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LCR Culture and Creativity Awards 2025
Liverpool City Region is a thriving place for culture and creativity and we wanted to celebrate this, so the Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards were born!
Established in 2019 as part of the Metro Mayor’s commitment to culture, they recognise and celebrate excellence and innovation in art, technology, innovation and creativity within Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, and Wirral.
Nominations for 2025 LCR Culture & Creativity Awards are now open.
Imagine Bamboo is Everywhere!
Giant animated artworks made entirely of sustainable bamboo have taken centre stage during the Liverpool City Region’s packed cultural events programme this year.
Local artists worked with communities across the city region to design and build six life-sized structures as part of a public art exhibition displayed in all the region’s boroughs.
The Imagine Bamboo installation aims to raise awareness of the environmental benefits of using bamboo as a sustainable building material.
LCR Culture and Creativity Awards 2023: winners and reaction
Ackley Bridge and Casualty star Sunetra Sarker took to the stage to host the 2023 Liverpool City Region Culture & Creativity Awards at the Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot.
Hundreds of artists, creatives, volunteer and community groups entered the 13 categories which included Inspirational Young Person and awards for Environmental work and Community Cohesion.
The awards are part of the Metro Mayor’s 1% for Culture initiative, and honour the value and contribution that the cultural and creative sector brings to the Liverpool City Region. But they are not just about the arts, culture and creativity includes technology, innovation, and science in order to develop and introduce new ideas and creative approaches that are innovative and transformational.
One Percent for Culture
To celebrate and support our fantastic cultural assets and the benefits they bring to the people in our communities, Liverpool City Region is the first in the country to commit to spending the equivalent of 1% of its annual £30 million devolution funding from government to support cultural activities.
We also offer significant support for the fantastic work taking place in the city region.
We contributed £5 million to Liverpool 2018: a celebration of the 10th anniversary of Liverpool’s tenure as European Capital of Culture.
That investment supported a full programme of events, including China Dream, Three Festivals Tall Ships Regatta, the finale of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race and the return of the Giants, for which 1.5 million people descended on the city region.
