THE 2025 Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards will be held in Wirral and nominations are now open.

The annual awards celebrate the individuals and organisations whose work contributes to the region’s thriving cultural and creative ecosystem year after year.

Artists and creatives, innovators and scientists, volunteers and community groups are set to battle it out as nominations open for the awards.

Councillor Mike Wharton, Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Business, Investment and Trade said: “Over the years, I have come into contact with so many exciting projects across our city region as part of the Culture and Creativity Awards.

“There’s no limit to where culture and creativity can be used to support endeavours, whether that’s in business, community engagement, sport or the arts.

“I encourage everyone to have a look through the categories and nominate people and projects from where they live in the city region.”

A ceremony will take place in Wirral, this year’s Borough of Culture, in March, but first, the Combined Authority is asking for nominations across 15 categories. They include the People’s Choice Award, which is decided by the public, and awards recognising the use of culture and creativity in innovation, community cohesion and education.

Finalists are not chosen based on the number of nominations received by the judging panel for a particular project, group or individual, but rather the quality of the work described.

This is the sixth year of the awards, which return to Wirral, the first host of the event recognising the value and contribution the cultural and creative sectors bring to the region.

New judge for 2025, Maleka Egeonu-Roby, is one of the previous winners of the People’s Choice Award for Outstanding Contribution to Culture. She said: “What I love about the Culture and Creativity Awards in the Liverpool City Region is the diversity we see across the categories, as well as the scope of the nominations, from large traditional organisations to small community groups all making an impact across our area.

“We were one of those small groups working in the community when we won with World in One City in 2023 – it has made such a difference to us, and I can’t wait to read this year’s entries!”

For more details and to make a nomination visit www.lcrcultureawa­­­rds.co.uk.