New Year, new start … new volunteer role for you?

Make it a new year’s resolution to come and volunteer at CoolTan Arts. We have lots of new and exciting opportunities for you to get involved. We started as a volunteer run organisation and our volunteers are at the heart of what we do – we couldn’t manage without you!

As a volunteer, you get a chance to gain new skills and a reference if you want one, make new friends, and volunteer in a safe and supportive environment.  Travel expenses are provided, up to £4.20 per day.

Every Wed 4pm – 5.30pm

Do you enjoy going to plays and art exhibitions? Would you like to help others to do the same? Are you interested in how exhibitions are organised and run at CoolTan Arts? Then this exciting new group is for you.

We will be researching free tickets, building links to other galleries and theatres, and going on trips. Also we will be planning, advertising, organising and evaluating trips out to see exhibitions and plays. Eventually we hope the group will be helping to plan, fundraise, set up and run exhibitions at CoolTan Arts, and other venues.

Do you have spare time in the evenings and weekends? Do you enjoy working with people? Do you want to volunteer for a charity? Join us at CoolTan Arts as events volunteer.

CoolTan Arts is a charity set up by people with mental distress in 1996, with a focus on activity and participation we are looking for volunteers. The successful applicants will be a self-motivated with a cheerful outlook who can help ensure events run smoothly.

You must demonstrate an ability to work unsupervised and in a team, use their own initiative and communicate appropriately with a diverse range of people.

We are looking for people who might be interested in contributing stories about mental health and the labels that you have been given – can be a written story or recordings for our podcasts, as a part of an ongoing project at CoolTan Arts, our Funny Farm web site and forum. It could be funny, shocking, inspiring, or simply yours; tell us about the labels you have been confronted with in life, at work and/or in hospital; learn to record and create conversations online and meet people; share and listen to your own stories.

Have a look at www.afunnyfarm.org.uk for inspiration.