The finalists of the ukactive Awards 2025 have been announced by ukactive today (19 August), with leading businesses and star performers shortlisted from across the UK.
Proudly supported by headline sponsor STA, the ukactive Awards will take place at the ICC in Birmingham on Thursday 30 October and celebrate the organisations and individuals driving innovation and impact across the physical activity sector.
As one of the most anticipated moments in the sector’s calendar, the ukactive Awards 2025 has seen a record number of entries from organisations of all shapes and sizes from across the UK’s physical activity sector, each bringing unique stories of success.
As part of a raft of improvements, changes to the application process have helped to make the Awards as transparent, and therefore as representative of the sector, as possible. To ensure all types of operators are recognised, two new categories have been introduced for 2025: Independent Club/Centre of the Year and Private Club/Centre of the Year. The additions reflect ukactive’s commitment to celebrate excellence across the sector.
The judging process for the awards has been led by Proinsight, an independent organisation that has provided honest and objective feedback for each entry. Improvements have also been made to the judging process, including an additional layer of judging at Stage 1, which increases the integrity of the process and has helped to gather more thorough, balanced feedback from the marking stage.
Check below to see the full list of finalists for 2025.
Huw Edwards, CEO of ukactive, said: “The ukactive Awards celebrate the very best of the UK’s physical activity sector, and it is the perfect opportunity to recognise the organisations, programmes and individuals that are behind this success.
“We were delighted to see a record number of entries this year, following the improvements we have made which show our commitment to make the Awards as representational, transparent and competitive as possible.
“We’re looking forward to recognising the incredible work of our sector on the night and beyond, and we welcome all ukactive members and their teams to come and celebrate our progress together.”
Ali Beckman, President of STA, the headline sponsor of the ukactive Awards, said: “All of this year’s ukactive Award finalists have shown creativity, dedication, and vision, and we congratulate them – along with everyone who entered – on their outstanding achievements. With a record-breaking number of entries of exceptional quality, this year truly showcases the talent and passion within our industry.
“As headline sponsors for the third year running, STA is proud to celebrate all that is great about the physical activity sector – leadership, diversity, excellence, and fresh thinking.
“We’re honoured to play a part in recognising these achievements and wish every finalist the very best of luck as we look forward to applauding their success at this year’s event.”
ukactive would also like to thank its category sponsors for their support for this year’s ukactive Awards. They are:
- Life Fitness – Club/Centre of the Year Awards
- Inbody – Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Award
- EGYM – Healthy Communities Award
- Dyaco – Organisation Innovation Award
- Technogym – Outstanding Leadership Team Award.
Tickets for the ukactive Awards will be on sale shortly.
The finalists for the ukactive Awards 2025 are:
National Private Club/Centre of the Year – sponsored by Life Fitness
LivingWell Health Club East Midlands
LivingWell Health Club Reading
NRG Gym Manchester
Salisbury Health and Fitness Club – Parkwood Leisure Limited
Wyboston Lakes Health & Fitness Club
National Independent Club/Centre of the Year – sponsored by Life Fitness
Foundry Vauxhall
The Health Club – Ribby Hall Village
The Thames Club
3-1-5 Health Club
Regional Public Club/Centre of the Year – sponsored by Life Fitness
Wales & Northern Ireland
Antrim Forum – Antrim and Newtonabbey Borough Council
Ballyearl Arts and Leisure Centre – Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Freedom Leisure – Chirk Leisure & Activity Centre
Lisnasharragh – GLL
Penlan Sports Centre – Freedom Leisure
Western Leisure Centre – GLL
Scotland
Edinburgh Leisure
Strathclyde Sport – University of Strathclyde
The Waterfront Leisure Complex – Inverclyde Leisure
West Lothian Leisure (Xcite Linlithgow)
