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A well-known highlight of the Lincolnshire calendar, this year the Lincolnshire Sport and Physical Activity Awards are embarking on their 18th annual celebration.
The awards are an amazing opportunity to recognise, celebrate and say thank you to that person, organisation, club or volunteer who has had a positive impact through their commitment to sport and physical activity.
Our 2022 awards ceremony is to be held on 3rd November at The Engine Shed in Lincoln, a venue that has hosted some of the biggest and best artists working in the entertainments industry; Active Lincolnshire is now celebrating the fantastic work that individuals, clubs and organisations from across our county do to get more people, more active, more often.
Nominations for all categories are now closed. Thank you to everyone who has submitted a nomination.
Contribution to Children & Young People Award
This award celebrates an individual, group or organisation that has made an outstanding contribution to providing opportunities for children and young people to have a positive experience of physical activity. Particularly those who are working with children and young people who are currently less active and facing barriers to participating in physical activity.
Nominees should demonstrate some or all of the following:
The nomination must detail activities, projects, initiatives, or changes that have taken place over the last 12 months within Lincolnshire. The work may be ongoing.
Nominations for this award may be placed by individuals, groups, clubs or organisations involved in the running the activities themselves, by participants, or by other people who have seen the impact the work.
It’s worth remembering that physical activity doesn’t just include sports. Any activity that encourages people to move more and helps them towards reaching their 150 minutes of movement a week can be considered as physical activity.
Active School Award
The Active School Award will be awarded to a school that has pro-actively encouraged pupil participation in sport and physical activity. It recognises schools that have made an outstanding contribution to their pupils or used an innovative approach in the delivery of physical activity, healthy lifestyle and wellbeing across the whole of the school.
In addition to this, we will champion schools that have gone even further to support their local community - for example making their school facilities available to community groups or involving pupils in community sports and physical activity projects.
Nominees may demonstrate some or all of the following:
The nomination must detail activities, projects, initiatives, or changes that have taken place over the last 12 months within Lincolnshire. The work may be ongoing.
Nominations for this award may be placed by schools themselves, by pupils or others from outside the school setting, such as parents and guardians, who have seen the good work the school has done and the impact of their work.
It’s worth remembering that physical activity doesn’t just include sports. Any activity that encourages people to move more and helps them towards reaching their 150 minutes of movement a week can be considered as physical activity.
Active Community Award
For this award we are looking to recognise a group of individuals from any community within Lincolnshire who have supported members of their community to move more, through sport or physical activity.
The positive impact that has been made by a group of individuals from any community within Lincolnshire through their provision of, access to and encouraging of participation in any kind of sport or physical activity.
Nominees should demonstrate some or all of the following:
The nomination must detail activities, projects, initiatives, or changes that have taken place over the last 12 months within Lincolnshire. The work may be ongoing.
Nominations for this award may be placed by individuals, groups, clubs or organisations involved in the running the activities themselves, by participants, or by other people who have seen the impact the work.
It’s worth remembering that physical activity doesn’t just include sports. Any activity that encourages people to move more and helps them towards reaching their 150 minutes of movement a week can be considered as physical activity.
Outstanding Contribution to Sport & Physical Activity Award
This award is for an individual, group or organisation that has made an outstanding contribution to participants through their commitment to provide sport or physical activity, benefitting the health and wellbeing of others.
This award will recognise those who have gone above and beyond to provide sport or physical activity opportunities to a range of participants. This could be through dedication to a specific sporting discipline, or by engaging people in a range of activities. This work will often support the health and wellbeing of an individual or group of individuals. For example, an organisation that has increased the range of activities or the accessibility of them.
Nominees should demonstrate some or all of the following:
The nomination must detail activities, projects, initiatives, or changes that have taken place over the last 12 months within Lincolnshire. The work may be ongoing.
Nominations for this award may be placed by individuals, groups, clubs or organisations involved in the running the activities themselves, by participants, or by other people who have seen the impact the work.
It’s worth remembering that physical activity doesn’t just include sports. Any activity that encourages people to move more and helps them towards reaching their 150 minutes of movement a week can be considered as physical activity.
