KYDS Youth Drama Society
4 days 1 hour ago
🕷️🔧 WE NEED A FEW GOOD PEOPLE… AND IDEALLY PEOPLE WHO AREN'T SCARED OF SPIDERS! 🎭 KYDS has a bit of a project on our hands, and we're looking for someone (or preferably a small team!) who fancies getting stuck in. This isn't a sit-at-a-desk-and-make-a-spreadsheet kind of volunteering role. Well, actually, there might be a spreadsheet involved… but first there's a fair amount of sorting, shifting, dusting, organising and probably the odd encounter with something eight-legged! 😂 KYDS Youth Drama Society is a small, volunteer-run youth theatre charity based in the Tiptree area. We've been creating opportunities for young people for over 17 years, putting on musicals and pantomimes and helping young people build confidence, friendships and skills for life. And over those 17 years, we've accumulated A LOT of theatre stuff! Scenery, props, costumes, equipment, bits from old productions, things we've made, things we've collected… and probably a few things nobody can quite remember what they're for! We need some help getting it all sorted and making the most of what we've got. The job will involve: 🕷️ Getting stuck in and not being afraid of a bit of dirt, dust or spiders! 📦 Going through everything and creating an inventory. 🛠️ Identifying things that need repairing, restoring or simply saying goodbye to. 🎭 Working out what we can use for future KYDS productions. 💰 Spotting things that could be hired out to other theatre groups and bring some income into the charity. 📋 Getting everything organised so we can actually find things when we need them! We already hire out things like our Bugsy splurge guns, but what else could be useful to other theatre groups? Our Little Mermaid trucks? The Magic Mirror? Scenery, props and all sorts of theatrical treasures? We're looking for someone with a practical mindset, a bit of organisational flair and a willingness to roll their sleeves up. Experience in stocktaking, storage, logistics, DIY, repairs or project management would be brilliant, but you definitely don't need any theatre experience. Ideally, we'd love one person to take the lead, or a small team who can share the job. It's not something we expect to get done in a day, and we can work around people's availability. A DBS check will be required for the role, but KYDS will arrange and pay for this. ❤️ COULD YOU BE OUR PERSON? If you're sitting there thinking this sounds right up your street (or you know someone who would be perfect), we'd love to hear from you. Just email Alex at alex@kyds.org.uk with a little bit about yourself and how you might be able to help. There's no commitment – we can have a chat, show you what we've got and take it from there. It's probably not the most glamorous volunteering opportunity, but it could make a huge difference to KYDS and help us make better use of everything we've built up over the years. And if you enjoy a good rummage, a bit of detective work