2025 VicHealth Sport and Active Recreation Initiative of the Year

Nominations for the 2025 Victorian Sport Awards are now closed.

Presented by:

This award recognises the work of individuals, clubs, teams, groups or organisations (including SSAs) who have succeeded in enabling more people to participate in sport and/or active recreation. This could be through a single initiative, event or longer-term initiative (i.e. program, project or campaign) implemented within the past 2-3 years which has provided significant benefit to Victorian sport during 2025.

Eligibility:

To be eligible to be considered in this category, the nominee must:

• Be a community and/or active recreation club/group or individual within Victoria, or
• Be a State Sporting Association, Regional Sports Assembly or Vicsport Associate Member

The initiatives can be related (but not limited) to:

• Participation recruitment and retention programs
• Research
• Diversity and inclusion
• Disaster recovery (floods, bushfires, COVID-19 etc.)

Selection Criteria:

1. The impact of the initiative to encourage Victorians to participate in active recreation initiatives and/or to the sport
2. Innovative approaches to the initiative and inclusive practices
3. The number of participants
4. The impact to participation within the sport

Selection Process & Voting:

For all information regarding selection and voting processes, return to the 2025 nominations information page here.

Previous Winners: