There are two ways to get volunteer at our cultural events. You can:
Co-organise your own cultural event with us
Volunteer to share your own culture or cultural experiences with other students and staff.
Apply online to co-organise a cultural event.
Volunteer at our Australian Culture Day or Italian Culture Day events
If you have experience of these cultures and we’d love for you to assist with these events.
To apply please send us an email global-lounge@bristol.ac.uk.
For these events, we are looking for volunteers who:
- Are of the nationality of the culture being celebrated and/or
- Have significant links to the culture being celebrated and/or
- Have a significant understanding of the culture being celebrated
We don’t expect you to be a representative or an expert for the whole culture but to share with us your own experience of it, what you find most interesting, what in your opinion others should know about it – we simply want to work with you to enable you to share your vision of your culture with our community.
As a volunteer, we would be asking for your support to:
- Help create a presentation about your culture/particular subject
- Suggest activities we could run in the Global Lounge
- Help us choose appropriate decorations and snacks
- If you are available, come to the event to assist with delivering our activities and presentation
If you have questions about volunteering for our events, please email us at global-lounge@bristol.ac.uk.
Applying to be a volunteer at our events is a great way to develop experience:
- Organising and managing events with expert input from the Global Lounge Team
- Develop your presentation skills
- Develop your ability to plan and deliver events
- Learn how to engage and interact with event attendees
In addition to this, hours volunteering with the team count towards the Bristol Plus Award giving formal recognition to your extracurricular work on your degree certificate. An example of the hours you could build from volunteering is:
- 2-4 hours assisting with planning
- 1-2 hours making a presentation
- 4 hours of event delivery
If you want more information on the Bristol Plus Award you can contact the team on careers-plusaward@bristol.ac.uk.
If you would like to pitch a new Culture Day event, please fill out this expression of interest form.
If you would like to volunteer for one of our upcoming events, please email the global-lounge@bristol.ac.uk.