APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE 2024 LOU WILLCOCK SCHOLARSHIP (CLOSING DATE 31ST AUGUST 2024)
Secure a grant of £5000 and a professional mentor for one year, to enable completion of a self-designed project that supports your personal and professional development and makes a positive contribution to industry or society. Open to those aged from 18 to 35, who are UK residents working or studying in hospitality or gastronomy.
For enquires and to discuss possible applications, contact the OCC team (occ@oxfordculturalcollective.com).
This is your opportunity to engage in a creative project, of your own design, that will enhance your skills and attributes and have a positive impact on others.
Applicants are invited to propose a personal or professional development project that reflects their aspirations and passions and that will have a lasting legacy. This might involve overseas travel, to engage in a distinctive learning experience; the acquisition of skills that enable a move from a corporate role to entrepreneurial life; or the launch of a community project that will extend opportunities to others. The OCC Trust places no limits on applicants’ creativity and is looking forward to receiving truly innovative proposals.
Project proposals should be well constructed and show evidence of appropriate planning and research.
Project proposal should have a strong social or cultural purpose, designed to benefit others. The OCC Trust encourages applications from those representing a diverse range of social and cultural backgrounds.
The winner of the Lou Willcock Scholarship will receive a grant of £5000 mentoring support from one of the OCC Trustees, for a period of one year.
The scholarship submission deadline is 12 noon on 31st August 2024.
The shortlist will be published mid-September 2024, and the winner announced at an awards reception in early October (dates tbc).
Members of the judging panel are (from left):
Ceri Butcher, OCC Trustee and Head of Development and Alumni Relations, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford.
Polly Russell, Head of the Eccles Centre for American Studies, British Library; co-founder of British Library Food Season, food historian; FT columnist; and broadcaster.
Melissa Thompson, food and drink writer; author; broadcaster; and co-founder of British Library Food Season.
Dipti Patel, OCC Trustee; and Commercial Finance Director, OCS UK.
This scholarship has been created to honour the legacy of Lou Willcock (1961 – 2018), a creative force in hospitality, who was a close friend and colleague of many in the OCC community. In addition to achieving great personal success as an entrepreneur, she dedicated herself to supporting others as a mentor and guide. Her relentlessly positive, hopeful and inquiring approach had a life-affirming
impact on all who knew her.
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For enquires and to discuss possible applications, contact the OCC team (occ@oxfordculturalcollective.com).
In your application, submitted online, you are required to include:
APPLICATION CHECKLIST
THE ‘SMALL PRINT’ (terms and conditions)