OSC Lucky Draw

OSC Lucky Draw

No strings attached £500 support fund for artists and creatives based in the Bournemouth (BH) Postcode area to develop your professional arts practice.

Apply just once and if eligible you will be entered into every Lucky Draw for 12 months.

Draw Dates 2025

Spring Deadline: Mon 24th Feb
Summer Deadline: Mon 26th May
Autumn Deadline: Mon 25th Aug
Winter Deadline: Mon 24th Nov
We will always aim to draw our winners on the Friday of the deadline week.

What will you get?

  • £500 Artist Support Fund which can be used for anything to help your professional arts practice (residencies, equipment, workshops etc)
  • Free access to the whole OSC programme of artist talks and skills workshops for one year
  • Mentoring and support with the BEAF & TOSH teams to work on idea development and project proposals

Who is it for?

Creatives based in the Bournemouth Postcode area including; Bournemouth, Christchurch, New Forest, East Dorset, North Dorset, Poole and Purbeck that have a BH postcode.

Applying

You only need to apply once, if you match our selection criteria then you will enter into a pool where a name will be drawn at random. If your name is not drawn, don’t worry it will still be entered into the next round.

You MUST have a BH postcode to enter. This is so we can focus on supporting artists and creatives in our local area.
You will need to complete a short application form with your contact details.

If you cannot fill in the online form or you need this information in a different format please email us at hello@gotbeaf.co.uk or contact@toshspace.co.uk

Key dates
1st Deadline: Mon 24th February 2025
The winner will be contacted by Fri 28th Feb 2025

APPLY HERE

Eligibility:

OSC’s Lucky Draw fund is available for supporting local creatives to develop their work. To ensure that the fund is invested accordingly, we ask that you please ensure that the below applies to you.

We are able to support creatives practicing:
Combined Arts
Dance
Literature
Music
Theatre
Visual Arts and Design
Film and Animation
Videogame Design
Fashion and Textiles
Architecture

We’re conscious that art comes in endless, changing forms – if you think that you may be working in an eligible art form that isn’t listed here, please give us an email so that we can verify for you and amend our list if necessary.

We want to support creatives who are presently active and dedicated to developing their practice. For this reason, we ask that you demonstrate that you have produced some creative work at least within the last 12 months.

Please note we are unable to accept applications from current students, as we are specifically aiming to support those that have access to fewer opportunities, and those who are living in the area beyond the duration of their studies.

You must have a BH home or studio postcode to apply.

If we feel that your application is incomplete or not eligible, we will contact you. Otherwise, please assume your application has been accepted.

If you cannot fill in the online form or you need this information in a different format please email us at hello@gotbeaf.co.uk or contact@toshspace.co.uk

More about OSC

OSC is a collaboration between BEAF Arts Co and TOSH (The Old School House) to support our community of artists and their artistic development at all stages of their career. OSC events and workshops are for artists interested in collaboration, skills development, community and networking.

TOSH
TOSH is a creative community and coworking space, and is a Grade II listed building based in the centre of Boscombe. TOSH supports local creative businesses with workspace packages and meeting rooms, as well as free drop-in Cowork Club mornings and Creative Hub nights. TOSH also offers regular arts workshops to join, and is available for hire for events.

BEAF
BEAF Arts Co is an open-access, multi-art form festival and year round arts programme based on the south coast in Boscombe, Bournemouth. We are an innovative and independent organisation of freelancers and volunteers, who feel passionately that culture changes communities for the better.

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