Arts Award launched for our youth engagement projects

27th January 2026

Arts Award is a UK wide initiative which takes anyone aged up to 25 on a creative journey, exploring the arts world, discovering their potential as artists, developing leadership skills – and gaining a recognised qualification along the way.

In 2025-26, DU Dance are offering the young people on our Young Engagement Projects the opportunity to avail of this unique range of qualifications.  We will be running the Explore Award with our younger classes and the Bronze Award with our older classes.  Both are completely voluntary with no examination at the end and the young people respond to the sections in the booklet with drawings, collage, photographs and writing.  At the end of the programme there is a visit from an assessor who will talk to them to ensure the booklet has been filled out and the course has been completed.

The awards are regulated in Northern Ireland by CCEA and the awarding organisation is Trinity College London in association with Arts Council England.

We look forward to supporting the artists and arts leaders of the future!