03 May 2018 ukactive Awards finalists revealed BY Tom Walker |
The finalists for this year's ukactive Awards have been revealed. The 2018 award categories have been divided into three groups – business excellence, specialist impact and individual achievement – and in total winners will be announced in 11 categories. Replacing the Flame Awards, this year's edition will feature an expanded Leisure Centre Operator of the Year award, which covers any club or centre – from independents, studios and boutiques to budget gyms, local authority centres and clubs that are part of a nationwide chain. There will also be a renewed focus on individual achievements, with three categories dedicated to people working in the physical activity sector – Physical Activity Champion, Outstanding Leader of the Year and Unsung Hero Award The award night will take place during the Active Uprising event in Manchester on the evening of 21 June. "This year we challenged the industry to demonstrate the role that organisations and individuals are playing," said CEO ukactive Steven Ward. "We were looking for entries who could demonstrate that they had made substantial progress in the previous 12 months and were pushing the envelope on what we had seen before. "Judging by the level of the entries we’ve received for the ukactive Awards, it’s fair to say that the bar has truly been raised, with some outstanding examples of business excellence, specialist impact and individual merit." The full list of finalists for the 2018 ukactive Awards Regional and National Club/Centre of the Year énergie Fitness, Kilburn Places for People Leisure Tribe HIIT Club – Hove Inspiring Healthy Lifestyles – Howe, Wigan Holmer Park The Shrewsbury Club Sport Aberdeen Life Leisure Stockport Sports Village Bangor Aurora Aquatic and Leisure Complex – Serco Leisure Oak Tree Leisure Centre, Mansfield – Serco Leisure KA Leisure GLL – Kensington Leisure Centre The Tytherington Club LED Leisure Management GLL – Kentish Town GLL – Olympia, Belfast Benton Hall Golf and Country Club Wimbledon Leisure Centre and Spa (Better) White Horse Leisure and Tennis Centre W10 Inverclyde Leisure Workington Leisure Centre – GLL Actif Sport & Leisure, Carmarthenshire Rainbow Leisure Centre – GLL Arcadia Library and Leisure Group – GLL Everyone Active – Lammas Leisure Centre Everyone Active – Westway Sports and Fitness Centre Everyone Active – Silksworth Sports Complex Everyone Active – Straford Leisure Centre Everyone Active – Daventry Supplier of the Year Escape Fitness Future Fit Training Love Recruitment Play Innovation Shopworks STA Taylor Made Designs Origin Fitness New Concept, Build or Design of the Year Alliance Leisure énergie Fitness Places for People Leisure New Erdington Leisure Centre, Birmingham – Serco Leisure 1Life GLL/Participation Sport Ltd Everyone Active – Hart Leisure Centre Everyone Active – Sapphire Ice and Leisure Workplace Wellbeing Programme of the Year Wellworking Ltd High Five Health Promotion (at 02) Active Nation Seven Stones Bentley Motor Cars ukactive Kids Award Northampton Leisure Trust Active Tameside Lawn Tennis Association Kids Run Free Greenwich Leisure Limited Children Inspired by Yoga – Tatty Bumpkin Ltd Everyone Active – Westgate Leisure Centre Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL) CIC Healthy Communities Places for People Leisure Intelligent Health Active Tameside MAN v FAT Football 1Life – Special Olympics West Ham United Foundation Everyone Active – Westway Sports and Fitness Everyone Health – Alive and Kicking Campaign of the Year Promote PR Ordnance Survey AXA PPP Healthcare Mind The Gym Group Inclusion and Disability Award Sport for Confidence/Basildon Sporting Village, Everyone Active Inspiring Healthy Lifestyles Aspire Harborough Leisure Centre – Serco Leisure Active Tameside Active Nation White Horse Leisure and Tennis Centre - GLL Tennis Foundation Physical Activity Champion Sandy Motteram Brett Jenkins Chelsea Mears-Graham Annalisa Cellini Andrea Warner Louisa Chatwin Luke Sheppard Jonathon Woolridge Outstanding Leader of the Year Jan Spaticchia Sue Anstiss MBE Dr William Bird Malcolm McPhail Stuart Martin Dave Candler Oliver Stacey Justin Musgrove Unsung Hero Award Julie Barton Sylvia Parker Dorothy Markham Gill Smith Andy Bowes Rachel Oakley Ben Wimbush Close Window |