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 (What are you looking for? section). 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, email address, and your club (if applicable)

About the person you are nominating:

• Their full name, email address (if known - so we can contact them in case they win!) and 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)

About why you think they should win:

• Your answers to the criteria below (What are you looking for? section). Aim to write between 50 and 200 words. Please make sure you cover the nomination criteria as best you can so we have as much information as possible about why the person you are nominating deserves to win:
  • Race Organiser: Think about their (1) action, (2) impact and (3) engagement
  • Individual: Think about (1) how they move, (2) how they kit up, (3) how they eat, and (4) how they speak out.

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

Race Organiser
Race Organiser nominations will be judged against three criteria:

1. Action: Tell us what they did and why.
2. 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?
3. 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:

1. How you move: Tell us how they travelled to their fell running activities. Why have they done this?
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. 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?

Race Organisers

• They must be a Race Organiser
• Races must have taken place between 1st January 2025 and 31st December 2025. 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, your nomination will cover them collectively (though only one prize will be provided)

Individuals

• The submission must relate to the person’s activity between 1st January 2025 and 31st December 2025
• 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

There will be a panel of judges who will assess each entry against the criteria above. The panel is made up of the Chair, Environmental Officer and a guest judge. The judging panel for the 2024 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.