We would like two new non executive directors to join our board.
OSR Projects was established in 2011 and registered as a Community Interest Company in 2019. We currently have five directors on our board, all with varying skills and would like two more individuals who have experience in one or more the following areas which will add value to our existing board:
• Experience in the creative sector (either as a professional artist or working for an arts organisation)
•Experience/ knowledge of applying for / managing grants from public bodies (Arts Council England, Heritage Lottery Trust, British Film Institute, etc) and private trusts and foundations (Esmee
Fairburn, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, etc)
• Experience in developing a financial strategy
• Knowledge of and interest in collaborative working and artist run initiatives
•Experience in showing and sharing leadership either in a formal role or informal
• Experience/ knowledge in marketing, communications, copy writing or public relations
• Interest in the social model of disability, or lived experience of disability
• Ideally based in Somerset or the South West
OSR Projects CIC embraces equal opportunities and are keen to widen the diversity of our board,
we therefore encourage applications from a diversity of backgrounds.
Your commitment will involve:
• Reviewing documents related to funding or other bids within your expertise
• Working on a future proofing strategy for OSR Projects CIC
• Offering advice, options, and connections
• Supporting our activities by attending events and exhibitions
• Advocating for our organisation and its activities
Governance:
OSR Projects Art & Culture Community Interest Company (CIC). Company Number 11799838
OSR Projects was founded by Simon Lee Dicker and Chantelle Henocq.
Current board members are: Jo Bickerton, Simon Lee Dicker, Susie Clark, Chantelle Henocq and
Sam Jukes. https://osrprojects.co.uk/the-team
Term of office is four years (Voluntary). We ask that board members attend quarterly meetings and an AGM in person, these are usually a duration of 2 hrs. We aim to hold meetings at times that take into consideration work and personal commitments.
If this sounds like something you would like to be involved with and if you have any questions and would like to know more please email simon@osrprojects.co.uk or chantelle@osrprojects.co.uk
Opportunity: Become a Non-Executive Director at OSR Projects CIC Download Pdf
About OSR Projects:
Firstly a bit of context about West Coker – in his 1957 ‘Annals of West Coker’ Matthew Nathan
claimed that:
“Nothing much ever happened at West Coker. No great man was born or lived or died there. No battle was fought near it nor did any constitutional crisis have its rise in its neighbourhood. It was never the centre of great industry nor the source of wide spreading trade. No relic of saint nor monument of art nor scene of natural beauty ever attracted visitors to it.”
In this place where nothing much ever happened, much of the ‘nothing’ happened here at the Old
School Room.
Built in 1850 it was only a school for 26 years, and for the next 147 years this has been a place of meeting, gathering and learning. Christmas parties, wedding receptions and discos, baby weighing, theatrical performances, milking demonstrations for school children, coffee mornings and jumble sales. Talking, laughing, swearing, fighting and drinking tea.
This is where we come together. OSR Projects is an acronym of Old School Room.
From our base in West Coker, Yeovil, Somerset we have produced ambitious, playful and socially-engaged art projects since 2011, in the South West and further afield.
Founded by artist Simon Lee Dicker and graphic designer Chantelle Henocq, we place people at the centre of artistic activity through creative partnerships, community collaboration, and diverse modes of engagement.
Find out more about our organisation and projects here https://osrprojects.co.uk/
OSR Projects Mission and Values:
Artist led – OSR Projects is committed to organising, producing and curating projects as artists. We believe artists are valuable members of and play a critical role in local communities, cultures and economies.
Collaborative – OSR Projects cultivates generous inclusive partnerships with artists, audiences and organisations across the southwest UK and beyond. Conversation, participation and exchange are fundamental to our work.
Situated – OSR Projects place people at the centre of artistic activity. We produce artist-run projects and events that emerge from and unfold in distinctive places and times.
