Volunteer with us!

We are keen to increase our current ‘small but mighty’ volunteer team.

We are looking for people who want to support their local community, enjoy the variety that working in a community led arts & cultural space brings and support our values and work ethic.

The commitment can be as little as one hour a week (street teams/leafleting) roles in venue (events/bar/lighting/sound/door/community/safeguarding/volunteer support) or working on our fundraising, marketing & strategic aims.

We have a committed, friendly, hard working team, free gig & events access, opportunity to learn about working in a grassroots live music venue & training on lighting, sound, event management, community business & community support. Mentoring. Referral routes for career progression.

If you are inter...

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Volunteer for us!

We are looking to increase our current ‘small but mighty’ volunteer team.

We are looking for people who want to support their local community, enjoy the variety that working in a community led arts & cultural space brings and support our values and work ethic.

The commitment can be as little as one hour a week (street teams/leafleting) roles in venue (events/bar/lighting/sound/door/community/safeguarding/volunteer support) or working on our fundraising, marketing & strategic aims.

We have a committed, friendly, hard working team, free gig & events access, opportunity to learn about working in a grassroots live music venue & training on lighting, sound, event management, community business & community support. Mentoring. Referral routes for career progression.

If you are in...

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An update (and good news!) on our Business Rates issue

It has been a difficult few months for us all with the worry of the business rates bills coming in just as we thought we had something good to start planning for three years and hopefully beyond if we are able to get that ever elusive permanent space.

Whilst we dealt with this we tried to do what we could and honour the commitments made. We thought we would share that we have heard from the Central Government Valuation Office Agency for business rates and received good news!

Based on the case and evidence we submitted, they have agreed to remove the unused floors of our building from business rates and reclassify our area as a community centre backdated to July 2023. This reduces our rates bill from £432k pa to £28k pa...

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