A Huddersfield man delivering sport and health programmes to promote a healthy lifestyle has won an award.

Shaun Fox, of community-focused enterprise Legacy Sport, was presented with a trophy and £4,000 in the 2014 Social Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.

He achieved third place in a public vote from a shortlist of five finalists, who came from a broad range of entrepreneurial backgrounds – from an ethical underwear co-operative offering work to female refugees to an enterprise promoting recruitment for people with disabilities.

All five are about to graduate from the 2013/14 cohort of the Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland Social Entrepreneurs Programme, which is run in partnership with the School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) with support from the Big Lottery Fund.

Legacy School Sport CIC, based at the John Smith’s Stadium, was founded by Shaun in 2011. The business delivers PE, sport and health programmes in school and community settings. The aim is to promote healthy lifestyle habits and positive physical activity experiences for young people in order to set the foundations for their future lives.

“Being named a finalist in the Social Entrepreneur of the Year award was the culmination of a fantastic year for Legacy Sport,” said Shaun. “The £4,000 third prize award will help deliver our sport and health programmes even further.

“The Lloyds Bank Social Entrepreneur Programme has so much to offer Social Entrepreneurs and working with SSE and other social entrepreneurs in the scale up programme in the last 12 months has been great.”

Graham Lindsay, director for responsible business and Ccmmunity affairs at Lloyds Banking Group, said: “Each of the five finalists for the award this year demonstrated a strong commitment to making a positive impact to society by bringing tangible benefits to communities, individuals and the environment.”

Alastair Wilson, chief executive of the School for Social Entrepreneurs, said: “I offer my personal congratulations to Shaun on his third place prize at the 2014 Social Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.

“It has been exciting to watch him ‘scale up’ Legacy Sport over the last 12 months. We are delighted that his passion, commitment and effort have been further recognised by all who voted for him. We look forward to seeing how the £4,000 prize will help support his business and accelerate its growth.”

The first place prize of £10,000 was awarded to Becky John, of Who Made Your Pants?, an ethical underwear co-operative employing refugee women in Southampton. The second place prize of £6,000 was awarded to West Midlands-based Jane Hatton, of Evenbreak, a specialist online job board run by disabled people for disabled people.