Nominations are now open for the 2026 Sean Coxhead Inspiring Individual Award. This is an award to celebrate GoodGymers who have went above and beyond in the past 12 months.

2026 has been a big year for GoodGym. We crossed 70 active areas including the launch of Edinburgh, our first area in Scotland. Ivo Gormley, Founder of GoodGym left his role as CEO, replaced by the very capable Hannah Crane, and we launched the Future Leader programme aimed at getting the most isolated and lonely generation (18-25 year olds) involved with exercise and volunteering.

In such a year, there will be countless stories and possible nominations for the judging panel to choose from. This is your chance to put someone forward who you believe deserves recognition. Someone who has gone above and beyond in their community, whose dedication has made a meaningful impact to the people and places where you live, or whose kindness and commitment has inspired others to achieve great things.

The Sean Coxhead Inspiring Individual Award is named in memory of Sean Coxhead, a GoodGymer who passed away in 2019 after a courageous battle with cancer. This award celebrates members of the community that continue his legacy, showing Impact, Dedication, Kindness and an ability to Overcome Adversity.

Previous winners include:

2020: CJ Jessup – GoodGym Camden

2021: Elizabeth Halford – GoodGym Norwich

2022: Sheila Attenborough – GoodGym Windsor and Maidenhead

2023: Louise Cheong – GoodGym York

2024: Anne Fauconnier-Bank - GoodGym Woking

2025: Jade Crafter - GoodGym Merton

Above: 2025 winner Jade Crafter from GoodGym Merton

Anyone can submit a nomination, and submissions will be judged on the following criteria:

• Impact – How significant was the difference this person made?
• Dedication – How did they go above and beyond as a GoodGym community member?
• Overcoming adversity – Did they face challenges or barriers in achieving what they did?
• Kindness – How did they show extraordinary kindness, compassion, or effort?

👉 Use this form to nominate someone who deserves recognition

Nominations will be reviewed by the GoodGym central team, and a shortlist will be judged by a panel of three special guests.

A few tips for your nomination:

• Please use specific examples and give as much detail as possible.
• Each person can only make one nomination.
• This award recognises activity completed during 2026, so please focus your nomination on this year.
• Each answer has a word limit of 250 words.
• Nominations close on Monday 23rd November.
• The winner will be announced before Christmas.

👉 Use this form to nominate someone who deserves recognition