If your nominee is a volunteer, you may want to consider nominating them for the Volunteer Commitment Award instead. Equally if they work tirelessly behind the scenes, the Unsung Hero award may be better suited for them.
Volunteer Commitment Award
We are celebrating a volunteer that has regularly given their time and made a significant contribution to a club, association or activity for the benefit of the participants.
The award is for an exceptional individual who has contributed to their grassroots sports club, association, organisation or community activity, by regularly giving their time to the benefit of the club and or community. We are looking to recognise volunteers at any level, in any role, including ‘behind the scenes’ work.
Nominees should demonstrate some or all of the following:
The nomination must detail the work the nominated volunteer has done within the last 12 months within Lincolnshire. The work may be ongoing.
Nominations for the Volunteer Commitment Award must be submitted by someone other than the nominee themselves. This could be a fellow volunteer, club member, participant or anyone else looking to recognise the outstanding work this individual has done.
If you’re nominee works tirelessly behind the scenes, but isn’t a volunteer for the organisation, please consider entering them into the Unsung Hero Award instead.
Workplace Wellbeing Award
This award is for championing Lincolnshire employers, from any sector, who have excelled in supporting the physical wellbeing of their staff through encouraging and facilitating active lifestyles and an active work environment; whether this be at home or in the place of work.
The award recognises workplaces that have excelled in their staff wellbeing provision by proactively encouraging an active lifestyle for their employees. Employers can nominate their own company or organisation, or employees can nominate their workplace. Organisations that have supported other employers to embed staff wellbeing provision can also be nominated for this award.
Nominees should demonstrate some or all of the following:
The nomination must detail activities, projects, initiatives, or changes that have taken place over the last 12 months within Lincolnshire. The work may be ongoing.
Nominations for this award may be placed by the organisation themselves, by employees of the organisation or by partners who have work with the organisation and seen the impact the workplace has made towards the wellbeing of their staff.
Active Change Award
This award is for an individual who has used sport or physical activity to make a positive change to their own life. There are many things that this could include, and it is personal for each individual. Some of the things it could include range from a personal transformation, a change in attitude towards physical activity, starting a journey by discovering a new sport, to a change in routine to build in more activity or change in mental health and personal wellbeing.
Nominees should demonstrate some or all of the following:
The nomination must detail changes that have taken place over the last 12 months. The nominee should live in Lincolnshire and where possible have undertaken activities in Lincolnshire.
Nominations for this award may be placed by a nominee themselves or by someone who has seen the positive changes an individual has made themselves.
It’s worth remembering that physical activity doesn’t just include sports. Any activity that encourages people to move more and helps them towards reaching their 150 minutes of movement a week can be considered as physical activity.
Active Club Award
The Active Club Award recognises sports and activity clubs that have actively engaged with their members through sessions, competitions and communications over the last year to make a positive difference to people.
We are looking to celebrate sports and activity clubs who have made substantial contribution to their direct members, the wider local community and volunteers. It might be your club has excelled at delivering sessions for its members, provided extra opportunities for socialising or done specific outreach projects to expand the clubs reach, to name a few.
Nominees may demonstrate some or all of the following:
The nomination must detail activities, projects, initiatives, or changes that have taken place over the last 12 months within Lincolnshire. The work may be ongoing.
Nominations for this award may be placed by clubs themselves, by club members or those outside the club who have seen the good work the club has done and the impact of their work.
It’s worth remembering that physical activity doesn’t just include sports. Any activity that encourages people to move more and helps them towards reaching their 150 minutes of movement a week can be considered as physical activity.
Inclusion & Diversity Award
This award is to celebrate clubs and community groups who work with and have a significant impact on people from under-represented groups, and who work hard to reduce inequalities by providing pathways and access for people to get involved in sport, physical or social activity. This involvement could be through participation but can also include opportunities to volunteer, as an example.
The work the organisation does could include the general approach taken to all round inclusivity or be focused on specific projects undertaken to increase diversity.
Nominees should demonstrate some or all of the following:
The nomination must detail activities, projects, initiatives, or changes that have taken place over the last 12 months within Lincolnshire. The work may be ongoing.
