• Signals of Joy: Cabinet Mural Competition

  • We’re transforming everyday street cabinets across Droitwich Spa into colourful public artworks -  inspired by the people, places and memories that make the town special.

    Looking to get involved in our workshop?

    Join our free, hands-on creative workshop where we’ll be cutting, sticking and getting artistic together:


    👉 Register for the Signals of Joy: Cabinet Mural Competition workshop

    Or, if you missed the date, can’t make the workshop — or you’ve picked up a worksheet around town or online — You can submit your ideas below using this form.

     

  • Submit your worksheet

    Fill out the information below and upload your photo of your completed worksheet to take part.

    Please note: Submissions must not be offensive or contain any political messaging or advertising. Please see full terms and conditions below.

    A selection of entries will be chosen to help shape the final cabinet designs. This means your design may not be used exactly as submitted, but your ideas, themes and elements will help inspire the final artwork created by a professional street artists.

    Please enter by 11.59pm on 11 May 2026

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  • Terms and conditions

    Please read the terms and conditions below carefully. and then confirm your acceptance of them, before submitting your entry.

    1. About the Competition

    This competition is organised by Wychavon District Council (“the Council”) with consent and support by Openreach and funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The Council is inviting people to submit artwork designs. Winning designs will be used as inspiration for the final artwork painted onto Openreach cabinets in Droitwich Spa by an artist appointed by the Council. Please note, your designs may not be replicated in full but elements and themes will be used to inspire the artist's final artwork.

    By entering, you agree to these terms and conditions. The Council reserves the right to refuse or disqualify an entry for breach of these terms and conditions.

    2. Who Can Enter

    The competition is open to people who live, work or study in the town of Droitwich Spa.  If you are under 18, you must have permission from a parent or guardian before you enter.  Each entrant is limited to one submission.

    3.How to Enter

    Submit your design in the format and method stated on the Council’s website or entry form. All entries must arrive before the published deadline.

    Your design must be your own original work and must not:

    • infringe any copyright or otherwise the rights of any third party;
    • contain unlawful, defamatory, discriminatory, offensive, or commercial content; or
    • include political messaging or advertising.

    Late, incomplete or non-compliant entries will not be considered.

    4.Judging and winners

    A panel chosen by the Council will review all eligible entries and select the winning designs. 

    Designs will be judged on creativity, suitability for public display and practicality for painting onto a cabinet.

    The judges’ decisions are final, and no correspondence will be entered into.

    5.Prize

    The winning designs will be used by a professional artist to paint Openreach cabinets in Droitwich Spa. The Council may make reasonable changes to designs where necessary for technical, safety, practical, scale, or aesthetic reasons, including permitting the appointed artist to interpret or adapt the design. No cash alternative is available.

    6.Intellectual Property Rights and Permission to Use Your Design

    You keep the copyright to your design.

    However, by entering you give the Council and Openreach a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, irrevocable licence to:

    • reproduce, display, distribute, and publish the design for purposes connected with the competition;
    • use the design in promotional materials, reports, press releases, exhibitions, digital channels, and social media; and
    • permit the appointed artist to reproduce, adapt, or interpret the design for the purpose of painting it onto a cabinet.

    Winners agree that their design may be reproduced on the selected cabinets.

    You confirm that your design is your own work and does not breach anyone else’s legal rights.

    7.Publicity

    By submitting your design into the competition, you agree to take part in any publicity should your design be chosen. This includes publishing your name, image and design in media releases and through various communication channels owned or operated by Wychavon and Openreach.

    8.Data Protection

    We will use the personal information you provide for the sole purpose of processing your entry into the Droitwich Spa Cabinet Mural Art Competition. It may be necessary to share your details with our partner Open Reach and other departments within the council to facilitate your entry into the competition, when choosing final designs and for publicity purposes.

    We will not use your personal data for any other purpose, share it with any third parties or departments within the council for any other purpose and we will never sell your data. Any unsuccessful entries, along with any associated personal data, will be deleted from our systems within 1 month of the final designs being chosen.

    9.Changes or Cancellation

    The Council may change or cancel the competition if needed (for example, due to weather, safety or operational issues).  We may also change cabinet locations if required.

    10.Liability

    The Council accepts no responsibility for lost, damaged, or incorrectly submitted entries.

    11.Governing Law

    These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales.

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