Inclusion & Diversity Award

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Awarded to:

• Anyone involved with sport or physical activity in Lincolnshire including individuals, clubs, community groups, businesses, organisations, projects etc.

Awarded for:

• Making a significant impact on people from under-represented groups, reducing inequalities & increasing diversity within physical activity.
• Either a specific dedicated project, or an approach to embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in their wider work, or anything that may fall in between.
• The way in which they have made a real difference to the group of people they are working with. This could be for positively impacting underrepresented individuals from one or more of the following groups; lower socio-economic, ethnic or culturally diverse, disability, LGBTQIA+ community, women & girls and more.
• Embedding their commitment to equality, inclusion and diversity across all they do within sport and physical activity.

Impact on Health Award

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Awarded to:

• Anyone involved with sport or physical activity in Lincolnshire including programmes, organisations, clubs, community groups, businesses, individuals etc.

Awarded for:

• A programme or approach to physical activity that has improved the health and wellbeing of participants.
• The positive impact that has been made by using sport or physical activity to improve physical and / or mental health and wellbeing of participants.
• Initiatives which promote an overall healthy lifestyle, or based around supporting and improving specific health outcomes; i.e. dementia, diabetes, cancer, obesity, poor mental health etc. This may include success in bringing together the health sector and the physical activity and sport sector.

Active Event Award

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Awarded to:

• For an event, or series of events, that got people moving in Lincolnshire. This can include competitive and community events of any type.
• A one off, occasional or regular event of any size.

Awarded for:

• Events which inspired more people to take part in some form of physical activity, either on the day, or around the event.
• Meaningful reach and impact in relation to the scale of the event.
• The promotion of inclusion and diversity.
• The contribution the event(s) had to changing habits and inspiring people to be active, more often.

Active Change Award

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Awarded to:

• An individual living in Lincolnshire.

Awarded for:

• The way someone has used sport or any form of physical activity to positively transform their life.
• Significantly improving their physical and / or mental health and wellbeing through physical activity. Could be done on their own, or with others.
• Showing continued commitment and dedication to personal change and growth.

Active Achievement Award

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Awarded to:

• An individual or small group of people, based in Lincolnshire.

Awarded for:

• A personal physical or sporting achievement that was a significant accomplishment for them.
• A wide variety of accomplishments, no matter how big or small, as long as they are personally significant. Examples could include: elite sporting success, completing a personal challenge, reaching a key milestone, getting a hard earnt PB, using sport or physical activity to fundraise for a cause and many others. This achievement may have taken place in Lincolnshire or outside of our county.

Outstanding Service to Sport & Physical Activity Award

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Awarded to:

• An individual, group or organisation delivering sport or physical activities in Lincolnshire.

Awarded for:

• Making an outstanding contribution to providing opportunities for people to have a positive experience of physical activity.
• Going above and beyond to make a difference in the sector. This could be through a specific sport or a range of activities.
• Impacting a wide range of people to improve their access, involvement and / or enjoyment of sport or other physical activity - especially for those who are currently less active and facing barriers to participation.

Positive Experiences for Children & Young People Award

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Awarded to:

• A group or organisation delivering sport or physical activities to children or young people in Lincolnshire.

Awarded for:

• Making an outstanding contribution to providing opportunities for children and young people to have a positive experience of physical activity.
• The way in which they have made a positive impact on children and young people within the sessions and/or on their wider lives.
• Opening opportunities up, especially for those who are currently less active and facing barriers to participating in physical activity.

Active Youth Champion Award

Awarded to:

• Someone (an individual) in Lincolnshire who has helped children and young people to be more active.

Awarded for:

• Making a significant difference supporting children and young people to move more. This could be through delivering activity sessions or supporting them in other ways to encourage, or enable them to be active.
• The role they play being a champion for getting children and young people moving more and enjoying being active.
• Opening opportunities up, especially for those who are currently less active and facing barriers to participating in physical activity.

Unsung Hero Award

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Awarded to:

• An individual who volunteers for a Lincolnshire club, group or organisation.

Awarded for:

• The dedication they show, giving up their own time to a club, association, activity or project etc for the benefit of the participants and/or community.
• A prolonged, regular commitment or significant commitment to a specific project, programme, club or cause.
• The way in which this individual has made a significant contribution.
• Someone who has a significant impact through their volunteering and without whom, opportunities for people to be more active would not be the same.

Active Club Award

Awarded to:

• A club or group who deliver sport or physical activity sessions on a regular basis.

Awarded for:

• Going above and beyond to create a better environment for existing and new members.
• Breaking the mould and doing something different; this could be in a different type of session, competitions, communications or social opportunities etc.
• Increasing accessibility and inclusion to and within the club. This could be through widening existing opportunities or creating new ones to get a more diverse range of local people involved.
• Supporting members to be more active.

Active Workplace Award

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Awarded to:

• Any type of business, charity, organisation etc across all sectors.
• An employer of any size with any number of employees.

Awarded for:

• The creation of a work environment encouraging employees to be more active, more often.
• The way they have given options for staff to be more active at every fitness level.
• Opportunities created within work hours, and / or outside of work.
• Examples may include:
  - An active work environment (e.g. walking meetings, movement breaks)
  - Facilitating active lifestyle (e.g. active commuting provision)
  - Workplace challenges or team activities.