Closing date for submissions 9th August
Wednesday 7th August, 2013: Following the launch of Arthur Guinness Projects®, a major new cultural initiative designed to champion and celebrate talent and creativity across the island of Ireland, hundreds of extraordinary people with inspiring and brilliant ideas from all across the country have uploaded projects onto www.arthurguinnessprojects.com, and thousands more have shown support by voting for their favourite projects.
With just days to go, projects can be submitted up until midnight 9th August 2013.
Speaking about the Arthur Guinness Projects, Stephen O’Kelly, Marketing Director, Guinness said “What we are seeing coming through from projects across the country is a surge of talent, innovation and creativity that we are truly excited by. The genuine passion and brilliance demonstrated is really inspiring and we are overwhelmed by the calibre and diversity of ideas.”
Mr O’Kelly continued, “With one week to go we are reminding people to submit their ideas. We know there are so many great projects waiting to be discovered and we wish to support those great ideas and champion the people behind them”.
Although the closing date is the 9th August, the public can continue to vote for the projects that they would most like to see come to life during the application period and up until the 23rd August, 2013.
The Arthur Guinness Projects panel will then choose the winning projects from the top 10% as voted by the public in each of the 4 categories.
The *Arthur Guinness Projects panel has been created to choose the overall winning projects and will provide mentoring and support to the overall winners. Comprised of 16 experts, four within each category, the panel is spearheaded by world-renowned Irish band, The Script, food guru, Dylan McGrath, Donegal inter-county manager and sports consultant, Jim McGuinness and celebrated Irish actor, Chris O’ Dowd.
Additionally, there will be a wild card element to the process. The Arthur Guinness Projects panel can choose from the pool of projects that did not make the top 10% in their respective categories, and select up to four wild card projects.
Together with a mentoring and promotional support programme, Arthur Guinness Projects will invest €3 million in people and their projects across Ireland over the next three years, with up to 20 projects benefitting annually.
To upload projects, vote for your favourite or to get inspiration from the current selection visit www.arthurguinnessprojects.com.
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