| Date | Awards and Achievements | Helix Arts/Project | Position |
| 2008 | Children and Young People Now Awards - Arts and Culture | Moving On Project | Shortlisted |
| 2008 | Co-operative Young Filmmakers Festival (Bradford) | Who am I?, a film by the Choices Project | Selected for screening |
| 2008 | Koestler Award (Arts by Young Offenders) | Who am I?, a film by the Choices Project | Merit Award |
| 2008 | SmartJustice Photography Competition (Breaking the Cycle category) | A Day in our Lives (photographs) | First and Third Prizes |
| 2008 | Mind the Gap Exhibition, Discovery Museum | A Day in our Lives (photographs) | Two photographs selected for display |
| 2007 | Royal Television Society (Best Film for a Target Audience) | My World, a film by the Choices Project | Joint Winner |
| 2005 | Co-operative Young Filmmakers Festival (Bradford) | Clamped, a film by the Choices Project | Selected for screening |
| 2005 | Raindance Film Festival (London) | Clamped, a film by the Choices Project | Selected for screening |
| 2004 | Sunderland Social Services Internal Quality Awards | Ynot? Project | Highly Commended |
| 2004 | Sunderland Young Achievers Award | Ynot? Project | Runner up |
| 2003 | Sunderland Young Achievers Award | Ynot? Project | Winner |
| 2003 | Sunderland Social Services Internal Quality Awards | Ynot? Project | Highly Commended |
| 2002 | South Tyneside Council Good Design Award (Community Arts Award) | Swarm by William Pym, a work produced during a residency at Monkton Cokeworks | Winner |
| 1998 | Henry Ford European Conservation Award | Wetland Project at Quaking Houses, Co. Durham (part of Seen & Unseen project) | UK Winner |
| 1998 | British Urban Regeneration Association Charitable Awards (Best Practice in Community Regeneration) | Wetland Project at Quaking Houses, Co. Durham (part of Seen & Unseen project) | Commendation |
| 1997 | Raymond Williams Community Publishing Prize | Roger Garfitt, writer at Blyth Valley | Second Prize Winner |
| 1995 | National Art Collections Fund Awards for Outstanding contribution to the Visual Arts (Art Outside the Gallery) | St. Peter's Riverside Sculpture Project | Finalist |
| 1994 | Arts Council/British Gas Properties Working for Cities Award (Art in Public Spaces) | Helix Arts | Shortlisted |
| 1993 | Northern Electric Arts Award – The Champions Award for Arts Promotion and Development | Helix Arts | Winner |
| 1993 | Her Majesty the Queen - unveiled the ‘Pathways to Knowledge’ sculpture, part of the St Peter’s Riverside Project, Sunderland | St. Peter's Riverside Sculpture Project | |
| 1993 | National Art Collections Fund Awards for Outstanding contribution to the Visual Arts | Helix Arts | Finalist |
| 1992 | ABSA/Arthur Andersen Awards in association with the Times in the Art and Urban Regeneration category | North of England Building Society for St. Peter's Riverside Sculpture Project | Winner |
| 1991 | Outstanding Achievement on International Women’s Day, Women in Enterprise, Newcastle Business Link | Lucy Milton, Helix Arts | Awarded a Certificate |
| 1989 | Royal Television Society (Regional Programs Award) (Best non-broadcast/non-commercial program in the North East) | Swingbridge Video and Phoenix House | Winner |
| 1987 | ABSA Arts Award for outstanding use of commercial sponsorship of the arts | Artworks for Industry | Winner |
| 1987 | Art at Work Award for the best publicly commissioned site-specific artwork in Britain | Susan Bradbury, Glass Artist with Newcastle upon Tyne City Council Architects' Department | Winner |
