Boost Programme is a free 12-month membership to OutdoorArtsUK for Disabled and Global Majority individuals or organisations that have leaders with these protected characteristics.
OutdoorArtsUK Member Benefits
As a participant of the programme, you will gain access to OAUK’s membership benefits:
- Be part of the Outdoor Arts community
- Be in the know
- Feel supported
- Develop your skills
- Be part of advocacy for Outdoor Arts
Professional Development
In addition to these, you will have the opportunity to develop a set of individualised development goals with OAUK’s Director and Associate Director and attend quarterly online meetings with other participants.
There are up to eight positions available, and the free 12-month membership will start in November 2024, just in time to access our webinar series.
About Boost
Boost is designed to support OAUK’s ambition to get more diverse voices heard within the Outdoor Arts sector. Through Boost, OAUK will nurture deeper relationships with people who are embedded within underrepresented communities, and your engagement with us will help the sector become more diverse and inclusive. OAUK is powered by our members, so we are only as good and effective as who makes up our membership.
About OAUK
OutdoorArtsUK is a national membership organisation that advocates for and supports artists, festival makers and producers who bring high-quality works of art to outdoor spaces. We are an eclectic group of people, but we are united by the belief that Outdoor Arts makes the creative experience and its wider benefits more readily available for everyone. By taking great art to directly into communities, we reach individuals who have no other opportunities to engage with arts and culture otherwise. No other arts sector can level the playing field like we do.
OutdoorArtsUK is led by its Director Sho Shibata, who has extensive knowledge of Disability inclusion having worked with Stopgap Dance Company for 16 years, and as an ethnically diverse leader, he participates in several race equality initiatives including the Race Advisory Group for Arts Council England.
Applicant Eligibility
- Disabled or Global Majority individual
Or
- An organisation that is Disabled or Global Majority-Led
- No previous Outdoor Arts experience necessary, but must have demonstrable commitment and interest in the sector
- Must not have existing OAUK membership
- Commitment to meeting with OAUK and the other Boost participants quarterly
An organisation is Disability/Global Majority-led if 50% of its significant decision makers are made up of people with these protected characteristics. For example, an organisation is Disabled-led if its Artistic Director and chair are Disabled but Executive Director is non-disabled (66% Disabled-led).
How to Apply
You can use our application form here.
Alternatively, you can send a video or an audio recording of your answers to the questions in the application form. It should be no more than 8 minutes in length.
Your application should be sent to info@outdoorartsuk.org.
We are also open to arranging an online interview instead, where we can ask you the set questions and we make a record of your answers.
If you would like to speak to OAUK to find out more about the programme, please do get in touch through the above email address or call us on 020 7388 9767.
Deadline for applications is the end of day on 27th October.
