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West Yorkshire Archive Service
West Yorkshire Archive Service

Volunteering

WYAS offers volunteering opportunities to support our work. These opportunities are varied and cover all aspects of our work. They range from short term opportunities to more longer term opportunities.


Why do we involve volunteers?

The list is long but ultimately, volunteers add value to our work. They often bring new ideas, fresh enthusiasm and support to the service. Volunteers help drive the work of the organisation forward and support our aims and objectives.


What you might get from volunteering

There are a lot of things that you might gain from volunteering here at WYAS including a feeling of satisfaction about making a difference to our work; enjoyment of being part of a team a chance to meet new people, make new friends and gain confidence and learn new skills.


What commitment you will need to make

There are many different opportunities on offer and they require different lengths of time commitment. Some are one off opportunities, others require a weekly commitment. Further information will be found in the Volunteer Role Description.


Volunteering Opportunities

There are several volunteering opportunities at WYAS, some of which are offered short term, others long term. You might want to help out with events and activities or support work on access to our collections. We offer opportunities to work from home or to volunteer in one of our offices.


One off and longer term roles include

  • • Outreach Volunteers
  • • Audience Engagement Admin Volunteers
  • • Re-packaging Volunteers
  • • Digitisation Volunteers
  • • Cataloguing Volunteers

As a volunteer you must perform your role as agreed. You will have been given a role description when you applied which outlines your tasks.


For more information email educationandoutreach@wyjs.org.uk.


Details of current opportunities and their outlines are given below.

 

If you are interested in community heritage, community archives, education, or heritage outreach work then we have some opportunities which might interest you. Our volunteer positions are all part time and involve various levels of commitment. They are open to anyone who meets the basic criteria set out in the person specification and would particularly suit students at any level in helping to develop relevant and useful skills for a career in the sector.

 

The following positions are available. Please click on the links for more information.

 

Oral History volunteer to assist with the collection and care of oral history interviews.

 

Events Assistant volunteer to assist the education and outreach team with the many events they hold throughout the year.

 

Nowthen.org web volunteer to assist with the running of the Archive Service community archive website nowthen.org.

 

For more information contact Sarah Shooter on 0113 393 9774 or email sshooter@wyjs.org.uk

 

Please download the volunteer handbook, agreement and application form.

 

Volunteer Handbook

WYAS Application Form

WYAS Volunteer Agreement


 


 

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