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The LTA have rolled out gate access technology across 200 park sites in recent years and are now embarking on a pilot looking at utilising this tech on school sites, as part of our collective drive to open up school facilities. The tech allows venues to control access to their courts remotely, take payment for court bookings, secure the facilities and even control floodlights without the need for on-site staff, tokens or meters.
This 1hr webinar will provide an overview of the technology, what support the LTA can provide schools, what’s required from them and what the process is for Active Partnerships and schools to engage with the pilot. There will be plenty of time for Q&A at the end. The session will be introduced by Tom Gibbins (Head of Education & Community) and led by Stuart Maidment (National Parks Tennis Manager), who leads on the development of the gate access programme for the LTA
ParkPlay is a Sport England funded charity with a mission to improve the health of communities by creating accessible opportunities to be active. ParkPlay offers free, fun and varied activities for people of all ages in parks every Saturday morning, where they play together in an informal, social and welcoming environment, largely in areas of higher deprivation. People come together to meet, move and play a range of activities delivered by and for the local community. ParkPlay typically happens in public parks but can happen in any open, publicly accessible space and was started on the playing field of a primary school in Basildon that wanted to open their facility to a local community lacking much outdoor space to be active. ParkPlay would like to work with more schools to provide a simple and accessible opportunity for them to engage with their community and promote an active and healthy life.
LTA
The LTA have rolled out gate access technology across 200 park sites in recent years and are now embarking on a pilot looking at utilising this tech on school sites, as part of our collective drive to open up school facilities. The tech allows venues to control access to their courts remotely, take payment for court bookings, secure the facilities and even control floodlights without the need for on-site staff, tokens or meters.
This 1hr webinar will provide an overview of the technology, what support the LTA can provide schools, what’s required from them and what the process is for Active Partnerships and schools to engage with the pilot. There will be plenty of time for Q&A at the end. The session will be introduced by Tom Gibbins (Head of Education & Community) and led by Stuart Maidment (National Parks Tennis Manager), who leads on the development of the gate access programme for the LTA.
London Sport Awards Page
Nominations for the London Sport Awards 2021 are open now
The London Sport Awards is our showpiece event for community physical activity and sport, recognising the best of the best of grassroots physical activity and sport in the capital.
The first London Sport Awards took place in January 2016 at Lord’s Cricket Ground and has since been held at prestigious locations including the indigo at the o2, Wembley Stadium, Twickenham and the Guildhall.
Each year, a collection of incredible individuals and groups are recognised for their outstanding work in helping Londoners to be more physically active.
The London Sport Awards recognises everyone from clubs and volunteers to those making an impact on the capital’s workforce, children and young people and those harnessing the power of elite sport.
The London Sport Awards 2021 is here.
After an incredibly difficult and disruptive 2020 and early 2021, the Awards is back to congratulate and thank London’s pandemic heroes from the grassroots physical activity and sport sector for keeping London moving over the past 18 months.
The London Sport Awards returns for it’s sixth edition to, once again, recognise and celebrate the efforts of volunteers, physical activity projects and sports organisations who have helped so many people in the capital over the last 18 months, not just with their physical health but their mental and social wellbeing too.
The London Sport Awards will be supported, for the second year running, by title sponsor the City of London Corporation with an in-person ceremony set to take place at the stunning Guildhall on Monday 6 December, subject to covid-19 guidance.
London Sport Awards Judges
Once again, the London Sport Awards has attracted a panel of industry experts faced with the difficult decision of whittling down our nominations down to a shortlist and, ahead of the ceremony in December, a London Sport Award winner.
The London Sport Awards judges are independent of London Sport and, between them, have a vast knowledge and understanding of the physical activity and sport sector in London. They are a mix of former London Sport Award winners as well as industry leaders from the sport and business world in the capital. Find out more about each judge below:
Jillian Moore
London Sport
Naomi Hulston
Catch 22
Vanessa Nsilu
Inspirational Young Person of the Year 2020
Keith Bottomley
City of London Corporation
Anna Deignan
Premier League
Michelle Weltman
London Marathon
Nicola Walker
Sported
Kamran Mallick
Disability Rights UK
Viveen Taylor
Sport England
Ben Cole
Loughborough University London
Nafisa Patel
Volunteer of the Year 2020
Colin Walker
Lead Cycling Delivery Manager
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Nominations for the London Sport Awards 2021 are open now
We are delighted to open nominations for the London Sport Awards 2021.
The London Sport Awards returns for its sixth edition to, once again, recognise and celebrate the efforts of volunteers, physical activity projects and sports organisations who have helped so many people in the capital over the last 18 months.
With ten categories – covering everything from volunteering and workforce to equality, diversity and inclusion and elite sport in the community – there is so much scope to put forward your great work. There’s no limit to how many nominations you can submit so if you feel your work is applicable across several different categories then please enter it in for multiple Awards.
