Creativity Champions 2025 - 64 Million Artists

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Be a Creativity Champion

A Creativity Champion is someone who promotes and facilitates creativity in their community, whether that’s within a team at work or a group closer to home. Anyone can be a Creativity Champion, and 64 Million Artists offer resources, training and sharing spaces year-round to support Creativity Champions to do their great work.

The FREE Creativity Champions Packs are here!

We offer free resource called the Creativity Champions Pack, which comes complete with 31 days of creative prompts for you to plan ahead of January. It's also full of information on who's involved this year and tips on being a Creativity Champion. We tailor the packs, so please select one that works best for the setting you're in. If you have any questions about the packs, please email [email protected]

Standard pack

📕 Who it's for:
You can use this pack with family and friends, within your local community, or at work.

💡 Top tip:
Here at 64 Million Artists, we use these in our Monday morning team meetings on Zoom before we dive into any work agendas.

📂 Download link
You can sign up for a free copy here.

Pack for schools

📕 Who it's for:
This pack has been tailored to use creative prompts in school settings throughout January (or whenever you like!)

💡 Top tip:
Some pin the creative prompt of the day on a notice board in the staff room and organise creative moments between teachers during break times.

📂 Download link
You can sign up for a free copy here.

Pack for libraries

📕 Who it's for:
This pack has been tailored for library settings.

💡 Top tip:
Print off the creative prompt of the day and display it on the library notice board for passers-by to join in.

📂 Download link
You can sign up for a free copy here.

Welsh pack

📕 Who it's for:
This pack has been tailored to use prompts in Welsh language settings throughout January (or whenever you like!)

💡 Top tip:
If you're holding space for Welsh language learners or bilingual settings, print off a copy of the standard pack in English so that people can see the translations side-by-side.

📂 Download link
You can sign up for a free copy here.

Pack for care homes

📕 Who it's for:
This pack has been tailored to use creative prompts within Care Home settings throughout January (or whenever you like!)

💡 Top tip:
Share some photos of residents joining in with our community on Facebook and interact with other care home settings participating in The January Challenge.

📂 Download link
You can sign up for a free copy here.

Through The January Challenge, you can inspire people to...

Do

As humans, if we think about getting creative too much, we’ll never even start. So, we encourage just opening a creative prompt and having a go. See what happens (...and if nothing happens, that's okay too!). You don't need any tools, you can do a creative prompt in your mind and on-the-go.

Think

Reflecting on our creativity can help us discover our unique thoughts and feelings, leading to a deeper connection with ourselves. We also invite you to explore what creativity means to others across the UK so that we can all inspire one another and learn just how varied creativity is for everyone.

From your favourite song, a box of popcorn, doodles, poems and little stories. We invite everyone to come together online and in-person to share the path they took with creativity that day, whether it’s something you created or simply how thinking about the prompt made you feel.

Questions and answers

What's The January Challenge?

The January Challenge is an annual campaign to connect all parts of the UK through 31 days of creativity. Each year different Creativity Champions provide a creative prompt for you to explore throughout January. It's fun, free and accessible to participate.

Why should I participate?

Together, we've proved that creativity is closely linked to our levels of wellbeing and connection to ourselves and others. You can read our most recent Impact Report here.

What do I have to do to participate?

You can join in however you like. You might want to open our daily emails in January and let each challenge inspire thoughts. Each challenge will be a unique creative prompt inviting you to do something, reflect and perhaps share with those around you or online.

You can learn more about how to join in here.

How much does it cost?

The January Challenge is completely free for everyone!

Do I do the creative prompt on my own or with others?

Creative prompts can be done alone, with friends and family or as part of a teaching plan, library event, team engagement at work or in any community setting. You can build a little community wherever you like to share what you create with others or join ours online by joining our Facebook group or posting on social using the hashtag #TheJanuaryChallenge.

What's a Creativity Champion?

Anyone can be a Creativity Champion, including you.

Creativity Champions are:

spread across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
sharing their unique perspective on what creativity means to them and how it shows up in their lives and those around them
using The January Challenge campaign resources and (with the full support of 64 Million Artists, including training, access support and regular check-ins) establishing spaces for their groups to get together and get creative.
creating tailored spaces for communities with diverse lived experiences with plans for group activity in local community centres, cafes, libraries, parks, and TikTok
setting one creative prompt each in January

This January, we have 31 featured Creativity Champions leading a different creative prompt a day throughout January.

What if I change my mind and no longer want to participate?

You're free to dip in and out of The January Challenge as you please. It's there for you. You might do all the challenges, you might do one challenge, you might do none, it's totally up to you. You can be a part of it purely by searching the hashtag and seeing what others are creating (though we promise you'll have more fun if you have a go yourself!)

Got another question not answered here? Send it over to [email protected] and they'll be happy to answer you (no question is too big, small or silly!)

Stories of change

You don't have to put loads of angst and energy into it or set aside loads of time. You can just take 10 minutes, along with a cup of coffee. It's not about producing a masterpiece or having a work of art to hang on your wall at the end of it, but more a joyful feeling of having taken part in something uplifting that you might not have considered doing otherwise and to have shared it with other like-minded people.

- Caroline Ridley-Duff

It's been brilliant! Every morning, the first thing I have been doing this month is to check my email to see what today's challenge is. The month has flown by, and it has really helped me get that daily art habit....a couple of friends have seen me doing it on Facebook and joined in too!

- Cory Mortis-Wait

I always feel quite low when post-Christmas gloom sets in, and the creative prompts are the one thing that keeps me going.

My favourite thing about it is that it taps into the 'fun' element of creativity. It encourages us to approach it with a childlike spirit, gives us permission to be a bit playful, a bit silly, a bit quirky, and not to take it all too seriously. I am a great fan of what I call 'low-key creativity', which perfectly sums up the January Challenge.

Thanks so much to everyone who makes this happen. It's a great community to be part of.

- Joy McLean

It's a great space, a really supportive, encouraging and inclusive space. Everybody that's involved is just great. I love it.

- Pearl Barcoe

Having been sceptical, the experience has reminded me of the pleasure & absorption I can find in writing, imagery & ideas that spark between both.

- Tony Graham

January seemed never ending so I looked forward each morning to seeing what the latest challenge was. Some were, in fact, more challenging than others but I was determined to complete them daily. I've been very impressed by the contributions of other participants who have given me inspiration for future projects I may undertake once February arrives.

- Pat Gannon-Leary

My husband, also a writer, joined you recently and has received excellent prompts, which he's shared with our small writing group, with great results.

My mental health has suffered (I'm prone to depression and anxiety), and returning to artistic creativity is a must for me. I'm really looking forward to your emails. My husband tells me about the prompts, and I had to pursue them, so I've just joined. Thank you so much for doing all this!

- Jo Clutton

It's a brilliant way to share creative prompts with friends and family.

- Alberto Ponce

January can be a long month to get through, but not this year because every morning, I woke up with excitement and anticipation, looking forward to each day's task. I can truly say that this month has flown by in a buzz of creative inventiveness.

I have learned about many new groups and charities across the country that are working hard to support a wide variety of people. The challenges have been thoughtful, rich and varied, each one accessible and fun to do. How 64 Million Artists brought this together is amazing.

- Maggie Kendrick

The January Challenge is a beacon of hope and creativity in dark wintery days after the festive period. It gives me positive and unexpected structure to start the new year as I mean to go on!

- Katherine

I have always said the joy of creating and spending time playing is more important than the end result, and this challenge shows that. The January challenge has changed my attitude to increasing joy in my life.

- Katherine