Volunteer Telford

By becoming a Story Starter volunteer you will give a child in a local early years setting/nursery the skills to start primary school ready to read. You’ll open up their lives to the magic of stories and provide crucial language development in a way which is fun for both you and the child!

How does it work?

As a Story Starter you will support three children aged 3-5 years' old on a one-to-one basis, using play and stories to develop and enrich their use of language.

You’ll need to commit to volunteering at a local nursery for one hour, twice a week during nursery hours.

You’ll receive professional training and support to ensure that you are best able to support young children and feel comfortable in a modern nursery setting.

The role of Gallery Assistant provides an opportunity to engage our visitors with one of the most important subjects for human history – the story of iron – from multiple perspectives including astrophysics, geology, biology and archaeology.  In addition to the main tasks outlined below, the role will include encouraging visitors to make a donation to support our charitable aims and supporting the exhibition evaluation process by gathering visitor feedback via feedback Forms

Main Tasks

To act as a meet and greet point for visitors to our 2024 temporary exhibition From Stars to Cells: The LiFe₂₆ of Iron, to monitor the gallery space and to assist visitors with interactives when required. 

To open the exhibition each morning and to lock up at the end of each day.

To welcome visitors to the exhibition gallery and keep an accurate log of visitor numbers.

To answer any questions the visitors may have about the exhibition or visitor facilities, or to signpost them towards someone who can answer it.

To gather visitor feedback via supplied forms.

To assist visitors with interactives in the gallery when required.

To monitor visitor activity in the gallery and contact security if required.

Location

The Coalbrookdale Gallery, located within our main offices at Coalbrookdale.

Coach Road
Telford
Shropshire
TF8 7DQ

We are looking for people who can ideally commit to one day per week.

Training

You will be provided with a brief that details the themes and subjects of the exhibition so that you can discuss it with our visitors. You will also be shown how to fulfil the main tasks of the role

Local homelessness organisation, Maninplace are in need of friendly people to help customers to search for training and employment opportunities and help them to access any that are suitable.

So if you are a friendly non-judgmental person who could help with this please get in touch.

We are a volunteer Theatre Group who have been running for two years. we are based at Arleston Community Centre. We aim to give Youth the opportunity to experience drama.

We meet on a Tuesday evenings and aim to give experience of drama that is both enjoyable and relaxing for 8-18 year olds. We endeavour to perform two plays a year for both the younger and older Youth group.

We are looking for people who are energetic and fun loving who can help with sessions, work as a team and respect everyone’s strengths and weaknesses.
These placements are hard work but rewarding and we need dedicated people who take their roles seriously. We have all procedures and processes in place and work to strict Child Protection Policies.

An opportunity has arisen for a Youth Theatre Leader / Assistant  to work  with Watch this Space Youth Theatre . The position is to work with Youth of ages ranging from 8-18 who would like to experience drama.