The prestigious Sue Miers Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to The Honourable Dr Sharman Stone AM in 2025, recognising her pioneering and sustained contributions to awareness, prevention, and support for those impacted by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
The FASD Hub Australia and the National Organisation for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Australia (NOFASD) invite nominations for the Heather Jones Community Award.
This award celebrates unsung champions, advocates and mentors who have made a significant and lasting contribution to supporting people living with FASD, their families, and communities.
Named after inaugural recipient Heather Jones, the award honours her leadership, dedication to positive change, and commitment to raising awareness and understanding of FASD.
How to submit a nomination
- Complete the online nomination form
- Describe how the nominee has demonstrated achievement against the judging criteria.
- Criteria 1: Contribution
Describe the individual and what they have done in their volunteer time to help people with FASD and/or their families? - Criteria 2: Impact
How have they demonstrated initiative and leadership to bring about positive change and/or acted as a mentor? - Criteria 3: Legacy
What are their inspiring qualities that make them an outstanding role model - Nominations will be assessed by an independent panel and announced on Monday 27 July 2026 through the FASD Hub Australia and National Organisation for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Australia’s social media channels and websites.
- Please see the form for more details.
About the Heather Jones Community Award
The Award is named for its inaugural recipient, Heather Jones, former Senior Manager of the FASD Hub, and reflects her unerring dedication towards leading positive change, mentoring others, raising awareness and promoting better understanding of FASD.
Heather began working at The Kids Research Institute Australia (formerly the Telethon Kids Institute) from 2010 as a member of the project team undertaking development work on the diagnostic instrument for FASD.
She was appointed as the FASD Hub’s Senior Program Manager in 2016. Under Heather’s stewardship, the FASD Hub Australia website officially launched on FASD Awareness Day in 2017. Through her sustained efforts over the years, the FASD Hub has continued to grow to become one of the leading sources for FASD information nationally.
Above all, Heather was an advocate for and a friend to many with lived experience of FASD.
