2025 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration

The SURF Awards are delivered each year by SURF, a regeneration forum with over 300 cross-sector member organisations across Scotland, in partnership with the Scottish Government. The purpose is to highlight, celebrate and share the achievements of initiatives that address physical, social and economic challenges in communities across Scotland.

This year’s five thematic categories include:

• Removing Barriers to Employability.
• Creative Regeneration sponsored by Creative Scotland.
• Community Led Regeneration sponsored jointly by Highlands and Islands Enterprise and South of Scotland Enterprise.
• Improving Scotland’s Places sponsored by Scotland’s Towns Partnership.
• Housing and Regeneration sponsored by the Scottish Procurement Alliance.

The winners of the 2025 Awards will be announced by a leading Scottish Government Minister at a celebratory dinner event on the 4^th December.

The timescale for the 2025 SURF Awards is as follows:

• Thursday 5^th June – launch of Awards.
• Monday 1^st September – close of application period.
• Mid-Sept – Shortlisting by 20 independent judges.
• Late Sept-Oct – Visits and assessment period by judges.
• Thursday 4^th December – SURF Awards Presentation Dinner.