CHWA Awards

Applications for the CHWA 2025 Awards are now open!

CHWA is once again partnering with a variety of professionals and organisations for our new and improved award categories:

• Practising Well (now accepting freelance and organisation submissions) in partnership with Nicola Naismith
• Collective Power in partnership with Ideas Alliance and The Lived Experience Network
• Healthy People and Planet (formally the Climate Award) with Happy Museum and Culture Declares Emergency

The briefs for each award category can be found below. Deadline for Applications is 5pm Friday 29th November.

Watch previous winners describe the impact of the awards below...

...and you can read a blog from previous award-winner Performing Medicine here.

The Judges

Alongside the core team at CHWA, each application will be read and reviewed by a team of panellists with lived expertise and experience of the creative health sector. Confirmed judges include:

• Nicola Naismith
• Hilary Jennings
• Victoria Burns
• Helen Sharp
• Richard McMann
• Ruth Flanagan 
• Vikki Parker 

The awards ceremony will take place online on 23rd April 2025. You can book your free ticket via Eventbrite now

Access is important to us

Our standard application process is via Microsoft Forms. However, we accept applications in any format that works for you, including audio and video. If you would prefer to apply in a format other than the application form, please use WeTransfer to send your application to awards@culturehealthandwellbeing.org.uk. There is also a Word Doc version of the application forms below. 

The Briefs

Collective Power Award Brief PDF / Collective Power Award Brief Audio

Practising Well Award Brief PDF / Practising Well Award Brief Audio

Healthy People and Planet Award Brief PDF / Healthy People and Planet Audio

How To Apply

Collective Power: Apply via Microsoft Forms or download the Word Doc Application 

Practising Well: Apply via Microsoft Forms or download the Word Doc Application 

Healthy People and Planet: Apply via Microsoft Forms or download the Word Doc Application 

Important Dates

• Applications open Tuesday 1st October 2024
• Submission deadline is Friday 29th November 2024
• All applicants will be contacted in January 2025 and shortlisted projects published on the CHWA website at the beginning of February 2025
• Winners will be announced at an open online CHWA Awards 2025 – Celebration Event on Weds, April 23rd 2025. You can book your free ticket on Eventbrite now.

Notes for Applicants

• We accept applications in any format that works for you, including audio and video. If you would prefer to apply in a format other than the application form, please use WeTransfer to send your application to awards@culturehealthandwellbeing.org.uk. You can also find a word document version of the form below.
• Projects or programmes need to be based in the UK and we can only accept one application per organisation per award.
• Organisations can only win a category once, however they can still be shortlisted for or apply for different awards.
• At least some of the project / programme needs to have taken place since March 2023, but we are happy to hear from projects that began before this period, as long as they also spanned this timescale. 
• Projects or programmes can be ongoing, but need to be able to demonstrate impact or change.
• There is no cash prize but the awards will be widely publicised via CHWA and our partners’ websites and networks and are an opportunity to showcase your work nationally. 
• Projects or programmes can be ongoing, but need to be able to demonstrate impact or change. This impact or change may have been the main motivator behind the project, or it may be unexpected, surprising, or a result of the working process.
• There is no cash prize but the awards will be widely publicised via CHWA and our partners’ websites and networks and are an opportunity to showcase your work nationally.

See below for details of previous winners and shortlisted projects.