Active Stirling are delighted to announce the 2024 Volunteer Awards Shortlist.
These awards celebrate the exceptional contributions made by our dedicated volunteers at Active Stirling, who have passionately supported both us and the wider Stirling community in staying active and embracing healthier lifestyles.
Active Stirling Volunteer Awards offers the chance to say thank you to volunteers who goes the extra mile and give up their time to help and support people in their community to be more active.
We have received some fantastic nominations for each category, and the winners will be announced at our Volunteer Awards Ceremony on Friday 7 June. We’d like to congratulate our volunteers who have made it to the final shortlist within each category.
Click on the video below to discover the shortlist nominees.
This award recognises a young coach aged 22 years+ in a school, club, community group or community sport hub or Active Stirling programme, who is an inspiring role model, mentor, and enthusiastic individual.
- Kirsten Harper
- Melissa Shaw
- Sam Dickson
This award recognises a young volunteer aged between 14-21 years in a school, club, community group or community sport hub or Active Stirling programme, who has inspired other young people, become a leader, ambassador, decision maker or organiser.
- Alex Wallace
- Ellie Hodge
- Hannah Morgan
This award recognises a coach aged 22 years+ in a school, club, community group or community sport hub or Active Stirling programme, who is an inspiring role model, mentor, and enthusiastic individual.
- David Dalziel & Fraser Harris
- Helen Easty
- Maureen Addison
This award recognises an outstanding volunteer, aged 22 years + in a school, club, community group or community sport hub or in Active Stirling programme.
- David Fettes
- Josephine Rodger
- Steve McCooey
This award recognises a sports club that has made a significant impact over the past year, providing activities or services to keep their members/participants engaged and to encourage new Stirling residents to get involved.
- Equi-Power Central RDA
- Stirling Netball club
- Strathendrick RFC
This award recognises a school, club, community group, community sport hub or Active Stirling programme for their outstanding project work, demonstrating how to reduce social isolation and how to increase confidence in others.
- Equi-Power Central RDA
- Inspire
- Stirling golf Club
This award recognises a volunteer walk leader, who has supported Active Stirling Walking Network programme, demonstrating commitment to help others in the community, leading walks and encouraging participation and future walk leaders.
- David Giles
- Ian Nicolson
- Mike Gray
- Susi Paton
This award recognises a walking group who has helped bring the community together, involved in Active Stirling’s Walking Network programme and welcoming others to join in on the walks.
- Dunblane Health Walk
- Stirling Rural Nordic Walking Group
- Walk forward
This award recognises an individual who has helped and become a leader in Active Stirling’s Walking Network programme, and the number of active walks involved multiplied by the suggested unit time for that walk.
This award recognises outstanding work as a Sports Leader, Young Ambassador, Decision Maker, or Organiser who has demonstrated the initiative to volunteer, in a school, club, community group or community sport hub or Health and wellbeing hub. It also highlights the individual who has delivered extra-curricular opportunities and has become an inspiring role model to others.
- Ava Moore
- Olivia Nisbett
- Niamh Imrie
This award recognises as a parent volunteering, in a school club or health and wellbeing hub, who has made a significant contribution to the development of sport and physical activity in their role as a volunteer.
- Steve McCooey
- Jim Frail and Grant East
- Nicola Gallon
- Paul Goodwin
- Philippa Cochrane
This award recognises a school staff member volunteer, in a school, club or health and wellbeing hub, demonstrating commitment and delivering extensive extra-curricular opportunities.
This award recognises a club who has made an outstanding contribution to the SportAbility Programme, significantly increased inclusion within the club environment and developed sporting opportunities for individuals with disabilities.
This award recognises an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the SportAbility Programme, in recognition of their commitment this year to support disability sport and physical activity opportunities.
- Jane Gordon
- James Ferguson
- Lucy Walkup
This award is for someone who has shown ingenious, creativity and resilience to use sport and physical activity to enable life changing experience.
I would like to thank everyone who dedicated their time to nominate volunteers. Each submission was truly inspiring to read. Now, we have our finalists, and I am thrilled to unveil the shortlist for each award category. I can't wait to celebrate with everyone on Friday 7th June at the awards night, during Volunteers week 2024.
