1. The national development agency for voluntary arts and crafts participation Promoting participation in creative cultural activity www.voluntaryarts.org www.voluntaryarts.org

2. Gillian Harrison Support Networks Development Officer Cassandra Barron Marketing and Events Officer www.vascotland.org.ukwww.vascotland.org.uk @VAScotland www.facebook.com/VoluntaryArtsScotland

3. Promote participation in the arts and crafts -Well-being and enjoyment Support voluntary arts activity -Information, advice and training -Raising profile Advocacy -On a local and national level Our Aims

4. Supporting Art-form Umbrella Bodies

5. Supporting voluntary arts groups  Voluntary Arts Scotland website / enews  Resources and Information Briefings  Epic Awards  Voluntary Arts Week  Training / conferences  Voluntary Arts Ambassadors

6. Voluntary Arts Ambassadors

7. The Voluntary Arts website and enews

8. Increase your profile Creating a Facebook presence Creating a Twitter presence Getting your website noticed Volunteers Recruit Retain Reward Micro-volunteering Information Briefings

10. Volunteering in the arts toolkit To support small and medium-sized arts groups who struggle to improve the support they offer volunteers.  ideas, suggestions and recommendations  a range of checklists for those new to working with volunteers  a range of case studies to celebrate what is already happening across the sector  links to further information Written by Voluntary Arts and Volunteering England using a wide range of best-practice quality assurance processes and procedures.

11. Deadline for entries – 30 November www.epicawards.co.uk National events and projects Previous Winners Phizzfest – multidisciplinary arts festival celebrating the local communities artistic life Fermanagh St. Patrick’s Day Festival – community engaged St Patricks Day parade

12. 11 – 19 May 2014 www.voluntaryartsweek.org

13. Training and events Social media training 30 November 2013, Grass Market Community Project, Edinburgh Culture, Creativity and You: Why Making Matters 26 February, Platform, Easterhouse, Glasgow Voluntary Arts Scotland’s Conference and the Epic Awards Ceremony

14. Festival Volunteering: fun or fundamental? Can’t see the wood for the trees… Now we want to hear from you: - What is working well? - What are the challenges? - What are your aspirations? How can we help? Link you to Voluntary Arts resources and where to find local support Listen to your concerns and feed back to our strategic partners Explore support for festival volunteering with BAFA