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If a coach has made a difference in your life, you can nominate them for a top UK award.

Nominations for the 22nd UK Coaching Awards are open now, with the ceremony taking place at the Tower Hotel in London on December 5, showcasing the diverse work of coaches from all walks of life.

With over three million people coaching regularly across the UK, this year’s awards has been designed to ensure all coaches who give so much, from grassroots to the global stage, are recognised.

For the awards, UK Coaching uses the broad definition and welcomes nominations on behalf of coaches, instructors, leaders, teachers, trainers and others who support people to achieve their sports and activity goals. UK Coaching’s director of coaching, Emma Atkins, said: “Broadly speaking, the coaching family across the UK is made up of a range of people from different backgrounds, experiences and motivations, with a common belief to help people be the best they can be, whether that’s to win a gold medal or move more than they did yesterday.

“We would like the public to celebrate the work of coaches by nominating a diverse array of coaches that have made a difference in people’s lives and their communities.” There are 12 award categories – eight for coaches, three in support of coaches, and the Great Coaching Moment of the Year.

New for 2019 is the Changing Lives award, which will be given to a coach who is leading the way to empower, inspire and connect people from diverse communities to overcome life challenges, using the power of #Greatcoaching. Awards for Coaches are given to individual coaches who have excelled and shown outstanding commitment in a certain area, or to an individual and/or group over the last 12 months.

Collectively they are: Children and Young People’s Coach of the Year; Community Coach of the Year; Changing Lives award; Talent Development Coach of the Year; High Performance Coach of the Year; Young Coach of the Year; Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Coaching Chain, which recognises contributions made by individual coaches throughout an elite athlete’s life in helping to achieve their potential.

Awards in support of coaches recognise those who recruit, develop, educate, qualify and/or deploy coaches effectively in the UK.

Collectively they are: Coach Developer of the Year; Transforming Coaching; Coaching for an Active Life Award and the Great Coaching Moment of the Year, which celebrates a time when a coach’s support and guidance paid off.

Public nominations for the awards will close at noon on September 18. Nominations can be sent to: ukcoaching. org/coachingawards.