Club, Coach and Volunteer Awards

Club, Coach and Volunteer Awards

Club of the Year Award

Our Club of the Year Award recognises those that:

• Provide opportunities for everyone to experience high-quality activities at all levels
• Demonstrate a commitment to the development of participants, coaches, and volunteers
• Take an innovative approach to the promotion of orienteering activity throughout the wider community

To nominate your Club of Year, please use the form below.

Club of the Year Nomination Form

University Club of the Year Award

The University Club of the Year Award recognises the efforts of University Clubs in the development of participants as well as coaches and volunteers.

It also shows appreciation to the University for introducing and providing a gateway to orienteering to their students.

University Club of the Year Nomination Form

Development & Innovation of the Year Award

We adapt to changes in society and technology in our everyday lives and it is no different in organisations and clubs. There is evidence across the UK, especially in recent years, of groups and clubs who have evolved, and looked at delivering activities and developing orienteering in new ways which reflect and support these changes.

This award celebrates the efforts an individual, group, or club has put into delivering a programme or initiative which supports the growth of orienteering. It is more about the idea rather than the scale, so this award could be perfect for a smaller club that is forward-thinking.

Development & Innovation of the Year Nomination Form

Volunteer of the Year Award

This award is for a volunteer who has demonstrated a commitment to supporting the delivery of orienteering activities with passion, energy, and enthusiasm.

Volunteer of the Year Nomination Form

Young Volunteer of the Year Award

This award is for a volunteer, under the age of 25, who has demonstrated a commitment to supporting the delivery of orienteering activity with passion, energy, and enthusiasm.

Young Volunteer of the Year Nomination Form

Coach of the Year Award

The Coach of the Year Award is awarded to a coach who that has demonstrated success in one or more of the following areas:

• Engaging new people in orienteering
• Improving the performance of orienteers
• Mentoring and developing other coaches

Do that sound like someone you know? Nominate them below. 

Coach of the Year Nomination Form

Respect the Environment Award

This award recognises the increasing importance to understand and respect the natural environment we love our sport to be an integral part of.

The award is open to any association, club, group of people or individuals who over the past year, have been involved with supporting orienteering whilst being sensitive to the needs of the environment in which we operate.

Respect the Environment Nomination Form

Spirit of Inclusion Award (New)

This award, new to 2023, has been introduced to recognise the success of club initiatives or projects that aimed to reach currently under-represented groups in orienteering. 

This award is open to any initiative/project that has ensured orienteering is a welcoming place for everyone.  Any initiative/project that helped promote inclusion and ensured people felt expected, reflected and/or respected within orienteering.

Reason for nomination - supporting comments should include how the initiative/project:

• Promoted orienteering to a previously underserved group and ensured they felt welcome.
• Considered a creative approach to ensure inclusion for all.
• Embraced changes to an event or activity that helped people feel welcome.
• Considered the needs of an individual(s) and made modifications where possible.
• Encouraged an environment free of bias.
• Showed commitment to the values of equality, diversity and inclusion.

Spirit of Inclusion Nomination Form

Continued Contribution to Orienteering Award

This award recognises and celebrates the volunteer efforts of those in our sport who contribute greatly, often behind the scenes, over an extended period of time. This would be ideal to celebrate the efforts and commitment of a long-standing club or association committee member for example.

Continued Contribution to Orienteering Nomination Form

Silva Award

In 1983 SILVA (Sweden) AB decided to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the first Silva compass by establishing an annual award within each IOF member Federation. The awards were to enable Federations to honour those who have contributed in a special way to the development of orienteering. With the assistance of SILVA (UK) Ltd, this was interpreted, within the UK, as being a person or persons who have made a very significant contribution to orienteering over a period of years, with an emphasis on ‘field' activities rather than committee work. Indeed, nominees may not be active or retiring members of the British Orienteering Board, nor part- or full-time employees of the Federation.

All members can nominate someone they believe has made a significant contribution to orienteering through ‘field’ activities.

Silva Nomination Form

Previous Award Winners

If you would like further information on all the volunteering awards, please email: info@britishorienteering.org.uk