
IPAA Victoria’s Leadership Awards play a critical role in connecting, empowering and celebrating Victoria’s public purpose sector by recognising and acknowledging outstanding leadership, and these prestigious Awards honour the excellence and innovation of teams and organisations working in or alongside the Victorian public purpose sector, including community organisations, academic institutions, private firms, and all levels of government: Commonwealth, State and Local.
The 2025 Awards theme is ‘Making the difference – recognising exceptional design and delivery across the public purpose sector’. This theme celebrates the broad, cross-sector work that delivers significant and lasting benefits to the community.
Join us for a 3-course sit-down dinner Thursday, 28 August, as we celebrate our Award winners and finalists at the Melbourne Museum, a contemporary architectural icon located opposite the Royal Exhibition Building in the heart of Carlton Gardens.
Finalists across all five Leadership Awards categories can be viewed on our Awards page, and voting for the People’s Choice Award has closed. We are pleased to announce we had over 780 votes across the five categories.
The Leadership Award categories aim to celebrate the broad work of the public purpose sector that has a significant impact on the community, both now and into the future.
IPAA Victoria reserves ownership of the photographs at the Leadership Awards ceremony 2025 and published on our website and in the event gallery. Photos can be downloaded and shared on social media for personal and organisational usage. Please credit IPAA Victoria when using these images. Not for commercial use.
6:30 pm – 10:30 pm (AEST)
