Volunteering with Ceramics Festival at Cockington Court

Volunteering with Ceramics Festival at Cockington Court
Volunteers are crucial to the running of any festival, working as part of the team to help make it special experience for the visitors and participants. Volunteering will give you the chance to be part of a team of like-minded people, the opportunity to be involved behind the scenes, learn new skills and meet new people. We will ensure that you are fed and watered while you work with us in exchange for your time.

Ceramics Festival at Cockington Court Volunteer Roles
The role of all the festival volunteers is to be welcoming and helpful to people attending and assist festival staff with the supervision of venues and other festival areas with regard to safety. All volunteers must attend a briefing session in advance of the festival.

PRE-FESTIVAL AND SETTING UP THE SITE
On Wednesday 7th May prior to the festival we will be decorating the site with work produced by the outreach sessions in schools and community groups and we require some assistance to support us with this.

FESTIVAL SET UP AND GET OUT STEWARDS will help set up the festival, direct stallholders and help with the get out.
All the ceramic artists will arrive on site to set up their stands in the Maker’s marquee on Thursday 9th May. We will need support to ensure that this process is as smooth as possible and they have all they need to be ready for the start of the festival on the Friday morning.

FESTIVAL WELCOME STEWARDS will welcome people as they enter the festival site, issue pre-paid tickets, capturing data, putting on wristbands and generally give out information about the festival.

VENUE STEWARDS will be on duty inside Cockington Court. This role involves checking wristbands, sitting by venue exits and assisting with an evacuation in the event of an emergency. Stewards will also be situated outside, generally overseeing festival areas.

OUTDOOR STEWARDS will welcome people as they arrive at Cockington Court and arrival area the country park and in other areas giving information to the public, directing people, capturing data and supervising with regard to health and safety.

OFFICE AND ARTIST LIAISON RUNNERS will be on call to support the smooth running of the festival programme working with staff and artists.

DOCUMENTATION / SOCIAL MEDIA STEWARDS will capture the festival through a camera lens and will blog and support the social media on the festival in the lead up to and during the event.

For the following roles some experience or an aptitude for ceramics would definitely be an advantage.

CREATIVE DELIVERY STEWARDS will require experience and an aptitude for ceramics, crafts or 3D Design would definitely be at an advantage in the following roles.

We are looking for volunteers who would like to support booked school visits to the festival. Groups of primary school children will be working with a ceramic artist on Friday 10th May and we are looking for people to help facilitate those sessions within the resource room.

Participatory workshop assistants will support the artists in the delivery of creative ceramics workshops with the festival audiences of all ages. Required on Friday 10th and or Saturday 11th May.

Potters circle assistants will work will the artist Sarah John on the first day of the festival and will support others to learn on the final day of the festival. Required on Friday 10th & Saturday 11th May.

We are looking for volunteers with experience of Raku firing to help support the social firing on the Friday 10th & Saturday 11th May in the afternoon.

To apply for any of the above roles please contact Patricia Dixon Ceramic festival Coordinator with details of:

1. Your availability for Wednesday 8th, Thursday 9th, Friday 10th, Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th May 2013 9.30 am -5.30pm

2. Two volunteer roles of interest
3. Your email address
4. Mobile telephone
5. Address including post code
6. Your CV or profile (if you have one available)

7. A short piece (up to 400 words) on why you feel you have the skills to do your chosen two volunteer roles above. Or alternately, what you would like to gain by the volunteer roles chosen.

Please send the information above to: info@cockingtoncourt.org by Friday 26th April 2013

For more information visit http://www.cockingtoncourt.org/whats-on/ceramics-festival/