2026 National Finalists Announced!
Family Day Care Australia is proud to announce our National Finalists in the 2026 Excellence in Family Day Care Awards!
What began with over 4,200 nominations is now down to 12 National Finalists who are in the running to be named as a National Winner at the Excellence in Family Day Care Awards Gala Dinner!
Meet the 2026 National Finalists.
Join us in congratulating this year’s National Finalists by visiting our Facebook page.
We now move onto Brisbane, where on 28 November, we will announce the National Winners in the 2026 Excellence in Family Day Care Awards.
Key Dates
- Nominations open - 25 May 2026
- First round of nominations announced - 2 June 2026 (nominations placed between 25 - 30 May)
- Second round of nominations announced - 22 June 2026 (nominations placed between 31 May - 18 June)
- Nominations close - 2 July 2026
- Final round of nominations announced - 6 July 2026 (nominations placed between 19 June - 2 July)
- Submissions close - 19 July 2026
- Regional winners announced - 29 September 2026
- Star award winners announced - 8 October 2026
- National finalists announced - 20 October 2026
- National winners announced - 28 November 2026
Did you know that during its history the Excellence in Family Day Care Awards has...
- Received over to 53,300 nominations
- Produced more than 1,400 positive media stories about family day care
- Generated more than $2.5M worth of positive media for family day care
- Presented 1,394 awards to educators, coordinators and services
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