How our awards work - Championing Health
Championing Health category
Our greatest asset is the health of our citizens. This category is for small and medium-sized businesses who are helping solve and improve health outcomes for Australians.
Who can apply in this category?
If you’re fulfilling one or more of the following category examples, consider nominating and entering your business for this Award.
Increasing accessibility
Your business breaks down barriers for people who need access to health services by increasing accessibility and affordability for them.
Health innovation
Your business creates new products or services, or provides training to improve the health of patients, customers or members.
Funding health
Your business supports the health industry by providing funding for the development of health services and initiatives.
Frontline care
Your business helps enhance the lives and workplaces of our essential frontline healthcare workers so they can operate in a safe, minimal-risk environment.
Health and wellbeing
Your business works to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of outpatients by assisting in the management of their illnesses.
Bellberry
National Championing Health Winner
Bellberry Ltd is a private not-for-profit that enhances research quality and participant welfare through its Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) services. Established as Australia's largest independent HREC reviewer, Bellberry oversees over 40 per cent of the country’s clinical trials. It reinvests funds into research and supports a range of initiatives to advance ethics and safety in human research.
Seipel Group
QLD Winner
Seipel Group is a Brisbane-based nutraceutical company that exports Urox, a herbal bladder control supplement that aims to reduce urinary incontinence and bladder accidents. The organisation's vision is to promote healthy ageing, especially for women, and to restore dignity, confidence and quality-of-life for people of all ages.
Billy Cart Behaviour
ACT Winner
Billy Cart Behaviour offers personalised, compassionate behaviour support for individuals with disabilities. Their skilled team uses evidence-based strategies and cutting-edge technology to create tailored plans for each individual. The organisation provide a range of different resources including therapeutic tools, community integration programs and skill development workshops designed to promote social engagement and personal growth.
Heyday Medical
TAS Winner
Headquartered in Hobart, Heyday is a medicinal cannabis company that aims to evolve healthcare by empowering patients with a new approach to better health. The business offers unique treatments prescribed by over 380 professionals across Australia and supports more than 6,000 patients. Founded by Dr. Jim Connell and Phoebe Macleod, Heyday prides itself on innovation, patient care, and sustainable cannabis medicine.
Eligibility criteria
To enter, the following eligibility criteria must be met. Each category also has specific requirements. If you have any questions about these conditions, please contact us.
- Reside in Australia
- Have a registered Australian Business Number (ABN)
- Have been operating in Australia for at least 12 months at the time you submit your Stage 1 entry
- Be more than 60 percent Australian-owned, with the owner(s)/founder(s) responsible for making the key management decisions
- Be a small-to-medium business that’s a sole trader, partnership, incorporated, NFP, social enterprise or franchise whose franchisor is 60% Australian owned and not a listed company
- Earn more than $50,000 in annual revenue
- Have under 200 full-time equivalent staff at the time you submit your Stage 1 entry
- Operate in an ethical manner with suppliers, distributors and contractors
- Supply financials when requested. All financials will remain confidential and will not be shared or used outside the purposes of judging the business’ performance, success and viability.
- Be a listed company, franchisor, a club, co-operative, or a Telstra licensee
- Be affiliated with Telstra through investments, donation or reselling
- Be more than 50 percent owned by another business
- Be a government agency
- Have filed for bankruptcy in the prior 5 years or been subject to court proceedings in the prior 12 months – including in the business owner or founder’s personal capacity – at the time you submit your Stage 1 entry
- Be a recipient of significant ongoing government funding (excluding temporary government relief or support packages, such as Jobkeeper or disaster recovery)
- Have been a contracted commercial supplier of Telstra in the last 3 years
- Enter the same category where the business has previously won at State or National level at the Telstra Best of the Business Awards in the past 3 years
- Have a staff member that has applied and/or Have a staff member that has been a State or National judge in the Telstra Best of Business Awards for any category in the past 3 years
- Enter the awards if a staff member or owner has applied to be a judge in the same awards program year.
Our program dates
Nominations open
All year round
We accept nominations all year round. If you know an exceptional business moving Australia forward, nominate them today.
Stage 2
30 April to 20 May 2025
For this stage, the goal is to gain a deeper understanding of your business and give you an opportunity to expand on your answers from stage 1.
Stage 3
19 June to 10 July 2025
If your Stage 2 entry is successful, you will be able to complete Stage 3. For this stage, the goal is to understand how you would pitch your business to prospective investors or partners.
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