Volunteers wanted for town’s biggest events

CULTURE Warrington and LiveWire are holding an event next month to recruit new volunteers to be part of some of the town’s biggest events and health and wellbeing activities.
The two companies have recently revamped their existing volunteer schemes and have identified lots of new opportunities for people to get involved with leisure, library, health and cultural activities in the town.
Saturday, June 4 will see the events take place between 10am-2pm at Pyramid arts centre, will give budding volunteers the chance to find out more about the specific volunteer roles on offer.
Culture Warrington is giving those interested in arts, entertainment or heritage the opportunity to work across a variety of departments including sales and marketing, events, heritage, outreach, research or cataloguing.
Meanwhile, LiveWire is offering volunteers the chance to get involved with sports engagement, community wellbeing and library activities.
Sharon Sinnott, HR officer at LiveWire and Culture Warrington, said: “Volunteering at LiveWire or Culture Warrington will not only give local people the chance to get involved with some of the biggest events in Warrington, it will also provide the opportunity to gain new skills which will be a welcome boost to CVs.”
Over the last year, both LiveWire and Culture Warrington have supported more than 170 volunteers to take part in many different events including Warrington Festival, Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival, the LiveWire Mile and the Summer Reading Challenge.
Some of the volunteers who have worked with Culture Warrington and LiveWire in the past have even gone on to secure permanent employment with the companies.
Carenza Foxall from Longford started volunteering with the LiveWire leisure team four years ago and due to the commitment, initiative and ability she showed during her time as a volunteer, she has now been employed by LiveWire as a lifeguard.
Hannah White began volunteering at Warrington Museum & Art Gallery after university. Her volunteering role, which gave her experience working with a huge range of collections, has supported her to secure positions at museums across the North West and she’s now back at Warrington Museum undertaking the permanent role of Collections Assistant.
Hannah, said: “Upon leaving university, I had decided to pursue a career working in museums, but due to the competitive nature of this industry I knew that I needed to acquire the transferable skills required to gain my first job, and volunteering with Culture Warrington enabled me to do this.”
The new volunteer offer is being launched during Volunteers’ Week – a national celebration of the contribution that millions of volunteers across the country make every year.