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Volunteer at Brighten the Corners

Our organisation is built upon providing a sense of place, community and offering opportunities to get involved. We offer over 300 volunteer opportunities and 350 employment opportunities per year. 

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Job description

We have over 160 volunteers on our books with over 80 actively taking part in our events. Volunteers initially fulfil roles at our smaller venues whilst increasing confidence and gaining key transferable skills to progress to more responsibilities, fast-tracking routes into employment at other BTC venues and events.

We embrace a community spirit with the majority of our staff being volunteers, or having started off as volunteers.

Box Office

Welcome and admit customers to the venue, checking and selling tickets as directed by the event promoter, while keeping a tally of how many people enter the venue.

Photography

Capturing the performers, the venue and audiences during the event as well as the vibe and aesthetic.

Bar

Add your pricing strategy. Be sure to include important details like value, length of service, and why it’s unique.

Content & Videography

Creating stories for social media and reels for after the event, or a highlight video of the event.

Sound

We have a number of roles in live sound available, including assisting the sound engineer, monitor engineering, stage crew and stage management.

Duty Management

Managing and looking after staff and volunteers, observe and report venue capacity, cleaning facilities, observing health and safety standards, liaising with artists.

Lights

Creating exciting and appropriate lighting onstage and managing light levels in the auditorium and backstage.

Artist Liaison

Ensuring artists are comfortable and familiar with the site, have access to all amenities necessary and provide the backstage rider to the artists if appropriate.

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