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Congratulations to our Delivery Partner Award Winners

February 2, 2022

Congratulations to our Delivery Partner Award Winners

The annual Delivery Partner Awards celebrates those who have paddled the extra mile for the environment, built links with their local community or ensured everyone involved has had the chance to develop. The awards ceremony took place during the Delivery Partner Conference on 27th January 2022. It was inspiring and great to hear about the work that our Delivery Partners do to support the paddling community.


2 of the winners are Scottish based organisations (Beyond Adventure and Willowgate Activity Centre).


Committed to the Environment Award: Beyond Adventure

Beyond Adventure has always had a very strong ethos when it comes to the environment and using it sustainably. Their  green policy has been something that they have strived to improve in the last 3 years, spreading the word about how to treat the Scottish landscape so that future generations can enjoy it.


In 2018, Beyond Adventure opened a grove with Trees for Life to offset their annual carbon emissions. Planting trees every year to keep pushing forward with this. In 2019 they partnered up with Planet Patrol who use paddle boards to clean up rubbish from rivers. 


In 2020 they introduced  Beaver safaris on the River Tay to highlight the diverse wildlife that can be found locally and in 2021, they helped to launch Keep Scotland Beautiful's Upstream Battle Campaign, to both highlight and combat the fact that 80% of pollution found in the world's oceans originates from inland waterways. In 2022, Beyond Adventure aim to campaign for more responsible access for all paddlers to access Loch Fiskally.

"We’re absolutely over the moon to get the award. We've worked really hard to do our bit for the environment so it's nice to get the recognition for that. It means so much because the rest of the Delivery Partners have been absolutely fantastic. Listening to some of the projects going on around the UK fills us with optimism for the future, knowing the UK environment is in such good hands." – Ross, Beyond Adventure

Every Person Matters Award: Samuel Garthwaite at Willowgate Activity Centre


Sam has worked tirelessly over the past few years to support the young people of the Willowgate Additional Support Needs group. Through his hard work, the young people have created their own community with an adults and young persons group both forming to support different aims and goals.

Engagement Award: Phoenix Outdoor Centre


Phil and the team at Phoenix Outdoor Centre have worked hard during the pandemic to get individuals out on the water. Phil has been supporting those who have physical, financial, cultural or emotional barriers which might normally prevent them taking part in watersport and paddlesport activities.

Quality Experience Award: Paddle Cabin


The core values at the Paddle Cabin are to be welcoming, happy, curious and responsible, which is reflected in everything Hayley and Jo do.  The multiple nominations showed that the Paddle Cabin is a supportive and welcoming community, creating meaningful and tailored coaching experience for paddlers to meet their goals, whoever they may be. 


One nominee said ‘Delivers real customer focus on every trip to ensure the broad range of clients get the most out of every trip. Not just from a paddling perspective but shows love for the environment, the history of the locations and keeps the clients coming back for more.’


Congratulations to all of our Delivery Partner Award winners! We will be opening nominations for the next Delivery Partner Awards towards the end of 2022. 

Become a Delivery Partner

Becoming a Delivery Partner gives you the opportunity to join a supportive scheme to help you develop and grow your paddlesports activity. The partnership is aimed at the full array of paddlesport activity providers including outdoor centres, hire providers, tour guides, charities and small and large organisations providing paddlesport activity, as well as coaches, leaders and guides.

Choose from our Gold, Silver or Bronze packages of support, each including a variety of benefits. Find out more and become a Partner today!

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