Leicester Mela Festival Volunteers

About this Opportunity

Overview:

To help with the celebrations of Leicester Mela Festival, we are looking for an enthusiastic team of volunteers to help, as well as get invaluable experience in festival organisation.

Organisation:

2Funky Arts

Minimum hours:

6

Address:

Abbey Park Rd

LE4 5AQ

Location:

Onsite

About the organisation:

Established in 2007, 2Funky Arts (2FA) is a social enterprise, dedicated to advancing and celebrating arts and music of black origin. Our projects work instinctively to stir emotion, provoke debate, nurture collaborations, and push boundaries across sub-genres.

Full Details:

Leicester Mela Festival returns to Abbey Park and the celebrations are set to be bigger than ever, running over 2 days.

Dates: 16-17 August 2025

To help with the celebrations, we are looking for an enthusiastic team of volunteers to help, as well as get invaluable experience in festival organisation.

Volunteers must be 18+
No prior experience is needed.

We have opportunities in these areas:
-Backstage Management (must have a DBS)
-Helping with Arts activities
-Ushering
-Events set-up and breakdown
-Photography
-Videography
-Social media
-Directing attendees and providing information
-Festival runners
-Clean up duties
Plus more

Please note this is an unpaid opportunity, however, we will provide all volunteers with a meal and a reference for their CV.

When and Where:

Dates: 16-17 August 2025
Location: Abbey Park Leicester, Abbey Park Rd, Leicester LE4 5AQ

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Volunteers must be 18+ Please note this is an unpaid opportunity, however, we will provide all volunteers with a meal and a reference for their CV.

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