Environment Awards

Race organiser

Race organiser nominations will be judged against three criteria:

Action

Tell us what they did and why.

Impact

Tell us what difference their actions have made e.g., have they addressed aspects of their race that had the biggest environmental or climate change impacts? Are they planning to continue doing this and/or build on this further?

Engagement

Tell us how they have engaged with others about their actions. Have they communicated their actions to people attending the race? Have they collaborated with others to make changes?

Individual

Individual nominations will be judged against the four pillars from The Green Runners. Don’t worry if you have more to say for one of these pillars than another – the nomination will be judged in the round for all the pillars:

How you move

Tell us how they travelled to their fell running activities. Why have they done this?

How you kit-up

Tell us about the kit (i.e. clothing, shoes, accessories) that they use in their fell running activities. Why have they chosen these? Have they changed the way they purchase their kit?

How you eat

Tell us about their sports nutrition and diet. How do their food choices when fell running impact the environment (e.g. plastic packaging)? What environmental considerations do they make in their everyday diet?

How you speak out

Tell us how they have engaged with others. Have they inspired others or worked collaboratively to create change? Have they shared their actions?

The winners receive free WFRA membership for the next year and money towards further improving or encouraging their climate and sustainability actions.

There will be a panel of judges, who will assess each entry against the criteria above. The judging panel for the 2025 awards was:

Briony Latter

Briony is the WFRA Environmental Officer and a member of Mynyddwyr de Cymru (MDC). She is also a researcher at Cardiff University, specialising in public engagement with climate change.

Craig Jones

Craig is the Chair of the WFRA and has been fell running for 20 years. He has a keen interest in trees and ecology, has grown and manages his own woodland, and also hosts a nest box study.

Kathryn Miller

Kathryn Miller is the Fell Runners Association (FRA) Access and Environment Officer. She is a member of Clayton-le-Moors Harriers and is currently researching a PhD in environmental science at Lancaster University.

Crispin Flower

Crispin is the joint Race Organiser for the Brecon Fans races and the joint Race Organiser winner (along with Naomi Law) for the previous Environment Awards.

We want to know who inspires you and which of your peers you think are doing great work in this area, therefore you cannot nominate yourself – we would like you to nominate others. Nominations can be submitted in Welsh or English.

Ensure the person you are nominating meets the eligibility criteria below. We also recommend reading our Climate Change and Environment Guidance to see examples of the types of climate and environmental actions that can be taken within the fell running community.

Please provide us with the following information about you:

• Your full name and email address
• Your club (if applicable)

And the following information for the person you are nominating:

• Their full name
• Their email address (if known - so we can contact them in case they win!)
• Their club (if applicable)
• Category (you can nominate the same person for both categories, but you must submit two separate entries)
• Name and location of fell race/s (Race Organiser category only)
• Your answers to the criteria above, in either of the following formats
  • Written submission (between 50 and 200 words per criteria)
  • OR a video submission (5 minutes maximum to cover all criteria). If the file is large, you may need to send it using WeTransfer

Please submit your entry to environment@welshfellrunnersassociation.org.uk

If you have been nominated, we will contact you in due course to let you know.

Race Organisers

• They must be a Race Organiser
• Races must have taken place between 1st January 2024 and 31st December 2024. You cannot submit an entry for a race that has not yet taken place
• Their race/s must have been held in Wales or the Borders and insured by the WFRA
• If more than one person is responsible for organising a single race, you can nominate them collectively (though only one prize will be provided)

Individuals

• They must be a current member of the WFRA
• The submission must relate to the person’s activity between 1st January 2024 and 31st December 2024
• The submission must relate to their engagement with fell running. This could be in relation to races or their fell running more generally as part of a club or their personal fell running practices
• You can nominate juniors and adults

The winners of the Environment Awards 2025 have been announced. The next round of the Environment Awards will be announced later in the year.

Please contact Briony Latter at environment@welshfellrunnersassociation.org.uk for any queries.