North Northamptonshire Council is bringing the Active Communities Awards to North Northants
20 June 2022
North Northamptonshire Council along with sponsors are excited to announce the launch of the North Northamptonshire Active Communities Awards.
The awards, organised by the Council, is a celebration event for health and wellbeing, physical activity and sport in North Northamptonshire. The idea is to recognise local individuals, groups, clubs, organisations and projects that have improved the lives of the community and encouraged North Northants residents to get active.
To make these awards happen, we need you, the public, to nominate the local sporting heroes you know of for one the following categories:
- Community Club
- Community Organisation/Group
- Sports Activator
- Community Champion
- Young Volunteer
- Health and Wellbeing Initiative
- Workplace Wellbeing
- Get Active
- Get Active - Young person
- Disability Sports Performer
- Young Sports Performer
- Local Sports Performer
- Outstanding Recognition Award
- Sport School of the Year - Primary
- Sport School of the Year - Secondary
Details of the kind of people we are looking for, and an electronic nomination form are available via our dedicated website.
The nomination process will remain open until Friday 23 September following which they will be closely considered by a shortlisting panel. Winners will be announced at an invite only ceremony on Wednesday 16 November 2022 at the Kettering Conference Centre.
“I am pleased that we are launching the Active Communities Awards which will allow us to recognise the legacy of the past year’s sporting success at a local, national and international level and celebrate all that our local sporting heroes have achieved. We are extremely proud of North Northamptonshire’s strong and diverse community and recognise that there are many individuals, clubs, groups and organisations who support and enable North Northamptonshire residents to be active and adopt healthy lifestyles.”North Northamptonshire Council’s Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Sport, Leisure, Culture and Tourism, Cllr Helen Howell
“This is a very exciting event that we are bringing to North Northamptonshire, and I look forward to hearing about all the great sporting achievements from our local sporting stars. A huge thank you to our sponsors for enabling us to hold this event.”Leader of North Northamptonshire Council, Cllr Jason Smithers
The North Northamptonshire Active Communities Awards 2022 are sponsored by Public Health Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire Sport, Alliance Leisure TA6, Legacy Leisure, Places Leisure, Freedom Leisure, MR Industrial Services, MPB Structures, Priors Hall Park and Arena Sports.