Cultural Impact Awards opens for Nominations
The Get the Chance, Cultural Impact Awards, 2026 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 28 nd , 5-7 pm a representative of all nominated organisations/individuals will be invited to attend.
The Awards are supported by Tanio, Tempo Time Credits, Theatr Clwyd, 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 2026. 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.”
Liam Evans Ford, Executive Director and CEO at Theatr Clwyd, said,
Get the Chance shines a light on arts and culture in Wales, offering a positive and supportive critical eye on what is happening across the country within the cultural sector. We know the impact made by our sector is varied and wide ranging, and what a brilliant thing to have an awards highlighting some of the wonderful work undertaken. We don’t have enough of this in Wales, and so this is wholeheartedly supported by Theatr Clwyd.
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”.
The awards are a great opportunity to celebrate the impact cultural provision in Wales during 2025,many of the individual categories are sponsored by a range of project supporters.
Further information on the Categories and nomination process can be found at our website and 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, 2025.
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 final deadline to submit your entry is Friday 13 March 5pm.
