Festival volunteers

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Volunteers will work in pairs or small teams; you will be supervised and trained to work in all areas of the Festival. Primarily during the four day Festival at the Southbank Centre, near Waterloo, from the 1st to the 4th May 2009, but maybe at other times as well. We welcome friendly, enthusiastic, helpful people of any age or sexuality.

Team/task Leaders will be needed.

A simple training plan will be agreed with you to include: induction, role orientation and health and safety training.

Areas of work for volunteers

Front of house volunteers: information help desk and roving help assistants, multi-lingual support (key languages Dutch, German, French), performer/delegate check-in, ticket checking, bag and coat check, registration, choir hosts, shop assistants, crowd stewards, security support, rapid response team, workshop support, disabled or older / younger attendant support, sightseeing / general guides, social event organisers, party planners, runners, general help, organising team assistants, office support, volunteer coordinator, team leaders, accommodation hosts.

Back of house volunteers: dressing room attendants, stage assistants, stage compeers, back stage support, stage check in, information and performer back stage guides.

Fill in our online Volunteer Application Form or, for anyone without easy Internet access, we have a paper version of the form [Word document, 93kB] which you can print out and post to us.

Various Voices 2009 Volunteer E-News: subscribe by sending an email to and follow the instructions you receive.

The Various Voices London Volunteer Charter clarifies your rights and responsibilities as a volunteer.