Community Post Type: Volunteering

Location: National

Role Type: Voluntary position for a fixed term of four years. There is a possibility of reappointment for a maximum of four years.

Time commitment: Approximately 4 days a year is estimated

Location: National: most meetings are hosted virtually. Some travel may be required with expenses paid; usually one meeting per year is held in-person at an accessible location in the UK.

Closing Date: 17:00, Friday 15 May 2026

Salary: This is a voluntary role, with UK expenses reasonably incurred for in-person meetings reimbursed.  An attendance allowance is available to support freelance/self-employed and other unwaged Panel Members.

To apply, visit here 

Wirral MakeFest 2026 is Saturday the 25th of April! The Finale! Join the Fun as a volunteer.

When: Saturday 25th of April 2026

Who: An event aimed at All Ages about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths with a nod towards sustainability.

Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Where: Birkenhead Central Library on Borough Road

Wirral MakeFest is your chance to dive into a vibrant showcase of imagination and skill: Explore dozens of hands-on activities and fascinating exhibits and all requiring support from our team of volunteers. Meet talented Makers showcasing robotics, electronics, coding, traditional crafts, art, repairs, and much more! Get inspired and maybe even discover your next passion! Enjoy a fun, inclusive day out for all ages, celebrating STEAM and creativity with a sustainable edge.

Calling All Volunteers for Wirral MakeFest 2026!

They’re looking for enthusiastic and passionate volunteers to help us make Wirral MakeFest 2026 the best one yet as is only fitting as it is The Finale! Join them for a celebration of creativity, innovation, and hands-on learning, where you’ll be an essential part of bringing this exciting event to life. They are excited to open applications for volunteers for the 2026 Wirral MakeFest. Volunteers will be part of a team of great individuals who will contribute to making Wirral MakeFest 20256, on Saturday the 25th of April 2025, a fantastic success.

What You’ll Do:

Help set up and run exciting workshops and interactive activities on the day
Assist attendees with their MakeFest experience
Support exhibitors and makers with set up and take down and provide comfort breaks during the event
Provide general event support and ensure everything runs smoothly
Help reinforce our sustainable ethos

Why Volunteer?

Gain valuable experience in event organisation
Meet like-minded creative individuals
Get a front-row seat to the coolest tech, crafts, and hands-on activities
When & Where:
Date: Friday 24th of April (afternoon/evening), Saturday 25th of April (Morning/lunchtime/afternoon)
Location: Birkenhead Central Library

Ready to be part of the fun? Sign up now to make a difference at Wirral MakeFest 2026!

https://wirralmakefest.org/call-for-volunteers-2026/

The Reader – the UK’s biggest Shared Reading charity – based in South Liverpool, pairs care-experienced children aged two to 15-years-old with highly trained volunteers, as part of its Reading Heroes initiative.

Reading Heroes has been running since 2016 and aims to spark a love of reading stories and poems. Volunteers give an hour a week to read stories and poems aloud with the children both online and in-person for around nine months.

The work is overseen by an experienced project team who train and support volunteers to deliver lively and engaging Shared Reading sessions; and provide ongoing safeguarding provision ensuring carers, partners, volunteers and the young people are supported throughout.
Families and carers report great improvements to children’s wellbeing, confidence, self-esteem, and attitude to reading. After their one-to-one reading sessions end, a book is posted to their home every two months for the next year – and they are invited to join a range of special Meet the Author events.

Care-experienced children are referred onto the Reading Heroes project and its follow-on legacy programme by Virtual Schools in Liverpool City Region (LCR), Sefton, Halton, Bolton, Bury, Oldham and London’s Tower Hamlets, including three unaccompanied asylum-seeker children. A further 152 children are on the waiting list.

The Reader is looking for volunteers who can read with to a child aged between 5-15 years old online (as a Reading Heroes volunteer) or in person with a child aged between 2-4 years (as a Tiny Heroes volunteer). Please note: Tiny Heroes is currently running in Liverpool, Wirral and Sefton only. Both require a minimum commitment of six months. The reading normally takes place for up to an hour between 4pm-7pm on a week day (as a Reading Heroes volunteer) or 9am-5pm (as a Tiny Heroes volunteer).

