Creative Lives Awards

Celebrating the achievements of community-led creative groups

The Creative Lives Awards celebrate the creative groups that enhance people's lives in villages, towns, and cities across the UK and Ireland. Since 2010, we've invited community-led groups to share their activities and achievements, so that we can give them a well-deserved moment in the spotlight.

Our Award winners all use creativity to bring people together. Groups might take part in singing, dancing, painting, crafting, performing, playing music, or any other creative activity. All of them provide vital opportunities for people to find community, express their creativity, make friends, learn new skills, boost their wellbeing - and have fun together!

Our most recent winners were announced at an inspirational ceremony in London on Thursday 26 September 2024. Click here to find out all about the winning groups.

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A Celebration of Humanity

Want to learn more about the Creative Lives Awards?

You can read about some of our previous winners here (PDF) and the wonderful work they do.

Or check out a list of our recent winners here.

We hope they will inspire you to tell us all about your group!

Do we apply for a particular category or award?

No, just submit a single application or nomination. We want to hear from creative projects and initiatives across the UK and Ireland and hear about your resilience, what you have done and what it meant. These entries will then be assessed and a range of different awards will be allocated by our judges based on what stands out from different entries.