Cabinet Office

Nomination Form

for the

Award of Pride of Barbados

Parish of St. Lucy

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Barbadians at home and in the diaspora are invited to submit nominations for the Pride of Barbados Award 2025 to the National Honours and Decorations Advisory Council.

Section 19 of the Barbados National Honours and Decorations Act 2021 states the award of The Pride of Barbados may be conferred by the President in accordance with the Award of Pride of Barbados Act, 2019 (Act 2019-52).

The category and criteria of award available to be conferred on citizens of each parish in Barbados during We Gatherin’ 2025 are as follows:

PRIDE OF BARBADOS – awarded to a person who is a citizen of Barbados or is entitled to be registered as a citizen of Barbados; or is a permanent resident of Barbados and through sacrifice, diligence and dedication to service has made an outstanding contribution to community life in a parish in Barbados or to the improvement of economic and social conditions in a parish in Barbados.

The awards shall be conferred on persons who reside in a parish in Barbados and who have been nominated by persons who live in the respective parish.

The awards shall also be conferred on persons who formerly resided in a parish in Barbados but now reside outside Barbados; and who are nominated by persons who either reside in the parish or used to reside in the parish, but now reside outside Barbados.

Please note that the deadline date for the Pride of Barbados Award for the Parish of St. Lucy is 12 January, 2025.

All fields marked with an * (asterisk) must be completed.

Persons entitled to be registered as citizens of Barbados

Excerpt from the Constitution of Barbados: Chapter II - Citizenship Section 3 and 3A

3. (1) Any woman who on 29th November is or has been married to a person—

(a) who becomes a citizen of Barbados by virtue of section 2; or

(b) who, having died before 30th November 1966, would but for his death have become a citizen of Barbados by virtue of that section,

shall be entitled, upon making application, and, if she is a British protected person or an alien, upon taking the oath of allegiance, to be registered as a citizen of Barbados. (2) Any person who is a Commonwealth citizen (otherwise than by virtue of being a citizen of Barbados) and who—

(a) has been ordinarily resident in Barbados continuously for a period of seven years or more at any time before 30th November 1966; and

(b) has not, since such period of residence in Barbados and before that date, been ordinarily resident outside Barbados continuously for a period of seven years or more, shall be entitled, upon making application, to be registered as a citizen of Barbados.

(3) Any woman who on 29th November 1966 is or has been married to a person who subsequently becomes a citizen of Barbados by registration under subsection (2) shall be entitled, upon making application, and, if she is a British protected person or an alien, upon taking the oath of allegiance, to be registered as a citizen of Barbados.

(4) Any application for registration under this section shall be made in such manner as may be prescribed as respects that application: Provided that such an application may not be made by a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years and is not a woman who is or has been married, but shall be made on behalf of that person by a parent or guardian of that person.

(5) The right to be registered as a citizen of Barbados under this section shall be subject to such exceptions or qualifications as may be prescribed in the interests of national security or public policy.

3A. (1) The following descriptions of person also have the right upon application to be registered as citizens of Barbados, namely—

(a) a person who has been ordinarily resident in Barbados throughout the period of ten years (or such longer period as may be prescribed) immediately preceding that person's application;

(b) a person who has been married to a citizen of Barbados, and has cohabited with that citizen, for such period as may be prescribed immediately preceding that person's application.

(2) A person who has a right to be registered under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) by virtue of marriage to a spouse who is a citizen of Barbados does not lose that right if the spouse dies before the expiry of the period provided for by or under that paragraph.

(3) The dissolution, or the annulment or other avoidance by a court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction, of the marriage of a person who has been registered as a citizen of Barbados under subsection (1)(b) does not affect that person's citizenship of Barbados.

(4) The right to be registered as a citizen of Barbados under this section is subject to such exceptions or qualifications as may be prescribed in the interests of national security or public policy.

(5) A person who is under eighteen years of age and is not a woman who is or has been married may not make an application for registration under this section; that person's parent or guardian must make the application.

(6) An application for registration under this section shall be made in such manner as may be prescribed.

(7) Before a certificate or other official mark of citizenship of Barbados may be issued to a person pursuant to provision made under this section, that person must have taken the oath of allegiance before an officer of the Immigration Department in that officer's capacity as a Justice of the Peace.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Justification for your nominee must be entered in the box below.

This should include: area(s) of contribution - for example, elderly care, childcare, sports, spiritual development, education, among other areas; length of service to community; impact on the community; other relevant details.

The maximum word limit is 600.

If necessary, other supporting documents may also be uploaded as attachments.