Held at the International Convention Centre on Thursday 30 June, the all-day learning event will be followed by the first in-person ukactive Awards since 2019 in Manchester.

The Awards will celebrate the best of the physical activity sector following two years of unparalleled disruption and ukactive has adapted the Covid-19 award categories to focus on the recovery, resilience and successes achieved throughout the pandemic.

The Awards will also see the return of popular categories, including the National Club/Centre of the Year Award along with the Jan Spaticchia Special Recognition Award, which will make its debut after being announced as part of National Fitness Day, a campaign which Jan founded during his time at the énergie Group. The award is designed to recognise an outstanding individual who has made a continued and significant impact across the breadth of the physical activity sector.

The ukactive Awards, in partnership with Active IQ, officially open for entries today, with organisations of all types and sizes encouraged to enter before the closing date of Friday 25 February.

“We cannot wait to take the ukactive Awards and Active Uprising to Birmingham this year, at such an exciting time for the city, region and indeed the nation,” said Huw Edwards, CEO of ukactive.

“Hosting the Commonwealth Games should represent far more than elite sport and with this in mind the ukactive Awards will showcase the value of our physical activity sector to communities across the UK. The ukactive Awards celebrate the endeavour and ingenuity demonstrated by our businesses and the teams behind our success. There has never been a more important time to recognise your team’s efforts and then to unite with the sector this summer in celebration.”