Finalists and Winners
Bright Spark: Young Creative of the Year
Finalists
- Demereece Green
- Marques Jones
- Sam Wright
Excellence in Creative Health and Wellbeing
Finalists
- Mindgames - SICK! Productions
- Home from HOME – HOME
- The Creative Drop in - The Horsfall, 42nd Street
- Man Made Men – Contact
Champions of Equality and Social Justice
Finalists
- Our Queer Future - LGBT Foundation
- Deaf Digital Productions - Reform Radio CIC and Bolton Deaf Society
- ANEW Way to Peel an Orange - Castlefield Gallery, Portraits of Recovery and ANEW
- Black in the Game - National Football Museum
Our Planet: Acting on Climate Change
Finalists
Power Hall: The Andrew Law Gallery - Science and Industry Museum
Earth Sonic Live at Manchester Museum - In Place of War and Manchester Museum
- The Herds - Factory InternationaI and The Walk
Remember Nature Manchester 2025, Nature Remembered - Castlefield Gallery
Igniting Creativity
Finalists
- Facilitate - Z-arts
- Mindgames - SICK! Productions
- Artworks in Schools - Manchester Art Gallery
- Hope Mill Theatre
Making It Happen: Best Business Partnership
Finalists
- Odd Arts and Corporate Development Committee
- Venture Arts and Shelia Bird Studio
- Factory International, AVIVA and Manchester City Council
- Cheetham Cultural Festival and The Fort Shopping Centre
Best Event
Finalists
- The Success of Moss Side - SNE Studios
- Manchester Jazz Festival 2025
- Balkan Erotic Epic – Factory International and Marina Abramović
- Music for the Senses – Wild in Art
Best Performance
Finalists
- ROAD - Royal Exchange Theatre
- The Home We Made – HOME
- Philharmonia Orchestra with Alisa Weilerstein - The Bridgewater Hall
- The Halle Presents: Honey Djion - The Halle Orchestra and Honey Djion
Best Exhibition
Finalists
- The Beginning of Knowledge - Santiago Yahuarcani at The Whitworth
- Adventures in Wonderland - Z-arts
- Recoverist Curators: Reimagining the World We Live In - Portraits of Recovery and The Whitworth
- Roots in the Sky – HOME
Independent Creative Award
Finalists
- Joshua Wilkinson
- Hawwa Alam
- Michael Beard
- Sam Edwards
Outstanding Storytelling
Finalists
- 40 Years of HIV Activism - The Movie - George House Trust
BLOOM – From the Other with AFRODEUTSCHE, The Hallé, Beladonis, Company Chameleon
- The Corinthians: We Were the Champions - Film Not Words
- There's a Lot I Haven't Asked Podcast - Hannah Donelon
- The Marcus Rashford Wall of Hope: An Educational Resource – Manchester Libraries and Withington Walls
- LIBERATION – Royal Exchange Theatre
Cultural Welcome Award
Finalists
- Beat Bazaar – Gobefest
- The Circus House
- The Edge Theatre and Arts Centre
- Hope Mill Theatre
- 53two