This year’s awards, held in partnership with Active IQ, combined entrants from 2020 and 2021 following the postponement of last year’s event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The National Club/Centre of the Year Award saw onePT claim back-to-back victories following success in 2019, with its Rochdale club demonstrating the team’s passion for improving the lives of members through physical activity.

Serco Leisure picked up four awards, including the Outstanding Organisation of the Year Award.

Technogym was voted the Supplier of the Year Award, while other awards celebrated top performers in categories such as diversity, healthy communities, digital transformation, and design and build.

Elsewhere, many organisations picked up their first award, including Table Tennis England, Total Fitness, EMD UK, and Leisure-net.

Sport Aberdeen won the Developing and Supporting Communities During COVID-19 Award for its SPACE project (Supported Physical Activity for Care Experienced). The project utilises the positive benefits of sport and physical activity to help care-experienced children and young people reach their full potential.

This year’s Physical Activity Hero Award went to Jess Robson from Run Talk Run, who the judges recognised for her tenacity in establishing the running and walking club which invited people to talk about their mental health. The group has grown across the UK, attracting 250 volunteers.

The Outstanding Leadership Award went to Dave Candler from STA for not only growing the organisation substantially in terms of numbers, but the team’s friendly and open approach, which has paved the way for partnership working in aquatics.

Each of the award finalists underwent a rigorous independent assessment process designed to select the best in each category from hundreds of entrants, as well as to provide valuable feedback from the judges to help improve but also to promote success. 

“We know the ukactive Awards play an important role in celebrating the success of our united movement each year, but this year’s entries were particularly inspiring, considering the challenges faced by every organisation and team in our incredible sector,” said Huw Edwards, CEO of ukactive.