This year, the Volunteer of the Year Award is getting its own special moment at The Rally!
The Volunteer of the Year Award will be presented on Sunday, October 26th, during the banquet at the Macra National Conference in Carbery, Co. Cork
🗓️ Key Dates:
- Applications are open NOW and will close August 1st
- Confirmation Deadline (Club Secretary + Nominee): August 5th
- Finalists notified by: August 31st
- Online Voting: September 2025
- Awards Night: Sunday, October 26th, 2025
⚠️ The Rules:
- Anyone may nominate a candidate from within their own club, but the club secretary and the nominee must accept the nomination before August 5th, 2025, to continue in the competition.
- Previous winners, board members, Presidents & VPs (past or present) are ineligible for this award, along with anyone who has previously been awarded a President’s Medal, or a Macra National Leadership Award.
- If you’ve entered either the Best New Member competition or the Macra Leadership Awards, you will automatically be removed from the Volunteer of the Year Award.
Full guidelines, rules, terms and conditions of the competition can be found here - THE SERIOUS STUFF
Last Year's Winners
Former Macra President Elaine Houlihan Pictured with the Regional Volunteer of the Year Award Recipients - Willie Clancy, Munster, Joanne Cushen, Leinster, and Amy Finn, the North West.
Communications
For all communication regarding the Volunteer of the Year Award 2025 please contact TDO Siobhán Coyle by email scoyle@macra.ie. Club of the Year is not the responsibility of the Rally committee.