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What's involved?

A step-by-step guide to offering Arts Award

So you're interested in offering Arts Award, but aren't quite sure what's involved or how to get going? Just follow these simple steps to start running the qualification at your organisation…


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To start running Arts Award, first choose a level to offer. Take a look at what each of the five levels involves, or get in touch with a Trinity expert to help you pick a starting point that’s right for your group.
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Complete our free online validation process to become an Arts Award centre. Centres are where Arts Award takes place. Any organisation offering arts and cultural projects for young people can be an Arts Award centre.
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Staff members or volunteers who’ll support young people to achieve their qualification will need to train to become Arts Award advisers. Our convenient online courses can be easily booked on the website or discounted training for groups can also be arranged.
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When your centre registration is finalised* you can start your Arts Award programme! As young people work through Arts Award, they collect evidence of their learning via a portfolio or arts log. Once complete, advisers review these against assessment criteria for each level.
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If you need help along the way, there are free webinars, support sessions and online resources as well as support for young people via Arts Award Voice. Also check out our costs page for help with budgeting and take a look at the special discounts available with Arts Award partners.

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When portfolios have been assessed, you can enter young people for Arts Award. To do this, you’ll need to complete the enrolment and marks spreadsheet for all young people and submit it on the Centre Portal in order for certificates to be issued (individual digital certificates are available for all levels apart from Arts Award Discover which is a paper certificate).
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We will let you know if you’ve been selected for moderation to have your assessments validated (but this won’t be needed in most cases, including for Discover where there is no moderation as it's an introductory level).
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With your project successfully completed, it’s time to celebrate your group’s achievements… and plan your next Arts Award programme!
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*Once your application has been validated and a team member has trained as an adviser, you can complete your centre registration on our online portal. You’ll also need to sign your centre agreement and review our Best Practice Guidebook which contains all the information you’ll need to enter young people for Arts Award.

Useful links

Arts Award Centre Map

Arts Award Shop

Book Training

Centre portal

Complete your centre registration and enrol young people