The Get The Chance, Cultural Impact Awards, 2025 supported by Tempo Time Credits and Porters Cardiff, Launch this month!
The Get The Chance, Cultural Impact Awards, 2025 celebrate high quality, cultural activity that reaches a broad range of the public and its positive impact on their quality of life.
The Award event will take place at Porters , Cardiff on Sat March 22nd, 5-7 pm a representative of all nominated organisations/individuals will be invited to attend.
Award winners in each category will have the opportunity to have a short professional film created which highlights their work. (subject to confirmation)
The Awards are supported by Tempo Time Credits and Porters Cardiff. Rachel Gegeshidze, Chief Executive, Tempo Time Credits said
“At Tempo, we believe that culture, the arts, and heritage should be accessible to all, and we are incredibly proud to support the Get The Chance, Cultural Impact Awards 2025. Volunteers are the backbone of our communities, and through Time Credits, we recognise and value their time, opening doors to new experiences. These awards shine a light on the incredible cultural initiatives and volunteers that give their time to make a real difference to communities and people’s lives, and we are privileged to celebrate the individuals and organisations leading this work.”
Rachel Gegeshidze, Chief Executive, Tempo Time Credits
Dan Porter, Director of Porter’s Cardiff said
‘As a venue we want to remain committed to new, emerging and unsupported artists. We are happy to support the Get The Chance, Impact Awards and what we can help others to achieve at Porters Cardiff”
Dan Porter, Alice Rush and Frankie-Rose Taylor
(Photograph: Moreton Brothers)
The awards are a great opportunity to celebrate the impact cultural provision in Wales during 2024, many of the individual categories are sponsored by a range of project supporters.
*Please get in touch of you are interested in supporting this event
Further information on the Categories and nomination process can be found below
These awards aim to highlight and showcase the vibrant and diverse nature of culture, heritage and the arts within our Nation each year
Criteria
For the purposes of these awards, we have a broad definition of cultural provision which includes community arts volunteering, education and heritage. Nominations will reflect a range of areas in the cultural life of Wales, nominated individuals or organisations can be either voluntary or professional. All nominated parties must be from or based in Wales for the majority of their creative activity and nominated area. The nomination period is Jan 01-Dec 31 2024.
The purpose of these awards is to raise awareness of high quality, cultural activity that reaches a broad range of the public and its impact. Due consideration shall be made on the resources of the creative activity and its impact on the public.
All work must have a strong Welsh connection, and this will form part of the scoring process.
The nomination form can be found at the link below
Categories
- Public Event
Description: Awarded to a public production, exhibition or cultural event that demonstrates high artistic ambition and quality which connects with the public. The activity should take place in and be produced by Welsh and Wales based creatives
Considerations
- What impact did this Public Event have on the general public?
- How the event has demonstrable high artistic quality, did it receive reviews, press coverage or industry awards?
- Audience reach – roughly how many people saw it and were any specific groups reached such as children and young people etc?
- Audience reach – where did audiences come from? Did it tour or was it large enough to attract people from outside the direct performance area?
2. Creative of the Year
Description: Awarded to a Creative who demonstrates the highest artistic quality in work which is created and/or publicly exhibited, performed or displayed in Wales.
Considerations
- What Impact did the work of this Creative have on the general public?
- How has the Creative demonstrated high artistic quality, did their work receive reviews, press coverage or industry awards?
3. Community and Education Project
Description: Awarded to a community, participatory or education project e.g. choir, dance, theatre, visual arts or heritage group which provides regular, inclusive access to culture for local people.
Considerations
- What Impact does the community, participatory or education project have on the general public?
- Did the project receive positive feedback and satisfaction from participants?
- How many people took part?
- Was the project inclusive? For example, supporting people from diverse backgrounds or those with disabilities or who, for other reasons, might otherwise not have the opportunity to take part?
- Did the project receive any positive press coverage, reviews, other awards or recognition
- Did the project work in partnership with other organisations?
4. Facilitator of the Year
Description: Awarded to a cultural facilitator, teacher or practitioner who leads inclusive community, participatory or education projects in Wales
Considerations
- The impact the individuals work has on the group or individuals
- Any reviews, press coverage, other awards or recognition
- Any feedback from partners or funders
5. Culture and Health
(Sponsored by Christine O’Donnell)
Description: Awarded to a cultural project, event or series of workshops which support people living in Wales to improve their health and wellbeing.
Considerations
- The impact the project has had on its participants
- How many people took part?
- How the project/event positively impacted people’s health?
- Any participant feedback/testimonial?
- Are there any ways the activity has reduced reliance on other services such as the NHS?
- How the project used culture and participation?
- Any reviews, press coverage, other awards/recognition?
- Any partner feedback?
6. Cultural Champion
(Sponsored by Tempo Time Credits)
Description: Awarded to an individual from the creative community, e.g. a volunteer, administrator, technician, curator or board member whose work makes a significant positive contribution to the cultural life of the Nation
Considerations
- The major project/event/activity/display in which the individual has played a significant role and what the impact of their role has been?
- How the individual positively contributes, beyond their own participation (for example supporting others, volunteering etc)?
- Any support or feedback from project/organisation leaders or facilitators?
- Any reviews, press coverage, other awards/recognition for either the individual or the project they are involved with?
- About any feedback from colleagues, participants and other relevant parties?
7. Commitment to Arts, Heritage & Culture
Description: Awarded to a school who demonstrate significant commitment to and celebration of the arts in the broadest sense
Considerations
- The impact the project has had on its participants?
- What cultural activities does the school offer?
- How many students are involved?
- How is this offer different from traditionally provided education activity?
8. Disabled Creativity
An award recognising the achievements of an organisation or individual creating awareness of Disabled led work.
Considerations
- What impact has the organisation or individual made to Disabled led work?
- What cultural activities does the organisation or individual offer?
- How many people are involved?