Creative Conscience Competition for Social Impact Projects and an Opportunity to Travel to London 2019

The Creative Conscience Awards welcomes projects by students and graduates (of up to 2 years) from any creative discipline for 2019. The awards scheme searches for exciting projects with a focus on social impact.

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Projects' Themes

Your project should fit into at least one of the 6 impact themes:

1. Community.
2. Education and Learning.
3. Environment and Sustainability.
4. Equality and Justice.
5. Health, Well being and Disability.
6. War and Crisis.

Rules

1. Participants must be students or graduates of up to 2 years.
2. Projects must focus on social themes.
3. Entry is open to individuals and teams of up to six people.
4. You should upload a PDF (15mb or less), or for video entries include a link to the video in the application form.
5. You should include at least 3 key images from your project (at least 800px as either jpeg or png).
6. You can enter multiple projects, but each new project has to be entered independently and is charged as an independent entry.

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Categories

1- Open Brief:

The Open Brief is your chance to create a project that deals with any issue you’re passionate about solving. Projects can be conceptual or have the potential to develop into real life-changing solutions. Past projects have included creative solutions for food waste, humanitarian aid, education, water shortage, energy efficiency, inclusivity, bullying, inequality, poverty, homelessness, child abuse, over-consumption, mental illness, urban living and much more.

2- Mental Health:

How can you use your creative skills to aid those with mental health issues? If your life or the life of those around you has been touched by mental health issues, then use these experiences as possible entry points into the brief and as a means of research to explore potential routes and solutions. 

3- Equality:

Equality is a human right. Both men and women are entitled to live with dignity and with freedom from want and from fear. Whether this be gender equality as a precondition for advancing development and reducing poverty: empowered women contribute to the health and productivity of whole communities, improving the prospects for the next generation. Or more general human rights for minorities, those under threat of being suppressed or living in fear because of who they are or what they believe. Can you think of a way to change current behaviors and inspire people to understand the value brought by treating everyone equally? 

4- Refugee Crisis:

The most basic requirements for refugees to regain their independence are housing, language and employment. Without housing, people become destitute; without the ability to speak the local language, it is very difficult to get a job; without employment independence is almost impossible. How can we creatively support the empowerment of refugees in host countries, and improve their access to opportunities? 

5- Conscious consumption:

Where do the things we consume come from, and what are their impact e.g. environmental, psychological and/or societal? What methods could we use to design products that are sustainable and have a minimal or even positive ecological impact? How could mindsets be shifted (especially in first world countries) away from misguided, and damaging purchasing habits? Why do we consume, and what are the often overlooked motivations for consumption – and are there ways we can nurture or redirect these energies?

Prize

Winners will receive an invitation to the awards ceremony, hosted in London in July. At the ceremony they will get to meet creatives and professionals from complimentary organizations as well as other winners. The winning works will be displayed on the site, plus the winners will be invited to be part of the Creative Conscience Collective – a platform to communicate with other winners, past and present, and where exclusive events and opportunities are shared. 

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