Number 1010355
What does volunteering involve at Action Factory?
- Helping Artists to prepare for workshops
- Working with Artists to deliver workshops in the community
- Helping to finish work produced on workshops/projects
The following quotes are from people who attended V-Train, May-June 2002, a 10 week training course for volunteer community arts workers in Blackburn and Darwen Borough. After completing the course the volunteers gained in self confidence thus left in a much stronger position to apply for jobs in the arts sector, or to seek other forms of employment.
\" I loved being a participant, a teacher and a student at the same time, sharing ideas, having fun and learning more.\"
\" Try volunteer work, get into it because its great - you couldn\'t pay for the experience. Many doors keep opening all the time.\"
\" I\'ve always been on the shy side which has now improved as I\'ve learned to deal with people and my social skills have developed. I facilitated a workshop with a class in a school.\"
\"Team work, laughing with and being with people. Join in, you are going to get something from it .... absolutely.\"
