Opportunities

Step inside Ford Green Hall and see what everyday life was like for families over 400 years ago.

Built just after the Tudor period, this historic farmhouse helps bring 1624 to life in a way that’s easy to understand and fun to explore.

As a volunteer at Ford Green Hall, you can help visitors experience the hall in a new light helping to support with games and activities that take place during the holidays.

This tends to be a quieter opportunity which suits new volunteers and people who prefer to volunteer in a relaxed environment.

Appetite aims to get more people in Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-lyme to experience and be inspired by the Arts. They do this by working with local people to co-create world class, unforgettable arts experiences in and for their communities.

Their biggest event The Big Feast is a free festival style event in Hanley where art and artists pop up in streets, buildings and underused spaces of the city centre.

Appetite looks for volunteers for a range of roles, including being a friendly face on event days, handing out posters supporting workshops and more!

B-Arts is a combined and participatory arts organisation with a vision to produce high quality arts experiences with people from many different backgrounds who would not normally engage with the arts.

B-Arts regularly recruit volunteers to assist with lantern-making workshops and other projects.

Urban Wilderness are an arts organisation based in Longton who use creativity, community and skills to transform underserved places.

Our volunteers help to support Urban Wilderness at their events e.g. Longton Pig Walk + Parade

Longton Pig Walk + Parade: The Pig Walk Parade celebrates a heritage story of Longton, about a bet that Mayor John Aynsley made to walk a pig to Longton, to win the land for Queen’s Park. Volunteers can be event stewards, helping visitors throughout the day and then supporting with the parade.

SABLE is an organisation that provides advocacy, support, and accessibility to resources for the black community of Staffordshire. SABLE put on a number of events for the community, including Six Towns Carnival an annual festival that brings the vibes of the Caribbean to Stoke-on-Trent.

Volunteers assist the event as stewards, making sure that everyone is having a good time and feels welcomed and supported.

Kwanzaa Collective UK is a Black artist-led charitable company connecting, supporting and championing Black, Brown and Global Majority creatives in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire and the surrounding areas.

Volunteers have previously assisted with Kwanzaa events, workshops and activities promoting the work of black, brown and global majority creatives in the local area.

Stoke-on-Trent Pride has quickly grown into one of Stoke-on-Trent’s biggest and most vibrant annual community festivals welcoming not only the Lesbian, Gay, bisexual and transgender community but everyone who values diversity in our City and wishes to celebrate equality. This popular one day event turns the Victorian built Hanley Park into a magical array of colours supported by street performers, dancers, singers and local artists.

Our volunteers typically support with the creative activities and workshops taking place. Previously Culture Volunteer has been represented at Pride through Flash Mobs, Drag Eye Make-up stalls, finding new ways to encourage volunteers to participate.

The National Literacy Trust work to empower people with the literacy skills they need to succeed in life. 

Volunteers have previously supported the National Literacy Trust with their Tales in the Park events. Taking part in six local parks, these accessible storytelling festivals encourage children to engage in reading with storytelling sessions and fun activities for all the family.

The British Ceramics Biennial has grown to be the single largest contemporary ceramics event in the UK. They present artworks from the UK’s leading ceramicists alongside work by international artists, in exhibitions and special events held across the city every two years.

At the British Ceramics Biennial, volunteers support with exhibitions and activities and welcoming visitors.

The Three Counties Open Art exhibition is an open-call visual arts exhibition featuring artists from Staffordshire, Cheshire and Shropshire. The exhibition spans across various a range of mediums: from painting to printmaking, drawing, photography, sculpture, textiles, moving image and installation-based works.

Volunteers support visitors at the exhibition and help with artist’s workshops.