Key activities of the Technical Crew are: • Moving and setting up staging and lighting equipment; • Operating lighting and sound equipment; • Technical support; • Understanding of Health and Safety; • Time management of visiting artists; • Looking after technical equipment in unique performance spaces; • Bringing the Festival Directors creative visions to life. Festival dates are from Friday 21st to Friday 28th June 2024.

Welcome To The Gaiety! Welcome to The Gaiety, one of Scotland’s oldest theatres and home to many a stage legend who considers our beautifully intimate and traditional auditorium their favourite venue. Ayr Gaiety Partnership (AGP) owns and runs this iconic venue. It’s mission is to increase wellbeing through the arts. With membership open to all local residents, the organisation is committed to delivering for its whole community. AGP’s core belief is that everyone has a right to a cultural life – and that the arts can transform individuals and communities. Much more than a theatre, The Gaiety continues to make a difference across Ayrshire as well as in Ayr. Core activities include: Operating a theatre showcasing and producing professional theatre, providing a stage for many local organisations and welcoming over 65,000 people annually. We are currently looking to recruit Volunteer Theatre Technicians. This exciting and varied volunteering role will: Welcome and assist visiting production technical staff and companies to the venue, ensuring they are treated appropriately and always as an important and valued client. Support the full time technical staff in ensuring the smooth and efficient running of fit-ups, shows and get outs, in line with company policy, current health and safety legislation and the requirements of the visiting production or event. Take pride in your working environment at all times ensuring that work areas are clean, tidy and safe. Under the direction of the full time technical staff assist as required in the inspection, servicing and maintenance of the stage machinery and production equipment. Work safely at all times, proactively identifying risks to yourself, other colleagues and customers health, safety or security and take appropriate actions to keep everyone safe. Implement and comply with the company Health & Safety policy, maintaining the safest possible environment for your colleagues, visiting companies and customers. Attend training as required, developing skills and knowledge relevant to the job role and your career goals. Work collaboratively as a team member, working well with others to ensure all required tasks are completed. Maintain can do, professional attitude. Proactively identify tasks, which need to be done and take responsibility for completing them. The role is also responsible to all full time members of the venue technical team and will work closely with other casual theatre staff. You will work closely with visiting companies, touring teams, contractors and other Ayr Gaiety staff.

Wave Radio is a broadcasting service for the wellbeing of patients at Dr Gray’s Hospital -- and by broadcasting online, they aim to bring the community into the hospital and the hospital into the community. This volunteering opportunity is also a great one if you have a love in music. They are not just looking for people to present on air, but would also welcome people who have a bit of spare time to catalogue music or music production. For people interested in any of their presenter slots, please know these programmes can be pre-recorded for broadcast at a later time. Right now, volunteers can do their shows from home, through the studios at Dr. Grays. Volunteers who have an interest in specific musical genre (i.e./Classical, show tunes, soul etc. ) or have a wide musical taste can find out more about how to help with their breakfast, afternoon and early evening programmes. Wave Radio is run entirely by volunteers and donations. Please get in touch if you would like to find out more about volunteering with them!

Volunteers we need you, with you inspiration and motivation to serve as a board member on the Management Board of HALLA (Harlaw Area Lifelong Learning Association). We are a Board of people who run daytime and evening classes at Kaimhill Learning Centre. We have a FB page ( @HALLACommunity) where you can see some of our activities and tutored classes. We meet once a month to discuss new opportunities and management issues, to find new ways of how-to bring people of all ages in the local community into the centre. We have several weekly, social, informal learning groups where Board members can get to know each other and form a friendly working relationship. A volunteer should be passionate, enthusiastic and have a keen interest in community matters. A volunteer does not necessarily require specific skills since we all support each other to develop new skills but if you have specific ones, it would be good to introduce them to the rest of the Board so we can use them to benefit the local community. The Board would appreciate people with knowledge of IT and office procedures but enthusiasm and interest in the community are equally important. This is an amazing opportunity to discover your “hidden talents” !!! You are very welcome to attend a committee meeting and see if this is for you. WE ARE WAITING TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR FRIENDY AND DIVERSE HALLA BOARD !!!!! A fantastic opportunity to help and make a difference for the community. All assistance is greatly appreciated. For further details please contact Giuseppina Caligiuri, HALLA Vice Chair at email Hallaassociation@gmail.com or telephone: 01224 498 164 / 07511377364.