Winchester Business Excellence commend The Colour Factory

The Colour Factory, based near River Park, was honoured with the Creative and Cultural Award at the 2026 Winchester Business Excellence Awards.

The award celebrates organisations that achieve commercial success and community impact by putting culture and creativity at the core of their work.

The Colour Factory promotes creativity through classes, community art projects and wellbeing activities. The collective also offers studio space, a gallery and adult art and jewellery workshops.

Jenny Muncaster, mixed media artist and presenter, said: "It was amazing. We weren't expecting to win so this is such a pleasure, and we are feeling extremely proud.

Jenny Muncaster shocked after receiving the award with the rest of the team. (Image: Stuart Martin)

"Here's to another 35 years of creativity in the community- something that we are utterly passionate about."

This year’s awards ceremony took place at Winchester Pavilion and recognised businesses across the district.

The Winchester Business Excellence Awards are organised in partnership by the Hampshire Chronicle, Hampshire Chamber of Commerce and Winchester Business Improvement District (BID).

The awards aim to recognise outstanding business achievements within the Winchester district.

The 2026 awards were made possible by headline sponsor RJM International and category sponsors including Paris Smith, Winchester City Council, Winchester University, Winchester BID, Nony Kerr-Smiley and Phillips Law.

Winchester Cathedral Events, Natwest, the Little Kitchen Company, the Theatre Royal, Play To The Crowd, Stem & Green, CTG and Bar Lento also supported the event.

To find out more about The Colour Factory, visit https://www.thecolourfactory.org.uk/