VOLUNTEERING

‘Torbay Culture Ambassadors’

We supported the development of this approach to cultural volunteering with a group of local people who were passionate and positive supporters of Torbay’s cultural life, events and projects in Brixham, Paignton and Torquay. With support from the Great Place Scheme (2017-20) we supported people participating in this way, and host organisations offering volunteering opportunities. As part of this we prepared a range of resources, including a volunteer toolkit.

With the conclusion of the funding, it was not possible to continue this scheme. However, our colleagues at the International Agatha Christie Festival often have call-outs for festival volunteers.

Other opportunities

Brixham Heritage Museum is seeking volunteers - please see below

Contact [email protected]

Brixham Heritage Museum is an accredited museum and a registered charity - to find out more, please visit https://www.brixhammuseum.uk/

Education Volunteer: Brixham Heritage Museum is seeking volunteers with a passion for local heritage to assist with its education department. A background in education is an advantage but not essential, the museum is looking for people who are cheerful, encouraging, have a sense of fun and are enthusiastic about helping us to share the collections with the next generation. You could be helping facilitate school visits, delivering sessions to school children or helping out with crafts and other activities during school holidays.

This volunteering opportunity would suit someone who is reliable and confident. Full training is provided, no experience is necessary, just your enthusiasm and time. All learning volunteers will require a DBS check, provided by Brixham Heritage Museum.

Craft Volunteer: Brixham Heritage Museum is seeking volunteers with a crafty flair to assist with craft sessions. An enjoyment of creative pursuits is an advantage, but more important is providing a cheerful and friendly experience for family visitors, to make them feel at home and welcome in the museum.

You will be helping to develop simple craft activities during term time and helping to deliver them in the holidays, typically one day per week of school holidays and on an ad-hoc basis in term time.

Full training is provided, no experience is necessary, just your enthusiasm and time. All volunteers working with children will require a DBS check, provided by Brixham Heritage Museum.

Collections volunteer: Brixham Heritage Museum is seeking volunteers with a steady hand and a love of museums to join the collections team. You could be helping clean exhibits, research, plan and display exhibitions; pack and store objects and generally assist the curator – read this recent article about the team’s work in January 2024 - https://www.torbayweekly.co.uk/news/home/1404570/take-a-look-behind-the-scenes-as-brixham-heritage-museum-prepares-to-reopen.html

This volunteering opportunity would suit someone who would enjoy discovering the behind-the-scenes world of the museum. Full training is provided, no experience is necessary, just your enthusiasm and time.

Social Media Volunteer: Are you confident with Canva? Are you au-fait with facebook and does Instagram spark your imagination? If you are also passionate about local history you might be the perfect social media volunteer! Don’t worry if you don’t feel 100% up to speed with everything mentioned – Brixham Heritage Museum can provide training. The museum has lot of ideas but need someone with a regular couple of hours each week to help them get everything posted on time.

Front Desk Stewards: Brixham Heritage Museum is recruiting volunteer stewards. Can you offer 2-3 hours a week to greet visitors and make them feel welcome, sell gifts in the museum’s shop and generally shout from the rooftops how wonderful it is to have this fascinating collection open to the public in Brixham? If this could be you, get in touch [email protected]