Creative Workshop Volunteers

Creative Workshop Volunteers (Mindful Art & Community Projects)

We are looking for friendly, reliable volunteers to support our creative wellbeing workshops across Portsmouth and Gosport.

Our sessions use Mindful Art and Black-Out Poetry to help people slow down, reflect, and connect in a calm, welcoming environment. You don’t need to be an artist or a facilitator — this role is about supporting people, not fixing them.

What you’ll be doing

• Helping set up and pack away sessions
• Welcoming participants and helping them feel at ease
• Offering gentle support with creative activities if needed
• Being a calm, non-judgemental presence
• Occasionally helping with refreshments

Where support is needed

Weekly Mindful Art sessions (Portsmouth) Monthly Mindful Art groups (Gosport) One-off events and pop-up workshops Ad hoc sessions with partner organisations.

You can volunteer weekly, monthly, or occasionally — we’ll work around your availability.

Who this role is for

• Care about community, creativity and wellbeing
• Are kind, patient and reliable
• Enjoy supporting others in a relaxed environment

No formal qualifications or experience are required. Training and support are provided. This is a volunteer role with a Community Interest Company, helping us deliver free and low-cost creative sessions for the local community.

Process:

You will need an account to register your interest for this role. Once you have registered your interest you will receive an automatic email with next steps. If you have not received this in a couple of hours, please do get in touch as it may not have registered (volunteering@hiveportsmouth.org.uk). 

You will need to respond to the "Criteria Check" email to progress with this role. 

Please check your junk email folder in case any emails end up there.  Friendly reminder that the charities/organisations emails may end up here too. 

Don't forget you can add up any volunteering hours as part of Team 100 Opportunity - Hive Portsmouth or part of the Donate 100 things challenge Opportunity - Hive Portsmouth.

Skills

• A friendly, welcoming manner
• Good listening skills
• Patience and empathy
• Reliability and good time-keeping
• Ability to work as part of a small team
• Comfortable supporting people from different backgrounds and life experiences
• Willingness to follow guidance and boundaries
• Helpful but not essential
• Interest in creativity, art or wellbeing
• Experience in community, support or volunteer roles
• Confidence encouraging others (without pressure)
• You do not need to be an artist or have facilitation experience. Training, guidance and ongoing support are provided.