One of the biggest and most exciting developments in Union Chapel's history is the transformation of our Sunday School Hall and you can be a part of this adventure, whether as a volunteer to help discover and revive lost artefacts of our archives, taking part in a tour or community-based workshop or skill-building event, or creating new memories together for a brighter tomorrow as our space is returned to the community for everyone to enjoy:

New improved accessibility

Pre-gig heritage tours

Heritage building training including work with lime mortar mixing, stone masonry, carpentry, repairs and maintenance for skills you can use in employment and at home

Your Story Festival of Change made with and by for our communities including inspirational speech karaoke, digital memory bank, performance poetry, heritage food events, debates, and social leadership workshops

Immersive musical adventures for families

And more. It all starts this January with our first activity:

REBUILDING A VICTORIAN STAGE

Share your skills and kick start a new year resolution of skill-building, giving back, or meeting like-minded people.

Union Chapel has what we think is a dismantled Victorian stage, contemporary to the 1877 chapel and currently stored in one of the booths of the Sunday School Hall.

We're recruiting volunteers to help us rebuild, document, and organise in the first of the Heritage Workshop Series of our Sunday School Stories Programme, with lunch provided plus a certificate of participation issued.

In order to keep records from our experience, we are looking for enthusiastic photographers and people with audiovisual interests/expertise. It doesn't matter which format, your creative skills on digital/image content creation will be vital to support our workshop in keeping our memories alive.

Job Responsibilities

In order to build our Victorian Stage, we'll need people with skills or interests in joinery, construction or maintenance. A can-do attitude, a spirit of collaboration and being a team player are our core values to successfully bring back to life our dismantled stage.

We'll provide the right tools as well as professional support from a qualified Joiner who will lead the workshop to support the team of volunteers on the process of assembling and dismantling the stage.

Break down of activity:

Moving the stage parts at the beginning and end of the project.

Get stuck in rebuilding the stage.

DATES:

Mon 15 Jan: Move stage parts from Sunday School Hall booth to Upper Hall (bar).

Tue 16 Jan: Rebuild stage.

Wed 17 Jan: Finish rebuilding stage, then dismantle it and record the process. This phase might be completed the following day if needed.

Thu 18 Jan: Return stage to Sunday School Hall booth.

Minimum attendance to volunteer is 1 day but we welcome you to attend all days.

How to Apply

Email us with the role title, a brief description of your skills in action, and the days you can attend.

Feel free to attach a CV, short video or portfolio/links if you have them available. Minimum attendance to volunteer is 1 day but we welcome you to attend all days.

Closing date: Friday 5 January, 9am

We'll be in touch with shortlisted applicants via email or phone to schedule an informal chat prior to workshop attendance.