2025 marks 27 years of the SURF Awards programme, which celebrates best practice examples of community regeneration projects.
2025 SURF Awards Timeline
5th June 2025
Awards open for applications
1st September 2025
Application period closes at 5pm. Completed applications should be emailed to emma@surf.scot
Late September - Late October
Assessment, shortlisting and site visits by 20 independent judging panel experts. Please note that the judges will specify the day of an in-person visit to shortlisted projects, which will be between the 22nd Sept-22nd Oct.
4th December 2025
Results announced at a celebratory Presentation Dinner in the Voco Grand Central Hotel, Glasgow
Helpful Notes
- Please ensure that you download and read the Information Paper as it contains the full criteria for the Award categories.
- An organisation/group can only enter a project into one category but can enter multiple different projects.
- Completed applications should be emailed to emma@surf.scot by 5pm on the 1st September 2025.
- You can write onto both the Word and PDF versions. Please be conscious of the Word count as it affects the layout of the application form. Too many words will break the form! The Word version contains Latin text for spacing purposes – this can and should be deleted.
- If you have any queries about the Awards and applying please email emma@surf.scot
2025 SURF Award Application Materials
Category
Application form download
Application
Improving Scotland's Places
Creative Regeneration
Housing and Regeneration
Removing Barriers to Employability
Community Led Regeneration
SURF Award Launch Event
A recording of the 2025 Launch Event with information on the Awards can be found here