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Artventure Trust Ltd (Merrow, Guildford)
Mission Statement
The Artventure Trust enables people with learning difficulties,physical & mental disabilities to explore the visual arts. We aim to help vunerable people integrate into the community. Working alongside practising artists & others with a variety of skills & experience, we combine to give a flexible & fun approach to the creative process.
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Arts Worker
Description :
Volunteers are needed to help and encourage the clients of the Artventure Trust to:
- draw, paint, create recognisable objects using a variety of materials
- participate in simple physical activities such as walking, movements to music, drama, gardening etc.
Groups of up to 10 learning disabled participants attend the group each day.
Volunteers can be flexible in the days they come, but commitment is appreciated.
When Required : Monday-Friday
Sessions run from 9:30-2:30pm Monday to Friday during term time.
Commitment: Part Time
Areas of Interest : Art and Culture, Disability, Mental Health
Types of Activity : Art, Community Work, General and Helping
Skills and Qualifications :
Volunteers should be interested in visual arts and caring for disadvantaged people. However, artistic skill is not essential - a caring approach is much more important, as is flexibility, initiative and a willingness to 'muck in'. Volunteers carrying out this role will be required to have a DBS check.
Additional/Specific Suitabilities : 16+
Expenses: Reasonable travel expenses
Training: Initial supervision
Directions :
At St Peter's Comprehensive School, located on Horseshoe Lane off the Epsom Road A246 in Merrow. Artventure occupies an artistically decorated building to the left side of the campus as viewed from Horseshoe Lane. The site is easily accessible by public transport.
Recruitment Method :
DBS Check, Informal Discussion, References
If you are interested,have any questions or would like to apply contact Mariann by completing the online application.
Cranleigh Heritage Trust CIO
Wellbeing, Learning and Heritage
Reimagining the UK's first cottage hospital as a space for wellbeing, learning and heritage.
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Guildford Cathedral
Mission Statement
Guildford Cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Guildford, covering 500 square miles of Surrey, North east Hampshire, the London Borough of Kingston and a part of West Sussex. With a seating capacity of 1000, the Cathedral provides both focus and resource for the whole community, a venue for concerts, art and education, a place of pilgrimage, as well as stillness, prayer and daily choral worship.
Volunteers support the work and mission of the cathedral in friendly and convivial surroundings with interesting and like minded colleagues.
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Guildford Opera
Volunteering with Guildford Opera
Hair/Make-Up Artist(s) - May 2026
Guildford Opera is seeking volunteers to help with hair and/or make-up for our next show!
Whether you have prior experience in a theatre setting or are a talented amateur, we'd love to hear from you. Please note - if you have experience in hair but not make-up or vice versa, we are more than happy to split this role.
The main duties of the role(s) would be styling hair and/or doing make-up in a 1950s style for our eight principal singers on the evenings of 26th, 27th, 29th & 30th May (and if there is time, supporting our chorus members with advice/touch-ups). The performance venue is Holy Trinity Church on Guildford High Street.
To let us know you're interested in volunteering with us, please scroll to the top of this page and click on Fill in an application form (on the right-hand side of this advert). We look forward to hearing from you!
Costume Assistant / Sewing Volunteer
Guildford Opera is seeking a Costume Assistant to help with our next show!
We are looking for someone with sewing skills to assist us in preparing and maintaining the costumes for our May 2026 production. Whether you have prior experience in a theatre setting or are a talented amateur, we'd love to hear from you.
The main duties of the role(s) would be supporting our Costume Supervisor with making simple alterations such as hems and sleeves, trimming, repairs and general maintenance, then labelling ready for use by the performers. Please note - you would need to have the use of your own sewing machine.
To let us know you're interested in volunteering with us, please scroll to the top of this page and click on Fill in an application form (on the right-hand side of this advert). We look forward to hearing from you!
Halow project (Guildford)
Mission Statement
To make a difference
About us
The halow project is a growing community-based charity, situated in Guildford, Surrey. We support young people, aged 16+, with a learning disability on their journey into adult life.