North of England
Durham County Council – The Louisa Centre
Hough End Leisure Centre – GLL
IB Leisure Tees Active Ltd
Neptune Centre – Everyone Active
Scarborough Sports Village – Everyone Active
York Leisure Centre – GLL
East Anglia & Midlands
Alive Lynnsport – The Borough Council of Kings Lynn and West Norfolk
Lord Butler Fitness & Leisure Centre – 1Life Management Solutions Limited
Meadowside Leisure Centre – Everyone Active
Moorways Sports Village – Everyone Active
Sandwell Aquatics Centre – Sandwell Leisure Trust
Whitwick & Coalville Leisure Centre – Everyone Active
London
Chilterns Lifestyle Centre – Everyone Active
Clissold Leisure Centre – GLL
Flitwick Leisure Centre – Everyone Active
Paddington Recreation Ground – Everyone Active
Swiss Cottage Leisure Centre – GLL
Waltham Forest Feel Good Centre – GLL
South of England
Furzefield Centre – Inspireall
Hutton Moor Leisure Centre – Legacy Leisure Limited
Places Leisure Eastleigh
South Oxhey Leisure Centre – Everyone Active
Tenterden Leisure Centre – Freedom Leisure
Winchester Sport & Leisure Park – Everyone Active
Supplier of the Year
Bigwave Marketing
Endurance Zone
Love Recruitment
Pure Energy Music
ServiceSport
Build, Design or Refurbishment of the Year
Bingham Arena – Parkwood Leisure Limited
Cefn Hengoed – Freedom Leisure
East Lindsey District Council/Station Leisure & Learning Centre (SLLC) – Alliance Leisure
Jubilee Sports Centre – University of Southampton
Macclesfield LC – Everybody Health and Leisure
Peterlee Leisure Centre – Alliance Leisure
Spennymoor Leisure Centre (SLC) – Durham County Council
Warsop Health Club – Roberts Limbrick & Alliance Leisure
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Award – sponsored by Inbody
Active Luton
Everyone Active and Active LD
Help for Heroes
Lex Leisure CIC
St Albans – Everyone Active
Strathclyde Sport
The Pemberton Centre – Freedom Leisure
The Stevenage active communities programme – Everyone Active
Healthy Communities Award – sponsored by EGYM
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Dacorum – Everyone Active
David Weir Leisure Centre – Everyone Active
Move Southwark – Southwark Council
My Healthy Way – Parkwood Leisure Limited
Pendle Leisure Trust
Tandridge Leisure Centre – Freedom Leisure
Wythenshawe – Everyone Active
Organisation Innovation Award – sponsored by Dyaco
Caerphilly Sport and Leisure Services
DLL (Denbighshire Leisure Ltd)
Let’s Get Going Healthy Mums – Barnsley Premier League
Ribby Hall Village
The Fitness Group
The Stour Centre – Freedom Leisure
West Lothian Leisure
YOU+ Everyone Active
Marketing Campaign Award
Halo Leisure
Horizon Leisure
Les Mills
OriGym
Let’s Get Going – Barnsley Premier Leisure
The New Prestatyn Leisure Project – DLL (Denbighshire Leisure Ltd)
The Olympics Campaign – DLL (Denbighshire Leisure Ltd)
YOU+ Everyone Active
Digital Transformation Award
Brio Leisure
Durham County Council
Mid Devon District Council / Active Mid Devon
Sandwell Leisure Trust
Education Programme of the Year
Active IQ
Brio Leisure
Everybody Health and Leisure
Fitness Education Online
Future Fit Training
OriGym
Serco Leisure
The Fitness Group
Physical Activity Hero Award
Arlene McMinn – Health Intervention Officer
Chloe Corden – Active Lifestyles Manager, Liberty Leisure Limited
Delia Dorcioman – GP Referral Coordinator
Ellie Wilson-Hird – Fitness Manager
Jakki Floyd – Fitness Motivator and HY-NRG Instructor
Jo Weedall – Recreation Manager
Lisa Arrandale – Active Communities Officer, Life Leisure
Nikki Hayter – Trampolining Coach
Outstanding Individual Leadership Award
Caroline Constantine, Managing Director, Right Directions
Jamie Groves, Managing Director, Denbighshire Leisure Ltd (DLL)
Jo Talbot, Commercial Director, Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK)
Leigh Brooks, Director of Marketing and Customer Experience, Serco Leisure
Outstanding Leadership Team Award – sponsored by Technogym
Denbighshire Leisure Leadership Team – Jamie Groves, Andy Moreland, Angie Platt, Gwyn Hughes, Sian Bennett and Sion Goldsmith
Horizon Leisure’s Commercial Team
Ribby Hall Village Health Club Leadership Team
Sandwell Leisure Trust Leadership Team
Serco Leisure Senior Leadership Team
The Fitness Group – Steven Dick and Scott Agnew
The London Pilates Academy Leadership Team
The Wellbeing, Sport & Leisure Management Team in County Durham
