Ashfield sports coach wins special community award

Kevin Henshaw was named Community Coach of the Year at the awards, which celebrate the efforts and achievements of individuals and groups who are using physical activity to help improve people’s lives.Kevin is central to everything at Starbox Gym in Stanton Hill and his approach of talking to local young people about what they would like from the gym and what it would take to encourage them to participate in activity has led to Starbox not only being a boxing gym but a social hub where they can meet other local young people, feel safe and progress in a meaningful physical activity.

Individuals and groups from across Mansfield and Ashfield were also nominated in other categories.

Along with Kevin, Scott Johnson, from Ashfield, and Claire Wilmott, from Mansfield, were also nominated for the coaching award.

Stentley Wilson, from Ashfield, was nominated in the Change4Life Award, while Alex Ross and Lisa Morris, also from Ashfield, were nominated in the This Girl Can Award.

Feel Good Families of Ashfield was nominated for the Project/Initiative/Innovation Award.

And Mansfield pair Phil Peat and Lesley Salmon were both nominated for the Special Recognition Award.

Active Notts also awarded a community contribution award to Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as an organisation that has made a unique contribution to local communities and whose work aligns with the Notts Getting Active Together strategy.