Training will be provided and will take place online

The Reader will ask you to undertake a number of safeguarding requirements for this role including an enhanced DBS check, a reference request and safeguarding training. To start your Reading Heroes journey, fill in a volunteer application form here:

https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=WsufqCbBtU2FQ82scKd7NlFPyrlcxFVCnynBW_Appa5UOU9KV1BSVkhZNE9NWUFZTVIwV1JaOTI3QiQlQCN0PWcu&route=shorturl

For further information about Reading Heroes visit here: https://www.thereader.org.uk/what-we-do/who-we-read-with/reading-heroes/

Shakespeare North Playhouse are now seeking new Trustees to join their board and play a vital role in shaping the next chapter of their remarkable story.

They are particularly keen to hear from individuals who can bring fundraising experience, industry contacts, or a creative background. Shakespeare North are committed to ensuring that their leadership reflects the communities they serve across Knowsley and the wider Liverpool City Region. They warmly encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities—especially those with a deep local knowledge of Prescot and Knowsley.

Previous board experience is not required — what matters most is a genuine passion for theatre, creativity, and community, together with a commitment to shaping an inspiring and sustainable future for Shakespeare North. They are seeking proactive, hands-on trustees who are willing to work collaboratively with, and provide support to Senior Leadership and Extended Leadership Team within their respective areas of expertise.

This is a voluntary role, but it’s one that makes a real difference—working with an organisation that delivers meaningful projects and positive change. It’s also a role that can be highly rewarding for the person taking it on, helping to enhance both experience and profile. Serving as a trustee is a fantastic opportunity for personal and professional growth, and they’re excited to offer someone the chance to learn, develop, and gain from their time and skills with Shakespeare North.

All Details: https://shakespearenorthplayhouse.co.uk/job/trustee/

All positions require around 15 days of time a year, including board meetings, reading and prep time. In addition, there will be performances, outreach, fundraising, and cultural events to attend. The role carries the responsibilities of a Company Director and a Charity Trustee. The board is overall responsible for compliance with regulations, good practice, and for the long-term success and sustainability of both Shakespeare North Trust and Shakespeare North Playhouse. The tenure of Trustees is three years.

To apply to become a trustee please email your expression of interest, clearly outlining how you meet the requirements of this role to: recruitment@shakespearenorthplayhouse.co.uk

The closing date for expressions of interest is Monday 5th January 2026.

Following that date, the Shakespeare North Playhouse will draw up a short list of potential candidates for consideration by the Chair. Interviews for shortlisted candidates will be held in early February 2026, with an aim to finalising appointments shortly thereafter.

As custodians of one of the world’s finest surviving industrial worker villages, Port Sunlight Village Trust is seeking new Trustees to join their Board and support their mission to preserve, promote, and evolve this unique heritage site and community in Wirral.

For over 25 years, they have cared for Port Sunlight’s historic buildings, landscapes, and museum, while celebrating the stories of its people, together with being a residential and commercial landlord with a commitment to positive community engagement. With bold plans for the development of the charity and the village, this is a pivotal moment to get involved.

As a Trustee, you will help shape the future of Port Sunlight by:

• Playing a central role in their ambitious plans.
• Supporting innovative learning programmes and research.
• Helping us thrive as a charity that relies on visitors, donors, and supporters.
• Being involved with our resident advisory groups and Board working groups.

The role is voluntary with reasonable expenses including travel covered. Commitment is part time and will involve attending 4 board meetings per year, 2 away-days, plus working and advisory group involvement.

To apply, visit here

Closing date: 28 November

Valley Community Theatre has been providing a platform for local talent for 31 years, while making theatre accessible to all. As a registered charity, they’re committed to enriching lives through the transformative power of the performing arts.

