AHI Award Categories

In this, the first year of the Awards, we will have 6 Award Categories, as follows:

Arts/Homelessness Project of the year

A charity, NGO or project working specifically in the field of arts and homelessness. The award will be awarded to a project that can demonstrate significant positive impact in some way in the homelessness community. The project can be of any size or age but your work must focus on arts and homelessness

Cultural Space of the Year

A museum, gallery, arts centre, library or park which has deepened access and involvement for homeless people. The award will go to a cultural space which has actively decided/committed to work with people who are homeless and the measures you have put in place to make this happen

Homeless Centre of the Year

A homeless shelter, day centre, hostel, agency etc that has an exceptional creative programme. The centre which can demonstrate that arts is fully integrated into the programme and what the results have been

Co-creation Champion of the Year

An individual or organisation excelling in enabling equality of voice and power for people who are/have been homeless. A person or org which will demonstrate true, authentic co-creation where there is evidence of power sharing all the way through the organisation from programme to staffing

Policy Changemaker of the Year

A policy-maker or individual of any discipline who has enabled tangible change in policy regarding arts and homelessness or in homelessness policy using the arts. This award will go to someone or a group who can demonstrate that their work has affected change in policy in arts and homelessness (e.g. getting arts into local government plans/strategies) or homelessness policy using the arts (e.g. public art that enabled a change in policy)  

Creative of the Year

Awarded to a creative of any discipline who is or has been homeless. This award will go to someone who can demonstrate that arts has been beneficial to their lives or the lives of other people in the homeless community; or you have had other success as a creative. You can be a creative of any artistic discipline