Nominations should focus on work that takes place between 1 January 2020 – 30 June 2021, and all categories excluding Volunteer of the Year and Inspirational Young People of the Year are open to self-nomination. Volunteer of the Year and Inspiration Young Person of the Year should be nominated by a third party.
Learn more about the London Sport Awards categories:
The Award: Volunteers are the lifeblood of grassroots physical activity and sport. For so many, regular activity simply wouldn’t be possible without volunteers – the army of coaches, administrators, officials, fundraisers and supporters that mobilises every single week.
The Volunteer of the Year Award celebrates those people that support grassroots physical activity and sport with their know-how, dedication and hands-on approach. The volunteers we’ll be celebrating gladly give up their time for the benefit of tens of thousands of people in every borough in every corner of the capital.
Nominees should demonstrate some or all of the following:
- An exceptional commitment to grassroots physical activity and sport in London.
- A track-record of making a real difference to physical activity and sport through their own effort.
- An impact on people, or on a particular project(s), through their own dedication and expertise.
- The nomination must detail activities that have taken place between 1 January 2020 and 30 June 2021. The work may be ongoing.
The Award: Children and young people are London’s future. Enabling them to enjoy the benefits of physical activity and sport from a young age is vital to growing the future health of the capital.
The Young Londoners Award celebrates the outstanding work of individuals and organisations who are providing young people (under the age of 25) with the best opportunity to live a physically active life.
Whether in school or within the community, this Award celebrates those initiatives that are having significant impact on supporting young people to enjoy the benefits of physical activity and sport.
Nominees should demonstrate some or all of the following:
- Working with children and young people (below 25).
- A creative approach to getting more children and young people involved in physical activity and sport and/or reducing levels of inactivity among children and young people.
- A positive impact on the lives, health and wellbeing of children and young people.
- An ability to increase the proportion of young people from under-represented groups taking part in regular physical activity and/or sport.
- An ability to integrate regular physical activity and sport into daily routines for young people who are less likely to be active.
- The nomination must detail activities/projects/initiatives that have taken place between 1 January 2020 and 30 June 2021. The work may be ongoing.
The Award: The role of physical activity and sport in promoting positive health and wellbeing is increasingly well understood, both in terms of physical health and wider outcomes e.g. social and mental health.
This Award shines a light on those supporting Londoners with their physiological health, mental wellbeing, health management or any of the wider outcomes supported by physical activity and sport.
The Health and Wellbeing Award highlights significant achievements in using physical activity to promote physical and mental health and wellbeing, emphasising the vital role that being physically active plays in supporting health outcomes.
Solutions should meet the needs of these less active Londoners and also look to reduce the inequalities that persist in people having the opportunities to live active lives.
Nominees should demonstrate some or all of the following:
- The role of physical activity in achieving one or more health outcomes.
- Primary or specific focus on London or a London borough.
- Success in bringing together the health sector and the physical activity and sport sector.
- The nomination must detail activities/projects/initiatives that have taken place between 1 January 2020 and 30 June 2021. The work may be ongoing.
The Award: A chaotic year has seen the physical activity and sport sector innovate in all manner of ways to provide instruction, support and encouragement to those seeking to be active.
The creation of new tech, the adaption of existing methods and the continued growth of digital platforms means there are now more ways than ever to support inactive people to start and continue good habits.
The Tech and Digital Award celebrates those groups and/or individuals who have taken a creative new approach and championed innovation in the physical activity and sport sector and are using it to have a positive impact in London.
Nominees should demonstrate some or all of the following:
- Success in the development of new technology or the use of existing technology/digital methods to instruct, support or encourage people to take part in physical activity and sport.
- Evidence of an innovative idea, programme or initiative, which embraces tech or digital and supports and encourages inactive Londoners to get and stay active.
- An understanding of how innovation, technology or digital methods can be used to help raise participation levels in grassroots physical activity and sport.
- A demonstrable impact on participation levels in London through innovation, digital or the creative use of technology.
- The nomination must detail activities/projects/initiatives that have taken place between 1 January 2020 and 30 June 2021. The work may be ongoing.
The Award: The Elite Sport in the Community Award recognises those that use their prominent position within a local community to improve lives whether that’s physical and mental wellbeing or wide social benefits.
This Award celebrates breadth of involvement across a body of work and/or depth of support to a single project, which sees foundations or individuals go above and beyond to inspire and engage with local communities, charities, groups or schools.
During an incredibly difficult year, this Award highlights those who utilise national programmes to benefit Londoners or create and deliver their own innovative solutions to issues within their local area.
Nominees should demonstrate some or all of the following:
- Evidence of the positive influence of sport on people’s lives in local communities, whether through increased activity levels, community development or other impacts i.e. covid response initiatives.
