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VOLUNTEER

REWARDING OPPORTUNITIES to support welsh craft

Want to join our wonderful team of Volunteers?
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Are you looking to gain experience in the Arts? Or would you like to help support what we do  in a wonderfully creative environment where you get the chance to meet and talk to makers and the many visitors that we see through our doors each year?
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We offer rewarding volunteering opportunities. 

Aim of volunteering
The Makers Guild in Wales is a registered charity and relies on support from our volunteers to carry out our charitable aims to promote Welsh craft.  

Description
Volunteers are essential to the running of our organisation and help our organisation to thrive, from front of house duties, to display, helping our visitors to better understand craft, to selling craft, the role is varied and rewarding.

Expectations
As a Volunteer you would usually commit 2-4 days a month, on a monthly rota system, though we are happy to fit any days that you can offer around your commitments and available time. We particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers and from all backgrounds and abilities.

Training and Benefits
An initial training induction is given to all volunteers, this is followed by ongoing support throughout.

Skills required

No specific skills are required but a passion for arts is helpful!

Travel information
Our volunteering roles are all based in our gallery in Cardiff Bay

Other requirements
You need to be at least 16 years old to undertake this role.

For more informationand to apply for this role


Please contact us admin@makersguildinwales.org.uk



We partner with the Cardiff Third Sector Network and recruit through their Volunteer scheme
Cardiff Volunteer Centre

The Cardiff Volunteer Centre @ C3SC (Cardiff Third Sector Council) is run by the community, for the community. The Centre acts as a central hub where anyone in Cardiff can find out about volunteering opportunities. We help people who want to volunteer and organisations recruiting volunteers to find the right opportunities. C3SC is here to help you volunteer in your local community. We have hundreds of different volunteering opportunities with charities, community groups and statutory organisations across the capital. If you want to give back whilst being part of a movement to make a difference then we’re here to help.

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Jill David is our longest serving volunteer. Jill has been volunteering with us for 22 years and she regularly demonstrates with her spinning wheel in the gallery
Sue Meudell has been volunteering for 12 years, and enjoys being in a unique creative environment

A long history of Volunteering...

Originally created as
a maker co-operative back in 1984, we still maintain a strong co-operative ethos, with a focus on fairness, emphasising equality and sustainability. We still retain the strong co-operative ethos and maintain strong ethical values today.

Co-operative working along with an emphasis on Volunteering are core to our organisation, we recognise and value the special work volunteers do in our community. These are two pillars on which our organisation operates with and values.
  • 'A co-operative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise. '
  • 'Co-operatives are based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity. In the tradition of their founders, co-operative members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others.'
https://www.cooperatives-wales.coop/what-is-a-co-operative/

  • In June 2012, the Guild was used as an exemplar study into co-operative consortia by the Wales Co-operative Centre.
  • In 2016 our long history of volunteering was recognised in the NLHF project led by VCS Cymru. The 'Chronicle Project' was a community heritage project documenting a century of volunteering in Cardiff, this project was unveiled by Julie Morgan AM.

About Us

Makers Guild Wales
Craft in the Bay
The Flourish, Lloyd George Avenue
Cardiff  CF10 4QH

Charity number 1113675
​Company number 5608888

Visit Us

 Craft in the Bay/Crefft yn y Bae
Open daily/ar agor pob dydd
, 10- 5

Admission/Mynediad-  FREE - AM DDIM

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  • What's On
    • Exhibitions >
      • A Splash of Colour
    • Meet the Makers - Artist Talks
    • Workshops
    • Christmas Craft Pop up
    • Art & Craft Parties
  • About Us
    • About the Guild
    • Our Gallery >
      • Makers Guild Wales
      • D Shed
      • Resilient Heritage Project
      • Craft in the Bay at 20
      • Molly Curley a tribute
    • Our Staff & Trustees
    • Community Programme >
      • Butetown Community Canals Mural Project
      • Butetown Community Craft Project
      • Makers Wales
    • Room & Gallery Hire
  • Our Makers
    • Our Makers
    • Our Makers Stories
    • Become a Maker Member
  • Support Us
    • Donations
    • Volunteer
    • Mailing list
    • Gift Service
    • Friends Of The Guild
    • Sponsors
    • CollectorPlan
  • Visit/ Contact
    • Visit us
    • Restaurant >
      • Customers of Giovanni's in The Bay
  • SHOP
  • Blog
  • Donations