The Role:

As a trustee, you’ll help guide their strategic direction, ensure sound financial management, and support their mission to make theatre accessible and impactful. Time commitment: approximately 4-6 board meetings per year.

What You’ll Gain:

– Opportunity to make a real difference in your community
– Experience in charity governance
– Insight into arts organisation management
– Connection with like-minded individuals passionate about theatre

Prior trustee experience welcomed but not essential

Ready to take centre stage in their community’s cultural future?

What They’re Looking For:

They welcome trustees from diverse backgrounds who can contribute:

– Strategic thinking and governance experience
– Professional expertise (finance, marketing, legal, fundraising)
– A genuine enthusiasm for community theatre
– Commitment to our charitable mission and values
– Fresh perspectives and innovative ideas

To find out more or apply, contact info@valleytheatre.co.uk and visit www.valleytheatre.co.uk for more information.
Valley Community Theatre is committed to diversity and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.

Artist Tony Phillips is seeking volunteers for his art trail, Above us only sky? Finissage 

Held: Sunday 28 September 1.30pm at St Luke’s Bombed Out Church, Leece Street L1 2TR 

This finissage (closing event) marks the end of a display of four plaques on the Bluecoat’s Blundell Lane exterior, part of artist Tony Phillips’ art trail, Above us only sky? The trail – between the Bluecoat and the Bombed Out Church – comprises a series of hand-painted works exploring flight, from the earliest aeroplane to today’s drones. This performance at the church celebrates the work and reveals its next phase.

The event is free, but donations are welcome to support the church (£2 suggested). No booking is required, just turn up. Bombed Out Church: slboc.com/whats-on

Outline of the event

A service or ‘sermon’ presenting readings from a ‘sacred text’, Above us Only Sky: ‘History and the Bombed Out Church.

Images from the artist’s art trail, Above us only sky? Are revealed as the service unfolds, from the first flight image to the last, each delivered with a relevant incantation, spoken verse, etc. by Tony, in the manner of a religious service. There will be other presenters including poets and audience members, invited to read a prepared line or two from the ‘sacred text’, and a musician, Roberto Biffarini, operating recorded sound. 

The event is an ironic and tragic sermon on the history of man-made flight. It aims to focus on extending the life of Tony’s art trail and its amorphous nature through time. It is also intended to highlight the campaign to find a permanent site for the art trail artworks. The finissage ‘sermon’ also launches the proposal for a possible future publication.

How to be involved:

Tony is looking for anyone interested in volunteering for the following:

• a female reader for poems
• two young narrators (one of whom could be the same as the reader)
• a drinks waitress
• a drone operator
• a snare drummer
• general helpers

If interested, contact Bryan Biggs: bryan.b@thebluecoat.org.uk

To apply, visit here

Closing date: 14 September

Royal Court Liverpool Ltd are looking for a passionate individual to join the charity’s board of Trustees. This is an exciting opportunity to play a role in the onward journey of the historic theatre of Liverpool’s Royal Court!

It is estimated that Trustees will be required to spend an average of 1-2 days per month supporting the charity. There are four meetings of the full Board of Trustees each year with additional sub-committee meetings as and when required. Board members are expected to attend opening nights of theatre productions. There are an average of 7 new main house shows per year and 2-3 studio productions Trustees may also be required to represent the charity from time to time at meetings with funders and stakeholders, but these meetings are infrequent.

They are actively increasing diversity across the organisation and warmly welcome applications for the Board from individuals with lived experience. They particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority or historically underrepresented communities with one or more of the following:

• Experience of working with and empowering local communities especially historically underrepresented
• Experience of marketing, sales and/or PR
• Expertise in fundraising and income generation

For full details on becoming a Trustee, refer to their role description – please consult this role description thoroughly before applying:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PX35gPxMSUIcEPDyM9BPCAkZ6vemg6J7/view?usp=drive_link

To Apply: Please email your CV and a cover letter outlining why you would like to be part of the Royal Court Liverpool Ltd charity board, to:
hr@liverpoolsroyalcourt.com by Monday 18 August 2025