Nominations open for Moray Gift Card Teacher of the Year contest
MORAY Gift Card’s new Teacher of the Year contest is now open for nominations.
The competition, sponsored by GiftRound, gives people the chance to win a £250 Moray Gift Card, with a £500 gift card for the winning teacher and a £500 gift card for the winning teacher’s school.
People are being encouraged to nominate a teacher in a newly launched Teacher of the Year competition, with £1250 in Moray Gift Cards as a possible prize.
The Moray Gift Card, part of the Scotland Loves Local Gift Card initiative, can be spent with over 260 local businesses, including shops, restaurants and attractions, giving people an easy way to support local.
All types of teachers are eligible to be nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, including primary school teachers, secondary school teachers, additional support needs teachers, early years teachers, teaching assistants and headteachers. To nominate a teacher, people simply give the teacher’s name and a reason that they deserve to be the Teacher of the Year.
The teacher who receives the most votes will be crowned as Teacher of the Year and will receive a massive £500 Scotland Loves Local Gift Card or Town and City Gift Card of their choice, such as the Moray Gift Card. One person who nominated the Teacher of the Year will also win a £250 gift card, and there will be a £500 gift card for the school that the winning teacher works at.
Louise Dunn from the Moray Gift Card said the Teacher of the Year competition is a chance to celebrate hard working teachers in Moray:
She continued; “It’s fantastic to launch the search for the Teacher of the Year in Moray with £1250 in Moray Gift Cards as a possible prize.
“With the end of the school year coming up, there’s never been a better time to spend two minutes nominating a teacher who you think deserves to be crowned as Teacher of the Year, and you could receive a £250 Moray Gift Card if they win.
“The Teacher of the Year could treat themselves with a £500 Moray Gift Card to spend locally, and their school could use their £500 gift card on anything from upgrading the staff room to a party for pupils. We hope to see lots of nominations from Moray in this competition.”
Miconex are founders of the Town and City Gift Card concept.
The firm’s managing director Colin Munro said: “Schools, and teachers, are at the heart of our communities, and our Teacher of the Year competition is a celebration of the teachers who are going above and beyond to educate, help and inspire young people.
“We’ll be telling the stories of the nominations as they come in, giving teachers the recognition they deserve.”
The Teacher of the Year competition is sponsored by group collecting platform GiftRound alongside Miconex. Founded in 2018, GiftRound gives people an easy way to collect money for various occasions, including end of term gifts. The Moray Gift Card is available to buy on the GiftRound store.
Craig Forsythe, CEO & founder at GiftRound, said sponsoring the Teacher of the Year competition was a natural fit for the company.
“We started working with Town and City Gift Cards and Scotland Loves Local Gift Cards because a group of parents collecting for a teacher’s gift asked for their local gift card to be added to the GiftRound store, leading to the onboarding of local gift cards, including the Moray Gift Card. GiftRound makes collecting for occasions like the end of the term really easy, making the process celebratory and helping the recipient to get a nicer gift at the end. We’re happy to sponsor the Teacher of the Year competition and we look forward to reading the entries.”
Nominate a teacher free in the Teacher of the Year competition at teacheroftheyear.co.uk
The closing date for entries is August 31 at midnight. The Teacher of the Year will be announced in September 2024.
