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
2025 SURF Awards Shortlist
Housing and Regeneration
The Y Centre
Perth
The Standard, Midsteeple Quarter
Dumfries
Buccleuch Street, Dalkeith
Midlothian
Removing Barriers to Employability
MacMillan Skills Hub
Edinburgh
Fife Gingerbread: Family Approach
Fife
What I Need In Life (WIN)
South Lanarkshire
Creative Regeneration
Alloway Railway Tunnel
South Ayrshire
A Creative Approach to Revitalising Lochside
Dumfries
Galoshans Festival
Inverclyde
Community Led Regeneration
Number 30 The Square
Huntly
Scottish Men's Sheds
National
The Medan Centre
Udny
Improving Scotland's Places
Two Towns Big Ideas – Banff & Macduff
Aberdeenshire
Kenmore District Revitalisation
Perth and Kinross
Ardrossan South Beach Community Space
North Ayrshire
The Y Centre
Perth
The Standard, Midsteeple Quarter
Dumfries
Buccleuch Street, Dalkeith
Midlothian
MacMillan Skills Hub
Edinburgh
Fife Gingerbread: Family Approach
Fife
What I Need In Life (WIN)
South Lanarkshire
Alloway Railway Tunnel
South Ayrshire
A Creative Approach to Revitalising Lochside
Dumfries
Galoshans Festival
Inverclyde
Number 30 The Square
Huntly
Scottish Men's Sheds
National
The Medan Centre
Udny
Two Towns Big Ideas – Banff & Macduff
Aberdeenshire
Kenmore District Revitalisation
Perth and Kinross
Ardrossan South Beach Community Space
North Ayrshire
2025 SURF Awards Dinner
The 2025 SURF Awards Presentation Dinner will be held on the 4th December at the Voco Grand Central Hotel, Glasgow.
Places are £80 (plus VAT) or £720 (plus VAT) for a table of 10. This includes a welcome reception and 3 course meal.
The Awards will be presented by Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes and this year’s After Dinner Speaker is Actor and Writer Mark Hannah.
You can download an event agenda and booking form below.
Contact emma@surf.scot for any enquiries.
SURF Award Launch Event
A recording of the 2025 Launch Event with information on the Awards can be found here