Nominate your Teacher of the Year in Falkirk

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The Teacher of the Year competition, sponsored by GiftRound, gives people the chance to win a £250 District Towns 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 District Towns Gift Cards as a possible prize.

Led by Falkirk Delivers, the District Towns Gift Card launched in 2020 and can be spent with over 160 businesses locally, including shops, restaurants and salons, giving people an easy way to support local.

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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 District Towns Gift Card is backing a new Teacher of the Year competitionThe District Towns Gift Card is backing a new Teacher of the Year competition
The District Towns Gift Card is backing a new Teacher of the Year competition

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 District Towns 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.

Stefanie Paterson, Assistant BID Manager at Falkirk Delivers, said the Teacher of the Year competition is a chance to celebrate hard working teachers in Falkirk: “As we approach the end of another busy school year, our Teacher of the Year competition is a chance to bring recognition for a teacher who has made a difference for pupils, their school or their community this year. £1250 in District Towns Gift Cards is an amazing prize. The £500 gift card would be a great reward for a teacher to use with our array of local businesses. The school could use their £500 gift card to treat their team or pupils, or even to fundraise. And one person who nominates the Teacher of the Year can enjoy spending their £250 gift card too.

“It takes just 2 minutes to nominate and give a few words about why the teacher deserves to win. We hope to see lots of nominations from Falkirk and nearby towns for the Teacher of the Year.”

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

Colin Munro, MD of MiconexColin Munro, MD of Miconex
Colin Munro, MD of Miconex

Colin Munro is the managing director of Miconex and 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 District Towns 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.

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“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. 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 District Towns 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.

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