*Please note: This is a Springboard event and is ring-fenced for OSE Associate Programme Alumni

🗓️ Monday 20 January 2025

📍Online, 5:00—8:00pm

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Join Open School East and Arts Council England for an interactive online session for OSE Alumni.

In this dedicated event you will learn all about Arts Council’s funding programmes, National Lottery Project Grants (Under £30k) and Developing your Creative Practice, gain understanding on which fund may be right for your ideas and hear about how to apply. Your active participation is welcome. Breakout groups are scheduled so that we can explore any questions you may have together as a cohort. 

This session is open to all OSE Alumni, whether you have already applied to one of these funding programmes before or not. If you are already familiar, the information will be a useful refresher.

The event will provide an opportunity for you to (re)connect with OSE’s cohort of Alumni, seek further clarification and gain insights from Arts Council colleagues, and support each other as you progress your ideas. 

What this event will cover:

• About Arts Council England and the artforms we fund.
• An introduction to National Lottery Project Grants and how to apply.
• What’s next after you apply and how we make our decisions.
• An introduction to Developing Your Creative Practice
• What’s the difference – which fund is best suited to your idea?
• What support is available to you?

Accessibility:

Please detail your access needs when registering. This must be done at least two weeks before the event in order for us to arrange access support. 

If you are a first-time applicant, and you have a project in mind already, there will be an opportunity to sign up for a 1-1 conversation with a Relationship Manager at a later date.

In attendance:

• George Harding, Producer, Open School East 
• Claire Horton, Relationship Manager, Combined Arts & Visual Arts, Place lead for Thanet, Arts Council England
• John McPherson, Relationship Manager, Visual Arts, Place lead for Sussex, Arts Council England