SURF Awards open

2024 marks 26 years of the SURF Awards programme, which celebrates best practice examples of community regeneration projects.

The SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration are organised and delivered by SURF in partnership with the Scottish Government with additional support from Creative Scotland, Scotland’s Towns Partnership, and Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA).

The purpose of the SURF Awards is:

• To recognise and reward best practice in community regeneration;
• To promote and disseminate best practice across Scotland as means of sharing knowledge and experience, and thereby enhancing future policy and practice;
• To highlight the important role that regeneration projects have in improving the wellbeing of individuals and communities.

The SURF Awards are open to any project or initiative, taking place in Scotland, which is currently in place, or which has been completed within two years of the closing date.

The SURF Awards are widely recognised as the most prestigious in the field of Scottish community regeneration. Past winning and shortlisted projects report that recognition in the SURF Awards process has been beneficial in demonstrating their success and value to partner bodies and funding agencies.

Award Entry Categories

There are five categories of entry in the 2024 SURF Awards:

• Improving Scotland’s Places
• Housing and Regeneration
• Removing Barriers to Employability
• Creative Regeneration
• Community Led Regeneration

Next steps

An information paper which provides full details of the application process, award categories and links to apply is accessibly at this link: SURF Awards 2024

Applications close on the 2 September at 5pm.

Find out more about SURF at their website: SURF - Scotland’s Regeneration Forum