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Flame Awards 2016 – the winners list in full
POSTED 29 Jun 2016 . BY Jak Phillips
The glitzy awards ceremony saw roughly 850 industry representatives in attendance
The cream of the health and fitness industry gathered in Telford last night (29 June), as 16 awards and three special accolades were handed out at the highly-anticipated Flame Awards 2016.

Intelligent Health and Everyone Active were the big winners on the night with three awards apiece, while 1Life scooped two gongs.

The awarding of the most prestigious accolades in the health, fitness and physical activity sector followed a packed programme of speeches and networking at the ukactive Flame Conference, with highlights including addresses from former All Blacks captain Sean Fitzpatrick and ukactive chair Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson.

The Flame awards represent the final stage in the rigorous assessment process, whereby entrants must prove that the work they do is shaping the future of physical activity in the UK. The Flame Awards categories recognise facilities, suppliers, operators, educational institutes, health practitioners and large corporations that have demonstrated exceptional standards.

The full list of winners:

Supplier of the Year
Promote PR

Shaping Young Lives
Arts NK Dance, 1Life

Healthy Partnerships
Beat the Street, Intelligent Health

Go Outdoors
NK Health Walks, 1Life

Spark of Innovation
Beat the Street, Intelligent Health

Workplace Wellbeing
Solent Health, Southampton Solent University

Health Club Operator of the Year
énergie Fitness

Leisure Centre Operator of the Year
Everyone Active

Spirit of Flame
Ann Wilbourn, Mytime Active

Health Club of the Year (Multi-use)
Benton Hall Golf & Country Club, The Club Company

Health Club of the Year (Streamline)
Anytime Fitness Twickenham

Leisure Centre of the Year (Multi-use)
West Lindsey Leisure Centre , Everyone Active

Leisure Centre of the Year (Streamline)
Fakenham Sports & Fitness Centre, Places for People Leisure

Outstanding Achievement
InstructAbility, Aspire
Life Fitness
Tonbridge School Centre, Tonbridge School

Physical Activity Campaign of the Year
Beat the Street, Intelligent Health

The Next Level Award
Epping Sports Centre, Everyone Active
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NEWS
Flame Awards 2016 – the winners list in full
POSTED 29 Jun 2016 . BY Jak Phillips
The glitzy awards ceremony saw roughly 850 industry representatives in attendance
The cream of the health and fitness industry gathered in Telford last night (29 June), as 16 awards and three special accolades were handed out at the highly-anticipated Flame Awards 2016.

Intelligent Health and Everyone Active were the big winners on the night with three awards apiece, while 1Life scooped two gongs.

The awarding of the most prestigious accolades in the health, fitness and physical activity sector followed a packed programme of speeches and networking at the ukactive Flame Conference, with highlights including addresses from former All Blacks captain Sean Fitzpatrick and ukactive chair Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson.

The Flame awards represent the final stage in the rigorous assessment process, whereby entrants must prove that the work they do is shaping the future of physical activity in the UK. The Flame Awards categories recognise facilities, suppliers, operators, educational institutes, health practitioners and large corporations that have demonstrated exceptional standards.

The full list of winners:

Supplier of the Year
Promote PR

Shaping Young Lives
Arts NK Dance, 1Life

Healthy Partnerships
Beat the Street, Intelligent Health

Go Outdoors
NK Health Walks, 1Life

Spark of Innovation
Beat the Street, Intelligent Health

Workplace Wellbeing
Solent Health, Southampton Solent University

Health Club Operator of the Year
énergie Fitness

Leisure Centre Operator of the Year
Everyone Active

Spirit of Flame
Ann Wilbourn, Mytime Active

Health Club of the Year (Multi-use)
Benton Hall Golf & Country Club, The Club Company

Health Club of the Year (Streamline)
Anytime Fitness Twickenham

Leisure Centre of the Year (Multi-use)
West Lindsey Leisure Centre , Everyone Active

Leisure Centre of the Year (Streamline)
Fakenham Sports & Fitness Centre, Places for People Leisure

Outstanding Achievement
InstructAbility, Aspire
Life Fitness
Tonbridge School Centre, Tonbridge School

Physical Activity Campaign of the Year
Beat the Street, Intelligent Health

The Next Level Award
Epping Sports Centre, Everyone Active
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Marriott International partners with Fitwel for wellness solutions across its residential portfolio
Marriott International has partnered with Fitwel, a healthy building certification system that aims to optimise occupant health.
Anna Bjurstam steps down from Six Senses to build new company Wahayla
Anna Bjurstam has left her role as Wellness Pioneer at Six Senses Hotels and Resorts and launched a new wellness, longevity and “consciousness consultancy” called Wahayla.
Fairmont Cheshire, The Mere, opens with spa philosophy of ‘Wellness without Walls’
Fairmont Cheshire, The Mere, has opened today (10 July) in the Northwest of England with a 1,715sq m Fairmont Spa that has been designed using a ‘Wellness without Walls’ concept.
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In the fast-paced world of fitness and wellness, where high-intensity workouts push us to our limits and the sweat pours, the importance of efficient recovery cannot be overstated. [more...]

HPO Tech brings design-led hyperbaric systems to the spa floor
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