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The national development agency for voluntary arts and crafts participation
Promoting participation in creative cultural activity
www.voluntaryarts.org
Gillian Harrison Support Networks Development Officer
Cassandra Barron Marketing and Events Officer
www.vascotland.org.uk @VAScotlandwww.facebook.com/VoluntaryArtsScotland
Promote participation in the arts and crafts-Well-being and enjoyment
Support voluntary arts activity-Information, advice and training-Raising profile
Advocacy -On a local and national level
Our Aims
Supporting voluntary arts groups
Voluntary Arts Scotland website / enews
Resources and Information Briefings
Epic Awards
Voluntary Arts Week
Training / conferences
Voluntary Arts Ambassadors
Increase your profile
•Creating a Facebook presence•Creating a Twitter presence•Getting your website noticed
Volunteers
•Recruit•Retain•Reward
•Micro-volunteering
Information Briefings
Volunteering in the arts toolkit
To support small and medium-sized arts groups who struggle to improve the support they offer volunteers.
ideas, suggestions and recommendationsa range of checklists for those new to working with volunteersa range of case studies to celebrate what is already happening across the sectorlinks to further information
Written by Voluntary Arts and Volunteering England using a wide range of best-practice quality assurance processes and procedures.
Deadline for entries – 30 Novemberwww.epicawards.co.uk
National events and projects
Previous Winners
Phizzfest – multidisciplinary arts festival celebrating the local communities artistic lifeFermanagh St. Patrick’s Day Festival – community engaged St Patricks Day parade
Training and events
Social media training 30 November 2013, Grass Market Community Project, Edinburgh
Culture, Creativity and You: Why Making Matters26 February, Platform, Easterhouse, Glasgow
Voluntary Arts Scotland’s Conference and the Epic Awards Ceremony
Festival Volunteering: fun or fundamental?
Can’t see the wood for the trees…
•Now we want to hear from you: - What is working well? - What are the challenges? - What are your aspirations?
How can we help?•Link you to Voluntary Arts resources and where to find local support
•Listen to your concerns and feed back to our strategic partners
•Explore support for festival volunteering with BAFA