Giving your time
Volunteering time, advice and skills for the benefit of the arts can deliver significant benefit to those involved from personal satisfaction to learning new skills.
Many organisations need financial support from both the public and private sector in order to sustain their high-quality programmes and endeavours. Besides giving cash, there are other, equally important ways that an individual can support the sector.
To survive in a difficult, competitive climate, the arts and cultural sector needs the ideas, skills, capabilities and acumen of people working in the commercial sector to help their organisation operate in the most efficient, effective manner possible. Individuals can join a cultural organisation's board, provide ongoing advice and support or offer to help out with specific projects.
In turn, giving your time in this way can assist with your own management and professional development and offer a creative route to both personal and professional improvement and growth. By moving out of your own environment and working with arts organisations or museums, you gain fresh inspiration, motivation and broaden your horizons.
If you are an individual who would like to volunteer your services click on the headings fore more information
Board Bank
Skills Bank