid March and hardcopies will also be available at Council's Library branches and Customer Service Centres in Katoomba and Springwood.
Blue Mountains Seniors Week Recognition Awards
As part of the Seniors Festival Celebrations, Council also hosts the annual Blue Mountains Seniors Week Recognition Awards. These Awards acknowledge the contribution that individuals and organisations have made to the seniors of the Blue Mountains community.
This year, nominations for Seniors Week Recognition Awards will close on Friday 12 March. You can download a nomination form here.
The Awards Ceremony will be held from 10am to 12pm on Monday 12 April. Venue - to be confirmed. This page will be updated as soon as further details are announced.
Residents can nominate an Individual (60yrs or older or 50yrs or older for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents) or an Organisation who has demonstrated a commitment to, and leadership in, the areas of community service or volunteering.
Residents who are previous award recipients cannot be re-nominated.
2020 winners
There were 28 Individuals and 3 organisations that were awarded the 2020 Seniors Week Recognition Award for all that they do to assist our seniors in the Blue Mountains Community.
Individual award recipients:
- Margaret Gudgeon
- Vicki Glew
- Lachlan Garland
- Helen Smith
- Ellis Davidson
- Anne Bennett
- Tony Hiam
- Michael Purtell
- Maxine Kerrison
- Stafford Lowe
- Graeme Hudson
- Barry Groenendaal
- Murray Reid
- John Fox
- Jenny Fox
- Lisa Varjavandi
- Christine Wheeler
- John Stoodley
- Doreen Stoodley
- Jane Armstrong
- Carol Crowther
- John Mulquin
- Keith Sayles
- Daniel Clift
- Susie McGregor
- Don McGregor
Organisation award recipients:
- The Palais Royale
- Bendigo Bank-Katoomba
- Upper Blue Mountains Blue Mountains Gazette
More information
If you have any enquiries regarding the Seniors Festival Program or the Seniors Week Recognition Awards, please contact Prue Hardgrove, Council's Aged and Disability Services Development Officer on 4780 5546 or at phardgrove@bmcc.nsw.gov.au.