Event Volunteer

Event Volunteer

One-off · 23 Oct, 12:00 — 26 Oct, 20:00
Stevenage Arts and Leisure Centre, Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Lytton Way, Stevenage SG1 1LZ, UK
Sport & recreationWellbeingPeople with disabilities

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Summary

This is the 1st ever British Open Para & Inclusive dance Championships with World Ability Sport where dancers with disabilitites from 12 Countries will compete

Detailed description

We are looking for volunteers who would like to come and help out at this 1st of its kind major event being held in the Arts and Leisure centre Stevenage on Friday 24th - Sunday 26th October 2025.


Volunteers are asked to come whenever possible during the 4 days to assist with setting up the building ready for the event as well as support during the 3 day event and finally assisting to take down after the event.


On the Thursday 23rd October volunteers are asked to support set up tables/chairs with covers, move furniture, errect banners and signs, lay out trophies and medals, support athletes entering the building showing them to the classification team, providing the classification medical team with refreshments and general preperations of laying out paperwork, information and items within the venue itself.


On the 1st day of the event which will start at lunchtime on Friday 24th October, volunteers are asked to support with:

  • marshalling at main entrance - way amrk guides from entrance into the competition venue space for athletes
  • assisting athletes to carry bags / costumes into the venue
  • security at the door to ensure safeguarding by checking people entering/exiting the space and twhether they are wearing a wrist band for security reasons
  • booking athletes in at the check out desk
  • providing hot and cold drinks for the adjudicators throughout the event
  • laying out the refreshment table for the adjudicators
  • ensuring all volunteers recieve a lunch and regular drinks
  • supporting athletes to enter and exit the competition floor at the correct time and through the correct area
  • ensuring all athletes and coaches are kept up to date with time schedule and plan
  • supporting through assisting the floor management team in informing each team when their floor time is and checking athlete numbers are correct to waht is scheduled
  • supporting the start book team to record points throughout the day by running backwards and forwards between scruitineer and start book team with appropriate papers
What volunteers need😇 Disclosure and Barring Service

What we will provide to volunteers

🤝 Extra support

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About Incluisve Dance UK

We are a charity who are also a National Governing Body, providing dance opportunities for people with disabilities inclusive of Para & Inclusive Dance Sport