Thanks for your interest in joining the Independent Arts team. Check out our current vacancies below.
Wellbeing Café – Creative Support (Volunteer)
Independent Arts are looking for a new volunteer to join our team and support our weekly Wellbeing Café workshop on Thursday mornings.
Participants at Wellbeing Café have varying levels of support needs, with some requiring more support with activities than others. We’re looking for someone to join our established team and help participants get the most out of the sessions.
Activities vary from week to week, but are mostly simple arts and crafts-based activities. The programme is planned by the Independent Arts team and all materials are provided.
The role will primarily involve supporting participants with activities, helping them to engage and encouraging them to create something they feel happy with. From time to time, you may also help other members of the team with tasks such as making hot drinks, washing up, preparing materials and packing down after the session.
Key details / person specification
- Available Thursdays, 10.30am–12.30pm (the session itself runs from 11am–12pm)
- Comfortable supporting participants with creative activities
- Experience working with people with learning disabilities would be an advantage
- Enjoy arts and crafts
- Sociable and outgoing, and happy to chat and engage with participants around the table
- Happy working as part of a small team
For the right person, this would be a really satisfying and fulfilling role, working with a friendly and engaged group of participants, providing creative activities for wellbeing and helping to give those taking part something to look forward to each week. Please email [email protected] if interested.
Creative Cafe Volunteer x 2 (am or pm)
Independent Arts are looking for a two new volunteers to join our team and support our weekly Creative Café workshops on Monday mornings or afternoons. There is one volunteer role available for each group.
Both Creative Café groups are busy, friendly and chatty, providing a social setting where participants can come together and take part in creative activities. These range from one-off activities to larger projects. Participants are mostly, but not exclusively, women of retirement age, with many having attended the group for nearly a decade.
Activities vary from week to week, but are mostly simple arts and crafts-based activities. The programme is planned by the Independent Arts team, all materials are provided, and each session is led by an experienced arts practitioner.
The role will primarily involve supporting participants with activities, helping them to engage and supporting the arts practitioner with the preparation and delivery of the session. Some participants may require more support with activities than others.
A big part of the role is being actively involved in the workshop — chatting with participants, getting involved with activities and helping to create a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. You’ll also work alongside the small, established team to provide hot drinks and refreshments, wash up, and help clear away after activities.
Key details / person specification
- Available Mondays, either 10.00am–12.30pm (session runs from 10.30am–12pm) or 1.00pm–3.30pm (session runs from 1.30–3pm)
- Comfortable supporting participants with creative activities
- Enjoy arts and crafts
- Sociable and outgoing, and happy to chat and engage with participants around the table
- Happy working as part of a small team
For the right person, this would be a really fulfilling role, working with a friendly and engaged group of participants, providing creative activities for wellbeing and helping to give those taking part something to look forward to each week. Please email [email protected]
Treasurer Trustee
Do you have financial skills and experience that could help strengthen creativity, wellbeing, and community connections across the Isle of Wight?
Independent Arts is seeking a Treasurer Trustee to join our Board and help support the charity’s continued growth and sustainability.
Independent Arts works with people of all ages and backgrounds, using creativity and participation in the arts to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation, build confidence, and strengthen communities. We believe that creativity can have a positive impact on people’s lives, and we are looking for someone who shares our values and wants to make a meaningful contribution.
As Treasurer Trustee, you will play an important role in helping the Board oversee the charity’s financial affairs, ensuring strong financial governance and supporting informed decision-making. You will work alongside fellow trustees and staff to help ensure the organisation remains financially sustainable and able to continue delivering its valuable work across the Isle of Wight.
We are looking for someone who can offer:
• Experience in finance, accounting, budgeting, business planning, or financial management
• The ability to understand and explain financial information clearly
• Strategic thinking and sound judgement
• A collaborative approach and willingness to contribute to Board discussions
• Commitment to good governance and the aims of Independent Arts
Previous charity trustee experience or a professional accounting qualification would be welcome but is not essential. We encourage applications from people with relevant skills and practical experience from a range of professional and personal backgrounds.
What you’ll gain from the role:
• The opportunity to make a meaningful impact within the local community
• Experience of charity leadership and governance
• The chance to use your professional skills for social good
• The opportunity to work alongside a passionate and committed Board and team
• A chance to support creativity, wellbeing, and inclusive community development across the Isle of Wight
Time commitment
This is a voluntary role. The Treasurer Trustee will be expected to attend quarterly Board and finance committee meetings and review papers in advance, with additional time required to support the CEO in financial planning, Board and annual reporting activities.
Independent Arts is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and communities.
The recruitment pack can be found here. To express an interest or find out more about Independent Arts or this role, please email Jacquie Heany, Chair of Trustees: [email protected]
Whats On Guide Distributor
We are looking for enthusiastic and outgoing volunteers to support us in spreading the word about our work!
Each quarter the charity produce an A5 what’s on leaflet, which details all our workshops and groups in both our Newport based Creative Hub and in the community, as well as some snippets of information about the charity itself. These can be collected from our hub, but are also distributed across the island to other charity and community originations, libraries, community centres, doctors surgeries etc.
We would love to work with a volunteer, or small group of volunteers, who would enjoy the administration task of packing and delivering these across the island, essentially acting as a regular point of contact for other organisations, and helping us to spread the word and reach more isolated island residents who might benefit from the charities work.
The role would be a few days or half days each quarter, and can be done very much in your own time and as you work best.
The duties would involve:
– managing and expanding the distribution list
– packaging the appropriate amount into named envelopes for each location
– distributing the guides to venues and locations, ideally by hand, and representing Independent Arts as you do so.
Skills
– organised and happy to undertake admin tasks on spreadsheets
– outgoing and enthusiastic manner
– happy to manage your own time and work alone if required
– Comfortable with being a familiar face with the community as someone representing Independent Arts
If you are interested in this role please fill out our Interest for Volunteering Form and we’ll be in contact soon.
For further volunteering opportunities contact Ralph and for practitioner opportunities contact Nic.
