We’re delighted to announce our Trinity Champion Centres for 2026-2027! This year there are 47 in total for Arts Award, from a range of sectors including: arts and culture, youth and community, formal education and performing arts academies. In this blog we discuss what a Champion Centre is, how we collaborate, and introduce all our new centres!
What are Trinity Champion Centres?
Trinity Champion Centres inspire existing and potential centres by sharing their practice and advocating for Arts Award in their communities and more widely. In return, we celebrate achievements, profile their success and promote their work as part of our support offer to advisers and centres.
Champion Centres are recognised by Trinity for their successful delivery of our Awards. Ways in which this success could be demonstrated include: unique delivery, successful moderations, positively impacting learners, or innovation in the arts. Centres are given opportunities to showcase their creative offer throughout the year – for instance in blogs, webinars, and marketing campaigns. There are also opportunities to get involved with events, such as our 20 years of Arts Award celebratory event (pictured below):
Arts Award Champion Centres celebrating 20 years of Arts Award during a digital interactive event, April 2026
Centres for 2026-2027
Without further ado, here are the Arts Award Trinity Champion Centres for this year. Firstly, here are new centres that have joined us this year:
St John's Catholic Specialist School, Boston Spa
All centres can be viewed, including new and renewed centres on this map (in blue):
We’re looking forward to working with all these centres over the next year and profiling their achievements!
How do centres apply?
We open applications annually around February/March to become a Trinity Champion Centre. If you are interested in applying for 2027/2028 or have any questions, please contact Amy.Lee@trinitycollege.co.uk
For more information on Champion Centres, check out this link