The 2009 National Governors Association (NGA) awards will be held at Birmingham's Council house on 21 March 2009. The first of the two main awards for the event is the Governance Award; this is an entirely new award for governing bodies who have demonstrated real leadership. In launching the awards the NGA aims to celebrate good school governance and spread examples of best practice throughout the school governor community.

Anyone can nominate a governing body for consideration in one of three categories: 
 
� Challenging circumstances 
� Support for governance 
� Exceptional projects

For more information and an entry form for the Governance Award visit the NGA�s website.

The second award is the NGA award for outstanding clerks. This award has been organised in partnership with Governor Wales and the Welsh Assembly. The Clerks Award is a prestigious NGA award that has been offered bi-annually since 2003 and has done much to raise the profile of governing-body clerks. In making this award the NGA is looking to celebrate good practice in governing body clerking in maintained schools in England and Wales.

Visit the NGA website for more information and an entry form for the Clerks Award. 

Entries for both awards must be received by the NGA by 12 December 2008. 

The Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Navigate Group both sponsor the NGA awards.