Have you got what it takes to win an Epic Award?

UK and Republic of Ireland’s premier award for amateur cultural groups, the Epic Awards opens for nominations. Once more ADUK are supporting Voluntary Arts in their Epic Awards programme by offering a complementary membership for a year to each of the national award winners.

• Over 65,000 voluntary arts groups across the UK and Republic of Ireland are eligible.
• Groups can nominate themselves online at www.epicawards.co.uk
• Closing date for nominations is 12 January 2017.
• A winner and a runner up will be chosen from England, Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
• The shortlist will be announced in February with a Peoples Choice award voted for by the public, a Peer award in which shortlisted groups vote for each other.
• The Epic Awards will be presented at a special Winners Reception in April 2017.
• The Epic Awards are run by Voluntary Arts to recognise and reward excellence and innovation in the amateur cultural sector.

Are you part of a creative group that is doing something exciting and interesting? Have you embarked on a particularly ambitious project, interesting collaboration or made a difference to the lives of others in your community? From creative writing to making music and from amateur theatre to yarn-bombing, over 65,000 amateur arts groups across the UK and Republic of Ireland are making a huge difference in their local areas. There is growing recognition in the media and in public policy of the importance of everyday participation in creativity. The Epic Awards shines a spotlight on the incredible achievements of these groups each year.

You can nominate your group or a group in your local area for an award by filling in the form on www.epicawards.co.uk and put them forward for special recognition and a range of prizes from financial support to advice, partnership and performance opportunities. Winning groups are those that demonstrate the four Epic qualities – Engagement, Partnership, Innovation and Creativity – in projects that involve people taking part for the love of it. The awards are now open or nominations so have a go today.

Source: AD:UK

For more information visit http://www.epicawards.co.uk/