# Arts Hero Award launched to recognise unsung heroes in the arts

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2024/07/18/arts-hero-award-launched-to-recognise-unsung-heroes-in-the-arts/
- Published: 2024-07-18T12:38:04+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Sky Arts Awards have announced a new category designed to celebrate the unsung
heroes who work tirelessly behind the scenes to make the arts possible.**

This can range from sound engineers and lighting technicians to security and housekeeping
staff. It can of course include **arts fundraisers** – and the announcement of the
category specifically mentions fundraisers as an example.

[Nominations for the Arts Hero Award](https://skyartsawards.sky/arts-hero) are free
to make and can be made now. Simply fill in the online form, and explain why your
nominee deserves to be recognised as an Arts Hero. Share their contributions and
the impact they have made in the arts community.

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Nominations will be shortlisted by a panel of judges.

The closing date for nominations for the Arts Hero Award close at **23:59 on Sunday
11 August 2024**.

The winner will receive their award on stage at the inaugural Sky Arts Awards ceremony
at The Roundhouse in London on 17 September, along with travel and a hotel stay 
for them and a guest. 

Every single entry for the Arts Hero Award will be entered into a draw to win tickets
to the awards, with 200 seats available.    

The awards will showcase the vibrant landscape of British and Irish arts and culture
and reward excellence across all the arts.

The organisers state: “The Sky Arts Awards aren’t just a celebration. They’re a 
rallying cry to fight for the arts in the UK when the odds are so stacked against
them, and a huge ‘thank you’ to everyone who keeps them going.”
 

## Watch: Sky Arts The Unsung Hero Award

 * **[BBC Arts to share news of major arts awards this autumn](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/09/29/bbc-arts-to-share-news-of-major-arts-awards-this-autumn/)(
   29 September 2021)
 * **[Here are the winners of the 2018 Emcees Arts Culture and Fundraising Awards](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/05/03/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2018-emcees-arts-culture-fundraising-awards/)(
   3 May 2018)
 * **[EPIC Awards to showcase voluntary and amateur arts groups](https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/08/03/epic-awards-2011-showcase-voluntary-and-amateur-arts-groups/)(
   3 August 2011)**