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 Art-form Umbrella Bodies

Supporting voluntary arts groups

Voluntary Arts Scotland website / enews

Resources and Information Briefings

Epic Awards

Voluntary Arts Week

Training / conferences

Voluntary Arts Ambassadors

Voluntary Arts Ambassadors

The Voluntary Arts website and enews

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

11 – 19 May 2014www.voluntaryartsweek.org

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