Nominations Open for 'Hearts For The Arts Awards' 2020
Culture Counts is excited to be Scotland's partner of the 2020 Hearts For The Arts Awards. Nominations are now open, and we're encouraging nominations for local authority and cultural trust arts champions and community culture projects.
The Awards advocates greater public investment in the arts to improve lives across the UK. Delivered by The National Campaign for the Arts (NCA) and UK Theatre, nominees are judged by a panel of leading arts figures.
Members of the public, arts professionals, local authorities and cultural trusts can put nominations forward in five categories:
Best Arts Initiative
Best Arts Project – Community Cohesion
Best Arts Project – Arts, Health and Wellbeing
Best Arts Champion – Local Authority or Cultural Trust Worker
Best Arts Champion – Councillor
Voting is open from 10 October until - 8 November 2019.
Now Including Trusts
This year includes the activities of cultural trusts working with local authorities. The National Campaign for the Arts is keen to recognise those who have used trust status to enhance arts provision and benefit local people.
Winners are presented with their awards by Samuel West, actor and Chair of the NCA at Local Government Association’s Culture, Tourism and Sport Conference on 3 March.
Samuel West said:
‘A thriving local arts scene makes us all healthier and happier. In these days of ever harder financial decisions, we at the National Campaign for the Arts are delighted to reward those who bring the most interesting, innovative and effective cultural projects to life. It’s more important than ever that we recognise the incredible contributions of the individuals behind the scenes: that’s what the Hearts for the Arts awards are all about’.
Nominate before 8 November!
Do you know of a councillor, trust or project worthy of recognition? Voting is open from 10 October until - 8 November 2019. Nominate on the Awards’s website fortheart- s.org.uk/campaigns/hearts-for-the-arts
Further Information
For more information, or to make a Hearts For The Arts Awards nomination, visit fortheart- s.org.uk/campaigns/hearts-for-the-arts
Culture Counts is excited to be Scotland's partner for the 2020 Hearts For The Arts Awards. Other partners include, the Local Government Association, TheatreNI, Thrive, Voluntary Arts Wales and Wales Council for Voluntary Action.
