Current volunteer opportunities

Time commitment: 1-1.5 hours every 6 weeks to attend team planning meetings. Other time commitments are variable depending on activity.

Role requirements:
(Skills in one or more of these areas)

• Skills in a creative artform
• Curating exhibitions
• Creating publicity
• Leading arts based workshops
• Ability to share ideas and lend a hand in working together

What does it involve?

• Attend team planning meetings every six weeks on a Saturday morning
• Share ideas for projects and exhibitions

According to your skills and interests

• Lead or help with at least one of our six exhibitions a year
• Use your creative skill to lead on free or funded arts workshops for children/adults
• Creating publicity materials for exhibitions/workshops

Task: Reception, front of house, general admin support and hosting visitors.

Time Commitment: Weekdays or weekends: Minimum one 2.5 -3.5 hour session per week.

Skills needed: Friendly and welcoming manner, team player, basic/intermediate level IT skills. Training given for card payment system.

What does it involve?

• Answering phones, dealing with queries (on phone & in person), meeting and greeting visitors
• Keeping rooms tidy
• Updating notice boards, light admin duties, keeping a plentiful supply of up to date information at Reception
• Taking card payments. 
• Keeping tea & coffee point tidy (when in use) – replenishing supplies and loading/unloading the dishwasher or washing up crockery and cutlery
• Bathroom checks to ensure clean facilities, replenishing supplies
• Helping to set up and clear away rooms for meetings
• Cleaning surfaces and bathroom on a regular basis.
• Helping our visitors to make sure that we are observing our policies and procedures, for e.g. making sure visitors don’t block fire escape routes.
• Being a fire marshall, helping users to evacuate safely in the event of an emergency evacuation. 

Reporting to: Grants Fundraiser

Time Commitment: negotiable, could be done as a regular ongoing role of an hour or so a week or in a block of time.

Necessary skills and experience: Good research skills, attention to detail.

Task: To find relevant trusts, foundations and other grant giving bodies that could be potential funders for The Mill.

Suitable for: Someone who is interested in developing their understanding of grants fundraising or someone who already has knowledge in this area to detail, good written and IT skills, familiarity with simple spreadsheets would be an advantage.

What does it involve? Systematically searching for new grant opportunities through relevant websites, databases available at Voluntary Action Waltham Forest offices and investigating leads suggested by the Grants Fundraiser. Researching opportunities to find out if they are a good fit for The Mill and recording this information in the Mill’s fundraising database. To liaise with and report back to the Grants fundraiser.