Nominations for this award may be placed by individuals, groups, clubs or organisations involved in the running the activities themselves, by participants, or by other people who have seen the impact the work.
It’s worth remembering that physical activity doesn’t just include sports. Any activity that encourages people to move more and helps them towards reaching their 150 minutes of movement a week can be considered as physical activity.
Uniting Lincolnshire Award
The Uniting Lincolnshire Award celebrates organisations and projects that utilise physical activity and sport to build cohesive communities by bringing people together to welcome and embrace ethnic, cultural, physical and other differences across the county.
Nominees should demonstrate some or all of the following:
The nomination must detail activities, projects, initiatives, or changes that have taken place over the last 12 months across Lincolnshire. The work may be ongoing.
Nominations for this award may be placed by individuals, groups, clubs or organisations involved in the running the activities themselves, by participants, or by other people who have seen the impact the work.
It’s worth remembering that physical activity doesn’t just include sports. Any activity that encourages people to move more and helps them towards reaching their 150 minutes of movement a week can be considered as physical activity.
Health & Wellbeing Award
The Health and Wellbeing Award highlights significant achievements in using physical activity to promote physical and mental health and wellbeing, emphasising how being physically active plays an important role in supporting good mental health.
Nominees should demonstrate some or all of the following:
The nomination must detail activities, projects, initiatives, or changes that have taken place over the last 12 months within Lincolnshire. The work may be ongoing.
Nominations for this award may be placed by individuals, groups, clubs or organisations involved in the running the activities themselves, by participants, or by other people who have seen the impact the work.
It’s worth remembering that physical activity doesn’t just include sports. Any activity that encourages people to move more and helps them towards reaching their 150 minutes of movement a week can be considered as physical activity.
Innovation Award
This award recognises innovative and inclusive projects that bring communities together through movement in an innovative way, and /or that encourage people or groups from non-physical activity settings, who don’t usually take part, to start moving more.
Nominees should demonstrate some or all of the following:
The nomination must detail activities, projects, initiatives, or changes that have taken place over the last 12 months within Lincolnshire. The work may be ongoing.
Nominations for this award may be placed by individuals, groups, clubs or organisations involved in the running the activities themselves, by participants, or by other people who have seen the impact the work.
It’s worth remembering that physical activity doesn’t just include sports. Any activity that encourages people to move more and helps them towards reaching their 150 minutes of movement a week can be considered as physical activity.
Unsung Hero Award
This award is to celebrate an individual that has worked tirelessly in a ‘behind the scenes role’ for the benefit of others and who has made a significant difference to the lives of the people and communities they support.
We want to show our appreciation to someone who works tirelessly, often uncredited, to facilitate activities happening within the county. Nominees could include those who work in a behind the scenes support role such as club secretary or grounds person etc.
Nominees should demonstrate some or all of the following:
The nomination must detail activities, projects, initiatives, or changes that have taken place over the last 12 months within Lincolnshire. The work may be ongoing.
Nominations for the Unsung Hero Award must be submitted by someone other than the nominee themselves. This could be from someone who has been personally helped by this individual, by a committee or committee member to recognise the support they have given, or by anyone else looking to recognise the outstanding work this individual has done.
If you’re nominee is a volunteer in their role, please consider entering them into our Volunteer Commitment Award instead.
Influencer Award
The influencer award is for an individual, group or organisation that has inspired and influenced people in Lincolnshire to become more active over the past year.
This may be through digital or social media behavioural campaigns, inspirational content shared on your own social media channel, or delivery of innovative online content to support people to be more active.
Nominees should demonstrate some or all of the following:
The nomination must detail activities, projects, initiatives, or changes that have taken place over the last 12 months within Lincolnshire. The work may be ongoing.
Nominations for this award may be placed by individuals, groups, clubs or organisations involved in the running the activities themselves, by participants, or by other people who have seen the impact the work.
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We will tailor a package to suit your requirements & can include a variety of benefits.
To find out more, please contact jim.claffey@activelincolnshire.com
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