- A link between an elite (professional or semi-pro) club, individual, league or organising body and work that benefits the health and wellbeing of Londoners.
- The impact, reach and engagement achieved through the body of work, project or initiative.
- The nomination must detail activities/projects/initiatives that have taken place between 1 January 2020 and 30 June 2021. The work may be ongoing.
The Award: This Award recognises physical activity and sport’s power to drive change and drive down inequalities.
It recognises people, organisations, projects or initiatives that promote diversity, equality and inclusion throughout their work in physical activity and sport.
The Uniting London Award celebrates organisations and projects that utilise physical activity and sport to build cohesive communities by bringing people together to welcome, empower and embrace ethnic, cultural, physical and other differences.
Nominees should demonstrate some or all of the following:
- Building cohesive communities by bringing people together and embracing ethnic, cultural, physical and other differences.
- Demonstrating the use of sport to relieve tension, end disunity or discrimination, inspire trust, create meaningful relationships and promote social integration.
- Raising the awareness and understanding of the needs of diverse communities and those with disabilities and deliver accordingly to increase participation.
- Developing supportive environments and solutions which champion physical activity and sport that is accessible for all Londoners.
- Increasing access to education and pathways to employment for people with fewer opportunities.
- The nomination must detail activities/projects/initiatives that have taken place between January 1, 2020 and 30 June, 2021. The work may be ongoing.
The Award: Being active provides people with an incredible array of physical and mental benefits and positive opportunities for individual, community and economic development.
The Community Impact Award captures and celebrates a wide cohort of not only grassroots physical activity and sport clubs, but also groups, teams and projects, whether that’s in a traditional sport setting or across London’s parks and streets.
The winner of the Community Impact Award will deliver a great service to its users, whether that’s online or offline, and will go the extra mile to make physical activity a fun and enjoyable experience for all.
Nominees should demonstrate some or all of the following:
- Contributes significantly to the physical and/or mental wellbeing of participants.
- Ability to use physical activity and sport to support the personal development of individuals whether that’s social, community and/or economic.
- Made a positive difference to individuals or to society and can evidence the impact made, either on large groups, or on a smaller number of individuals.
- The nomination must detail activities/projects/initiatives that have taken place between January 1, 2020 and 30 June, 2021. The work may be ongoing.
The Enhancing the Workforce Award in association with Chipotle.
The Award: Supporting people to lead physically active lives is a role that falls to many groups and individuals.
Both the traditional sport industry and other sectors e.g., public health have an important role to play in enabling people to find, access and remain engaged with physical activity and sport.
This Award recognises whoever is enhancing the sporting workforce; whether it’s supporting, training or mentoring coaches, volunteers, administrators, officials or any other part of the sporting workforce.
Nominees should demonstrate some or all of the following:
- Have uniquely helped to either grow sport’s workforce or support its development.
- Have reached out to support less active or inactive Londoners.
- Spent an extended period of time to make a significant contribution to getting Londoners active through physical activity and sport.
- Those that have worked with communities or groups who have particularly benefited from being involved in physical activity and sport.
- The nomination must detail activities/projects/initiatives that have taken place between January 1, 2020 and 30 June, 2021. The work may be ongoing.
The Award: This award recognises the young people who are achieving incredible things through their work, voluntary or paid, within their local community, club, team, group, project or organisation.
Their courageous and/or innovative approach inspires and encourages other children and young people or adults to overcome barriers and participate more regularly in physical activity and sport. They haven’t let covid-19 stop them and have worked tirelessly, when safe to do so, for their community.
The Inspirational Young Person of the Year may have overcome difficult personal circumstances but allows nothing to prevent them from supporting others, showing a maturity and understanding beyond their young years.
Nominees should demonstrate some or all of the following:
- Be 25-years-old or younger on 30 June 2021.
- An exceptional commitment to grassroot physical activity and sport in London whether that is with children and young people or adults.
- A real difference to the physical activity and sport offer within the community, club, team, group or project in which they operate, either through paid employment or voluntarily.
- Inspires others (people or projects) through their own dedication, hard work and expertise.
- The nomination must detail activities/projects/initiatives that have taken place between 1 January 2020 and 30 June 2021. The work may be ongoing.
The Business Contribution Award in association with City of London Corporation.
The Award: Community physical activity and sport programmes, projects and organisations cannot operate in isolation and during covid-19 support for them from businesses has been more important than ever.
This Award recognises the contribution of commercial organisations, large and small, to community physical activity and sport through practical support, advice/mentorship, collaboration and investment.
This Award celebrates businesses with a bold and innovative approach to Responsible Business and can demonstrate they make a real tangible difference in local communities.
The Business Contribution Award also celebrates the individual business role models who inspire and motivate others to support community physical activity and sport initiatives.