The young people we work with want the opportunity to:
- Build relationships
- Become part of the community
- Find meaningful employment
- Have a home of their own
We believe that the young people we support have the right to be part of and respected in their communities and are entitled to a life they choose in ways which best suit them. halow is committed to developing creative opportunities and removing social barriers.
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HHH Concerts
Mission Statement
Objects of HHH Concerts registered charity 103930
The objects of the Society shall be to promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in and appreciation of the art and science of music in all its aspects by any means the trustees see fit including in particular through the presentation of public concerts and recitals.
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Sime gallery CIO
Mission Statement
Sidney Herbert Sime (1865-1941), Sime Gallery at Worplesdon Memorial Hall GU3 3RF.
A talented illustrator, oil painter, landscapes and caricatures of the late 1800s and early 1900s, the Sime Gallery is a unique collection of 800 pieces of his work. He lived from 1904-1941 in Worplesdon and after his widow Mary's death in 1949 his works were bequeathed to the trustees of Worplesdon Memorial Hall. Today, the collection is known as Sime Gallery, a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). The objective is to preserve the collection and make it available for the public to view.
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Surrey Libraries
Mission Statement
Surrey Libraries is a dedicated local government library service; providing information, knowledge, resources, support and entertainment to our local community.
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The Cheryl King Trust
Helping financially disadvantaged young people to make music
CKT believes that every young person, regardless of family income, deserves the opportunity to learn to play a musical instrument with everything that brings.
We fund music lessons for financially disadvantaged children and young people in Surrey whatever their level of musical development. We fund rock, pop and jazz as well as classical and singing as well as instrumental lessons. We also co-fund group projects in schools with a high level of Pupil Premium. We are staffed entirely by volunteers and have minimal overheads. Our income comes from grants, individual donations and fundraising at events such as gigs, quiz nights.
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Watts Gallery - Artists' Village (Compton)
Volunteering at Watts Gallery - Artists' Village
Volunteers give vital support to the Artists' Village, contributing in many different ways from engaging with visitors as stewards in the galleries to supporting our Curatorial Team to assisting at events and workshops. Discover all the Artists' Village has to offer while acquiring new skills and meeting likeminded people.
Watts Gallery Trust is an independent charity, and we rely on the commitment of over 200 volunteers from a diverse range of backgrounds and age groups.
Mission Statement
From our beautiful and inspiring setting of Watts Gallery - Artists Village, we welcome everyone to connect with the art and ideas of our founders George and Mary Watts. By caring for the collections and our environment, we advocate for the power, impact and relevance of art - onsite, online, with our community and via our international network of artists’ studio museums. Our dynamic and multisensory programme of exploring, looking and making, takes you out of the everyday, into new encounters that invite you to view life through a different lens.
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West Horsley Place Trust
Mission Statement
West Horsley Place is a Grade I listed mediaeval manor house and estate of great beauty and historic significance. The manor house dates from 1425, though there has been a building on site since Saxon times. Our recent work to conserve and maintain the house has made our principal rooms safe and comfortable for public access, but the house remains on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register.
The West Horsley Place Trust aims to bring the house, gardens, 380-acre estate and eight Grade II listed outbuildings back into good repair and to improve people's wellbeing through art, culture, heritage & nature.
We will give people freedom to explore and discover, to create stories and become part of ours.
VISION
- To bring about a quiet revolution in the way an historic house and estate is managed
- To be a place that improves people’s wellbeing through culture, heritage and nature
MISSION
- To be sustainable, financially, environmentally and socially
- To be a catalyst for creativity
- To conserve the listed buildings in our care so that they are no longer on the Historic England ‘at risk’ register
- To provide learning and engagement opportunities in culture, heritage and nature
- To broaden our audience by being welcoming, inclusive and accessible
- To enhance the natural landscape through increasing biodiversity and habitat connectivity
