WE HAVE RECEIVED AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF RESPONSES TO THE STARTS AWARD 2024 AND WANT TO SAY A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SUBMITTED THEIR WORK.

WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR WINNERS HAVE NOW BEEN CHOSEN!

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  • "Usually, my life centres around medical problems & trauma, but to get a positive message that something that I had done had sparked an interest in my art & voice felt like a door to a brighter future had opened"

    - Award Winner 2023

  • “A creative life is an amplified life. It's a bigger life, a happier life, an expanded life, & a hell of a lot more interesting life.”

    - Elizabeth Gilbert

  • "The STARTS Award has been life changing for me. I have not just made friends, I have made family."

    - Award Winner 2023

  • "Making art can enable people to take greater Responsibility for their own health & well-being … & improve the quality of life by bringing greater joy"

    - artsandwellbeing.org