A&B Cymru Awards 2019
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The Arts & Business (A&B) Cymru Awards 2019 took place on stage at Wales Millennium Centre on Thursday 11 July in front of over 400 guests. For over a quarter of a century, they have encouraged, acknowledged and celebrated exemplary and innovative partnerships between the private sector and the arts that benefit communities across the country.
Global Energy Company Valero has been the principal sponsor of this flagship ceremony for a decade and marked the milestone by sponsoring a one-off prize. The Valero 10 Award recognised the arts organisation judged to have had the most impact in transforming the landscape of partnership working in Wales during the past ten years and was won by The Aloud Charity for its outstanding work. The charity has sustained its activity across Wales through a wide range of partnerships with the private sector, transforming young lives through singing.
Valero 10
Winner: The Aloud Charity
The Robert Maskrey Award for Arts Philanthropy
Winner: Babs Thomas
Adviser of the Year Award
Winner: Hayley Hughes, Celtic HR & Touch Trust
Finalist: Hoodi Ansari, Go Compare & g39
Finalist: Gemma Barnett, Blake Morgan & Rubicon Dance
Finalist: James Downes, Companies House & Hijinx Theatre
Arts, Business & Brand Identity, sponsored by Hern & Crabtree
Finalist: Qatar Airways & Cardiff International Film Festival
Finalist: Traveline Cymru & Hijinx Theatre
Arts, Business & the Community, sponsored by Wales & West Utilities
Winner: Cardiff University & Menter Caerdydd
Finalist: Cardiff Harbour Authority & Arts Active Trust
Finalist: Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner for Dyfed Powys & Cwmni Theatr Arad Goch
Arts, Business & Young People, sponsored by Hospital Innovations
Winner: Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner for Dyfed Powys & Cwmni Theatr Arad Goch
Finalist: North Wales Police & Community Trust & Theatr Clwyd
Finalist: ScottishPower Foundation & Theatr Clwyd
Arts & Small Business, sponsored by Western Power Distribution
Winner: Traveline Cymru & FOCUS Wales & Hijinx Theatre
Finalist: HAKA Entertainment & Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Finalist: manorhaus Ruthin & Helfa Gelf
Arts, Business & Health, sponsored by Cartrefi Conwy
Winner: Pendine Park Care Organisation & Cwmni’r Frân Wen
Finalist: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board & Denbighshire County Council Arts Service
Finalist: University of South Wales & Rubicon Dance
Finalist: Western Power Distribution & National Dance Company Wales
Arts, Business & the Environment, sponsored by The Waterloo Foundation & University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Winner: My Train Wales & Breaking Barriers Community Arts
Finalist: Natural Resources Wales & Theatr Clwyd
Finalist: Sony UK Technology Centre & Valley and Vale Community Arts
Arts, Business & Employees, sponsored by Pendine Arts and Community Trust
Winner: Hugh James & Hijinx Theatre
Finalist: Valero & Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Finalist: Wales & West Utilities & Hijinx Theatre
Admiral Business of the Year
Finalist: Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner for Dyfed Powys & Cwmni Theatr Arad Goch
Finalist: Pendine Park Care Organisation & Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias, Cwmni’r Frân Wen, Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, North Wales International Music Festival and Wrexham Symphony Orchestra
Hodge Arts Award
Winner: Cwmni Theatr Arad Goch
Finalist: Hijinx
Finalist: Theatr Clwyd