The shortlist has been announced for the National Campaign for the Arts’ (NCA) Hearts for the Arts Awards 2022. The Awards were launched in 2016 to highlight the achievements of Local Authorities continuing their arts services against a backdrop of severe financial cuts.
Mole Valley District Council has been nominated for Best Arts Project for the Intergenerational Connections Project – which took place between April and September this year and involved both a ‘Singing for social connection’ course and an intergenerational music making project at Keswick Care Home called ‘Together with Music’. As a result of the Mole Valley project this year, NHA Surrey Downs CCP has secured funding for another 60 intergenerational projects around the whole of North Surrey.
The shortlist was judged by representatives from the National Campaign for the Arts and from this year’s award partners: Community Leisure UK, Creative Lives, the Local Government Association, Thrive and UK Theatre.
Discussing Mole Valley’s nomination, Hearts for the Arts Award partners said about the Intergenerational Connections Project:
“It is lovely to hear of a project which has so positively impacted a group of people who are most in need of a lift in your community. A beautiful project allowing some to discover their voice and forge new relationships, to the benefit of all involved and showing the power of social prescription.”
The winners of the Hearts for the Arts Awards 2022 will be announced on Valentine’s Day, 14th February 2022.
For more information on the shortlisted nominees visit forthearts.org.uk/campaigns/hearts-for-the-arts
