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LCR Culture & Creativity Awards 2024

Liverpool City Region is a thriving place for culture and creativity and we want to celebrate this.

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2024 Awards

The Liverpool City Region Culture & Creativity Awards recognise and celebrate the incredible contribution that culture and creativity make to our city region. Established in 2019 as part of the Metro Mayor’s commitment to culture, the awards are now in their fifth year.

The awards are part of the Metro Mayor’s 1% for Culture initiative, and will honour the value and contribution that the cultural and creative sector brings to the Liverpool City Region, making it one of the most vibrant and exciting places to live, work, study, visit or do business in. The Liverpool City Region includes the 6 local authority Boroughs of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, and Wirral.

Nominations for the 2024 Liverpool City Region Culture & Creativity Awards are now closed. Thank you to all who nominated.

2024 Award Catergories

People’s Choice Award

This award is to celebrate an outstanding contribution to culture and creativity, which has made a significant difference to the quality of life at either local, Borough or City Region level.

Previous Winners

  • 2023 – The World In One City
  • 2022 – The Reader
  • 2021 – The Atkinson Sefton

Inspirational Young Person Award

This award is to celebrate the impact of a young person under the age of 25 who displays an innovative and inspiring approach to art, culture and/or creativity.

Previous Winners

  • 2023 – Abdulwase Sufian
  • 2022 – Khan Odita
  • 2021 – Amber Akaunu

Artist / Creative of the Year

This award is to celebrate an individual whose work has stood out and contributed to the cultural and creative reputation of the LCR.

Previous Winners

  • 2023 – Ali Harwood
  • 2022 – Ashleigh Nugent
  • 2021 – Paul Curtis

Arts Organisation of the Year

This award is to celebrate an organisation whose work has stood out and contributed to the cultural and creative reputation of the LCR.

Previous Winners

  • 2023 – Culture Knowsley – Borough of Culture 2022
  • 2022 – The Unity Theatre
  • 2021 – Writing on the Wall

Health & Wellbeing Award

This award is to celebrate the impact culture and creativity has in health and wellbeing.

Previous Winners

  • 2023 – Liverpool Lighthouse
  • 2022 – Dead Pigeon Gallery and Damien John Kelly House – Vitality Homes
  • 2021 – Liverpool Philharmonic

Environmental Award

This award is to celebrate the impact culture and creativity has on the green agenda, including environmental sustainability and contribution to net zero targets.

Previous Winners

  • 2023 – DefProc Engineering
  • 2022 – Metal
  • 2021 – Friends of Princes Avenue

Improving Education & Learning Award

This award is to celebrate the impact of culture and creativity to achieve positive outcomes in education and learning.

Previous Winners

  • 2023 – Agent Academy
  • 2022 – Heart of Glass with Andy Field, Beckie Darlington and schoolchildren from St Helens
  • 2021 – dot art Schools

 

Community Cohesion Award

This award is to celebrate the impact culture and creativity has on bringing communities together.

Previous Winners

  • 2023 – Granby Street Market
  • 2022 – Pagoda Arts
  • 2021 – Liverpool Irish Centre

International Reach Award

This award is to celebrate the impact culture and creativity has on strengthening international relationships.

Previous Winners

  • 2023 – Dr Emma Roberts
  • 2022 – Dr Vicki Doyle
  • 2021 – NML House of Memories

Preparing for Work Award

This award is to celebrate the impact culture and creativity has on developing technical, transferable and life skills in preparing young people for the world of work.

Previous Winners

  • 2023 – A Place for Us CIC
  • 2022 – Merseyside Community Training
  • 2021 – Miguel Doforo – MD Creatives

Business in the Arts Award

This award is to celebrate businesses that make a significant contribution to economic growth within the arts, culture and creativity sector.

Previous Winners

  • 2023 – Daniel Davies
  • 2022 – dot-art
  • 2021 – Baltic Creative CIC

New for 2024 - Innovation Award

This award is to celebrate an organisation, group or partnership whose application of creativity has been game changing, demonstrating innovation in the fields of technology, business and/or science in order to develop and introduce new ideas and improved ways of doing things.

This could be for a single project or demonstration of innovation across a number of projects that have been consistently innovative.

The winner could be an organisation, group or partnership that demonstrated true innovation during the year.

New for 2024 - Innovator of the Year Award

This award is to celebrate an individual whose application of creativity has been game changing, demonstrating innovation in the fields of technology, business, and/or science in order to develop and introduce new ideas and improved ways of doing things.

This could be for a single project or demonstration of innovation across a number of projects that have been consistently innovative.

The winner will be an individual, that has produced outstanding work during the year.

Borough of Culture ‘Star of the Year’

This award is to celebrate a shining star from the Liverpool City Region’s 2023 Borough of Culture, St Helens.

Previous Winners

  • 2023 – Knowsley Borough of Culture Volunteers
  • 2022 – Louise Nulty (Halton)
  • 2021 – Claire Morgans Y Kids  (Sefton)

Inspiration Award - Lifetime Achievement

This award is to celebrate and recognise an individual’s lifelong creative contribution to the Liverpool City Region. This award will be decided by the judging panel.

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