Nominate your Teacher of the Year in Strabane

The Strabane Gift Card from Strabane BID launched in 2018 and can be spent with over 60 businesses in the town including shops, restaurants and salons, giving people an easy way to support local. A new look design for the card was unveiled in 2023.

All types of teachers are eligible to be nominated for the Teacher of the Year award, including primary school teachers, secondary school teachers, special educational 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 Town & City Gift Card of their choice, such as the Strabane Gift Card. One person who nominated the Teacher of the Year will also win a £250 Town & City Gift Card, and there will be a £500 Town & City Gift Card for the school that the winning teacher works at.

Emma McGill, Strabane Town Centre Development Manager, said the Teacher of the Year competition is a chance to celebrate hard working teachers in Strabane.

“If you know a teacher who has made a positive impact for pupils, their school or their community, now is your chance to nominate them to be Teacher of the Year," she said.

There’s a fantastic £1250 of Strabane Gift Cards to be won. The Teacher of the Year could use their £500 gift card to treat themselves to meals out, pampering and shopping. The Teacher of the Year’s school could use their £500 gift card on a party for staff or pupils or even to fundraise.

“One person who nominated the winning teacher could also win a £250 Strabane Gift Card for themselves to spend as they choose. It takes just 2 minutes to nominate and we really hope to see a teacher from Strabane take the crown as Teacher of the Year.”

The Strabane Gift Card is part of the award winning Town & City Gift Card concept from fintech Miconex.

Colin Munro, managing director of Miconex, 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. Founded in 2018, GiftRound gives people an easy way to collect money for various occasions, including end of term gifts. The Strabane 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.

“GiftRound makes it easy for groups of parents to collect money and buy the perfect gift for teachers without the hassle of sharing bank account details and endless WhatsApp messages," he said.

"We started working with Town & City 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 across the UK and Ireland, including the Strabane Gift Card. We’re delighted to sponsor the Teacher of the Year competition and we look forward to reading the entries.”

Nominate a teacher in the Teacher of the Year competition at teacheroftheyear.co.uk

The closing date for entries is the 31st August 2024 at midnight. The Teacher of the Year will be announced in September 2024.