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People's Museum
The People’s Museum: A Space for Us is a space to preserve local voice and the area; to celebrate an incredible ‘radical, reformers and rebels‘ histories, to record the change now, as well as to campaign and preserve local working class heritage.This community museum has been set up by local residents with the aim of playing a part in…
Description

Ride our Story Bike  outdoors - a great summer job!

A chance to develop a new social action service from grounds up!

  • A great opportunity for a outgoing, natural promoter who loves people.
  • Help less mobile people and a deprived area.
Duties
  1. Ride the StoryBike!
  2. Take care of the StoryBike
  3. To engage community and build use of the StoryBike 
  4. Build audience via StoryBike and routes for outdoor health via heritage through outreach and communications

What you need to be?

Great with people, responsible, outgoing, can cycle, community minded, a good communicator.

More....

We are developing an exciting new service: a StoryBike, a sustainable intergenerational electric passenger taxi service; for outdoor health along heritage routes, storytelling, social prescribing.

You need to use this and promote this via outreach and partnering, develop service and evaluate. The StoryBike was acquired under the GLA Future Neighbourhoods Scheme as a sustainable community outreach service. Please consider which role is more suitable.

Who will the volunteers be working with?
Work with a creative social enterprise A Space for us People’s Museum
and in Somers Town with community groups.
Potential for working at weekends at Canopy Market.
the General public of all diversity.
Training
Use of StoryBike
History Routes
understnding local community  A Space for us People’s Museum
DBS
Health and Safety

Time commitment

Can commit to Friday, Saturday and Sunday weekends. 2-4 days a week.
Where will you work?

Somers Town and around lively Kings Cross Canopy Market, Chalton Market, and report to the People’s Museum, 52 Phoenix Rd, NW1 1ES.

Preference given to local to Somers Town person.

This organisation is one of our community partner organisations.

Like all volunteer recruiters we work with, they have signed up to our service standards, agreeing to abide by our policy on partnership working to keep you safe and supported whilst you volunteer.

You’ll never be out of pocket for volunteering through us – with in-London travel expenses to and from your volunteering guaranteed.

In addition, the team here at Students’ Union UCL Volunteering Service is here to support you throughout your volunteering journey – you can get in touch with us at any time.