Spotlights for each category winner and highly commended project will follow soon. For now, thank you to everyone who works tirelessly to preserve and protect the UK’s sporting heritage 🏆 #SHAwards #Sportinghertiage #yoursportingstories

The room last night was full of excitement, pride and connection. Huge thanks to everyone who applied, supported, volunteered or simply cheered us on. Your passion is what keeps this sector thriving.

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We also celebrated remarkable research and community projects rooted in local clubs, archives and volunteer-led initiatives. The impact reaches far beyond sport; it strengthens identity, belonging and shared history.

This year’s winners highlighted so many powerful stories, from Black sporting heritage and LGBTQ+ voices in motorsport, to Deaf sporting history, South Asian community stories, women’s fan narratives and groundbreaking digital preservation.

We were genuinely overwhelmed by the breadth and depth of applications this year. Across all four nations, people are safeguarding collections, sharing community stories, and keeping sporting memories alive.

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We’ve strengthened leadership, enhanced how we engage with funders, government and audiences, and improved communication across digital channels. Huge thanks to National Lottery players for making this possible 🙏 Discover more www.sportingheritage.org.uk

This builds on our Resilience Project, which laid the foundations for our current phase: Working to Keep the Nation’s Sporting Stories Alive. It’s given us greater strategic clarity, a sharper understanding of our mission and core values, and a more agile, focused way of working across the sector.

Let’s celebrate the researchers, organisations, and volunteers driving this vital work forward and keep building momentum for the big day! 📅 Join us in the countdown and share your support for the #SportingHeritageAwards

Sporting heritage is a growing field & each piece of research, whether academic or community-led, plays a crucial role in deepening our understanding of the sporting past.
From PhD projects to grassroots initiatives, this work captures the stories, people & places that make sporting history unique

Now, you can keep up to date with our latest episodes quickly and easily by visiting our SoundCloud channel: tinyurl.com/3h5p5a8s

#SportingHeritage #Podcast #HeritageCommunity

Now, you can keep up to date with our latest episodes quickly and easily by visiting our SoundCloud channel. 👉Contact us if you have questions or suggestions for episodes. If you're thinking of producing a podcast yourself, please take a look at our podcast tutorials on our website.

As Philip Gale of the National Archives reminded us, without sporting records, we’d have an incomplete picture of society.

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#SportingHeritage #ArchivesMatter

With more people exploring the sporting past digitally and storage space often limited, digital solutions are vital. This award honours projects preserving & sharing collections in new ways, ensuring stories remain accessible for all. 👏

From structured mentoring to signposting & sector connections, our aim is simple: to equip & enable you with the right tools, people & support.
Together we can protect, share & celebrate sporting heritage.
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#Mentoring #HeritageWorkforce #CollectionsAtRisk