VOLUNTEERING AT CLEVELAND POOLS
Restoration work has now started. Whilst we don’t need help onsite there are lots of ways you can get involved. We are looking for volunteers to join our project teams to undertake a range of support activities essential to the pools re-opening. If you have relevant experience that’s great but the main thing we are looking for is buckets of enthusiasm. There are different levels of volunteering, it doesn’t have to be a big or regular commitment. If you have other skills and experience to offer us that sit outside these teams then please do get in touch for a chat.
Events and Activities
During the restoration phase, this team are developing and running a programme of community events and activities – everything from the opening day party to swimming for dogs on the last day.
If you have experience or interest in any of the following, please contact us:
● Event planning and coordination
● Developing activities such as our onsite Children’s Activity Trail
● Marketing events
● Event sponsorship
● Collaborating with the community
● Background in the creative arts: theatre, art, or story telling
Learning for All
Restoration of Cleveland Pools provides an opportunity to learn about a diverse range of subjects — from the history of bathing and water cures, to science and the environment. In collaboration with local schools and community leaning groups, this team are developing inclusive, engaging and fun learning activities and materials for visitors of all ages.
If you have experience or interest in any of the following, please contact us:
● Education, in schools or in the community
● Early years development
● Adult learning
● Creating learning resources
● Working with or being part of a community group
Interpretation
There are plenty of stories to tell about Cleveland Pools — why it was built, who used it and how a group of community volunteers led the successful campaign for its restoration. The Interpretation Team are busy collaborating with the community to research these stories and communicate them on in a way that is accessible for everyone, both digitally and via signage on site.
If you have experience of, or interest in any of the following, please contact us:
● Historical research
● Creative writing
● Story telling
● Editing
● Copywriting
● Creating content for websites and social media
● Visual presentation (photos, film making, displaying historical objects)
● Working with, or being part of a community group to improve the accessibility of information
Evaluation
Our Evaluation Team help us to measure the impact our work is having against the outcomes we have agreed with the National Lottery Heritage Fund. They use a range of quantitative and qualitative data to help us learn from the project and evaluate the impact we are having on heritage, people and communities.
If you have experience of, or interest in any of the following, please contact us:
● Seeking customer feedback
● Carrying out face to face surveys or interviews
● Carrying out observations and recording data
● Running focus groups
● Counting and recording quantitative data
Fundraising
The Cleveland Pools is aiming to raise £400, 000 before we open in summer 2022.
If you have experience or interest in any of the following, please contact us:
● Submissions to charitable funders
● Digital fundraising
● Fundraising events
● Seeking support from the business community
INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING?
If you have time to spare, and/or experience in any of these areas and would like to help us take the project forward, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator: rebecca@clevelandpools.org.uk
If you have any queries or want to find out a bit more information before deciding, please contact Sam Grief, our Community Engagement and Volunteer Officer: sam@clevelandpools.org.uk
VOLUNTEER CASE STUDIES
Frank’s story
I joined as much as anything out of selfishness …
Etain’s story
I first started volunteering with Cleveland Pools as part of a summer project at university. …