Nominees should demonstrate some or all of the following:
-Vital support provided to a project, initiative or community group which is dedicated to physical activity and sport in a specific locality.
-Commercial investment in community physical activity and sport which has achieved positive social change outcomes.
- The establishment/continuation of an exceptional partnership for the benefit of community physical activity and sport.
- Evidence of the clear benefits and impact the business has had on the organisation, project or initiative.
- Continuous support and advice/mentorship for community physical activity and sport programmes and initiatives.
- The nomination must detail activities/projects/initiatives that have taken place between 1 January 2020 and 30 June 2021. The work may be on-going.
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2020 Winners/Hall of Fame
Our 2020 winners were:
Nafisa Patel
Volunteer of the Year 2020
South Asian females are the least likely to volunteer and the last active group in London, according to research from Sport England. Against all these barriers, Nafisa Patel has flourished and developed into a vital volunteer for the cricketing community in London. Nafisa is an ECB volunteer on the South Asian Female Project delivering the national ALL Stars Cricket programme, as well leading sessions at Newham Cricket club and running a Mothers & Daughters All Stars session.
Finalists: Seth Lewis, Linda Almond
Carers 4 Carers
The Community Impact Award 2020
Founded and run by carers to improve the physical and emotional wellbeing of unpaid carers and their families, Carers 4Carers encourages everyone to have fun and take part regardless of their age, physical ability or fitness levels. Carers involved in the project have seen increased self-esteem, confidence and new friendship circles, as well as enjoying a more active lifestyle that supports their physical and emotional wellbeing and reduces loneliness, isolation and stress
Finalists: Black Prince Trust, Barnet Walking Football Team
Vanessa Nsilu
Inspirational Young Person of the Year 2020
South Asian females are the least likely to volunteer and the last active group in London, according to research from Sport England. Against all these barriers, Nafisa Patel has flourished and developed into a vital volunteer for the cricketing community in London. Nafisa is an ECB volunteer on the South Asian Female Project delivering the national ALL Stars Cricket programme, as well leading sessions at Newham Cricket club and running a Mothers & Daughters All Stars session.
Finalists: Seth Lewis, Linda Almond
UBS
The Business Contribution Award 2020
UBS has been changing the lives of children and young people through sport via an extraordinary partnership with SportInspired that seeks to tackle the consequences of poverty on children and young people in Hackney. As well as committing over £650k with SportInspired since 2008, UBS provides volunteers to support children and young people, helping to make a transformative difference to their lives.
Finalists: Cause & Effect Creative, Prudential
The Golf Trust
The Sport Unites Award 2020
The Golf Trust uses golf to inspire and empower older adults living in care homes and sheltered housing across London to lead happier and healthier lives
Finalists: Ebony Horse Club, Time Out Together
Step Change Studios
The Physical Activity for Health Award 2020
An organisation that provides dance in community, social care, healthcare, education and sports and leisure settings for all ages and abilities; supporting over 2,000 disabled people to participate in dance.
Finalists: Caridon Foundation, Core Sport, Hestia’s Family Fitness Project
West Ham United FC
The Impact of Elite Sport Award 2020
West Ham United’s Players’ Project community programme focuses on using the power of elite sport and personal storytelling to improve economic impact, social integration, help people overcome barriers and motivate, educate, and inspire people in the community
Finalists: Chelsea Champions, Richmond Rugby Club
Hestia's Family Fitness Project
The Children and Young People Award 2020
They aim to improve the health and fitness levels of children accessing Hestia’s Domestic Abuse and Modern Slavery services, using physical activity as a tool to facilitate the recovery from abuse.
Finalists: Mini Mermaids Running Club, Movement Works, Fulham Reach Boat Club
Good Boost
The Technology and Innovation Award 2020
Using waterproof tablet computers, Good boost delivers personalised water-based rehabilitation programmes selected through artificial intelligence and uses advanced AI software delivered through waterproof tablet computers.
Finalists: Street Tag, Good Boost, RunFriendly
Coach Core
The Enhancing Workforce Award 2020
Founded in 2012, Coach Core is a national sports coaching apprenticeship scheme, recruiting young people (16-24), who are NEET or at risk of becoming NEET developing their talents and providing them with a range of vital skills for sport, work and life
Finalists: ECB Cities Team, QMSU Community Sport
2019 Winners
Panathlon Challenge
The Children and Young People Award 2019
Hornbeam JoyRiders
Club of the Year 2019
Saracens Sports Foundaton
The Harnessing the Power of Elite Sport Award 2019
Single Homeless Project - Sport and Health Programme
The Physical Activity for Health Award 2019
Salaam Peace
The Sport Unites Award 2019
Walk with Path
The Technology for Participation Award 2019
Franck Batimba
Volunteer of the Year 2019
Disability Sports Coach
The Workforce Award 2019
