Out For Sport annual sports awards – guidance for shortlisting judges 

Award Criteria

 

Club spirit award – celebrating role models

Criterion	Score	Notes
The nominee is a member of an OFS club
The nominee has demonstrated a positive attitude to sports participation
The nominee has supported club members to enjoy their sporting experience
The nominee is recognised by others in their club as a role model
Score

Outstanding achievement – triumphing against the odds

Criterion	Score	Notes
The nominee is a member of an OFS club
The nominee has gone above and beyond normal expectations to achieve personal success or support their team or others to do likewise
The activity occurred within the last 12 months
Score

Unsung hero – celebrating those working behind the scenes 

Criterion	Score	Notes
Nominee is a member of an OFS club
Nominee is a volunteer or committee member at their club
Nominee has contributed in a significant way to the success of their club, or club activities
Club members have experienced benefit as a direct result of the work of the nominee
Score

Sports person of year – celebrating individual sporting achievements

Criterion	Score	Notes
Nominee is a member of an OFS club
Nominee achieved significant success in sport or physical activity linked to their club
Achievement occurred in the past 12 months
Score

Lifetime achievement – Ivan Bussens Award

Criterion	Score	Notes
The nominee is or has been a member of an OFS club
Nominee has made a significant contribution to their clubs’ success, or to the wider success of the LGBT+ sporting community over a number of years
Score

Team of the year – celebrating team sporting achievement

Criterion	Score	Notes
Team is from an OFS club
Team can demonstrate success in their chosen sport – either through excellence or through achieving beyond their team’s expectations
Success has been achieved within the previous 12 months
Score

Most innovative project – recognising creative project work 

Criterion	Score	Notes
Project was led by an OFS club
Project took place or ended over the past 12 months
Inclusion was a central principle for the project
Current or future members of the club will see benefit from this project
The club is actively seeking ways to share best practice knowledge from their project with the wider LGBT+ community
Score

Most inclusive club – celebrating inclusive clubs

Criterion	Score	Notes
Nominated club is a member of OFS
Club can demonstrate how they have embedded the principles of diversity and inclusion in their day to day club operations
Club can demonstrate success in recruiting and retaining a diverse and happy membership
Score

Emerging club of the year – celebrating new growth

Criterion	Score	Notes
Nominated club is a member of OFS
Club is less than five years old
Club can evidence their work to establish their club and membership within their sporting community, or within the LGBT+ community
Club can articulate their vision for the future and their ambitions for their membership
Score

Club of the year – acknowledging excellence

Criterion	Score	Notes
Club is a member of OFS
Club can evidence success in their sport, or how they have supported their membership to achieve success
Club can evidence they have invested time and resources in their membership, their volunteers and their supporters
Club can demonstrate that their work is bringing benefit to members and to the wider LGBT+ sporting community
Score

Score guidelines

0 – the application does not meet the award criteria

1 – the application speaks to the award criteria, but does not provide any detail or evidence

2 – the application provides clear information about how the nominee meets the award criteria and cites evidence or examples to support their application

3 – the application provides a detailed explanation on how the nominee fits the criteria for the award. Where relevant, the judges can clearly discern how the nominee has achieved or contributed something unique within their sport, their club and the wider LGBT+ sporting community. 

Out For Sport Member clubs are all listed on the Sports Clubs page of the website. Pending Clubs are NOT included.