Girls in Dance Festival 2025: Volunteers application

Thank you for your interest in becoming a volunteer at AWA DANCE's Girls in Dance Festival!

The Girls in Dance Festival is a full day event for teenage girls aged 13-21 who enjoy dancing. Organised by the charity AWA DANCE, led and hosted entirely by women, the Girls in Dance Festival offers girls a safe space to connect, grow and be yourselves, using dance as a transformative tool in that journey.

As a volunteer you will join us for an exciting and fun-packed day.
Volunteering at the Festival will be an opportunity to develop your skills, connect with other volunteers, and help us empower girls.

Event details
Monday 28 July 2025, 10am-4:30pm
Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham (maps)

What do volunteers do?
Volunteers will help us on the day with a variety of tasks: from assisting with registration at the start of the day, to guide our participants between activities, and overall helping us make sure that the day flows smoothly and safely. Whatever task you will be doing, the AWA DANCE team will brief you before the event and will support you throughout the day.
If you are available the day before the Festival, we also need some help setting up the space on Sunday 27 July, 5-7pm.

What will you gain from this experience?

Contribute in making a positive, long-lasting impact on teenage girls in the Midlands
Connect with AWA DANCE and with a network of other incredible women!
Have a valuable experience that you can add to your CV
Obtain a Safeguarding Training Level 1 free of charge
1 free Festival ticket for a girl in your life who wants to attend
AWA DANCE t-shirt and goodie bag
Your lunch will be provided on the day
Access to tea & coffee throughout the day

What are the requirements to be a volunteer?

Identify as a woman
Be 28+ years old
Be passionate about dance and/or girl's empowerment
Be available to volunteer the whole day on Monday 28 July 2025, 9am-5:30pm, at Midlands Arts Centre (Birmingham)
Be legally entitled to stay in the UK
Be based in the West Midlands (and be able to cover your travel to the MAC in Birmingham, there is parking if needed)
Hold an enhanced DBS check (if you don't, we will get one for you)
Attend our compulsory 2-hours online Safeguarding Training, free of charge. You can choose among these dates: Wednesday 4th June 9:30-11:30am, or Monday 9th June 3-5pm. In exceptional circumstances, if you cannot attend either of these dates, we will ask you to watch the recording of the training and fill in a questionnaire
Watch a 20min video from AWA DANCE on how the Festival is going to run (to be sent in advance)

Questions?
Write to Vittoria to vittoria@awadance.org

Deadline
Please apply by Sunday 27th April 2025

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* 1. Your details

Full name

City/town

Postcode

Email address

Phone number

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* 2. What is your age?

28-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-75

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* 3. The Girls in Dance Festival is open only to girls and women. Please confirm you identify as a woman.

I confirm I identify as a woman.

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* 4. Are you available to volunteer for the full day of the Festival on Monday 28 July 2025, 9am-5.30pm, at Midlands Arts Centre (Birmingham)?

I confirm I am available for the full day

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* 5. On top of the full Festival day, can you help with the get-in on Sunday 27 July, 5-7pm? (optional for those that can support with the setting up)

Yes

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* 6. Please tell us briefly about yourself (who you are, what you do, your interests, your strengths when working with groups) and why you would like to volunteer at the Girls in Dance Festival. You can use bullet points if you prefer (max 250 words or a 2 minute video sent to info@awadance.org)

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* 7. What activities would you be up to carrying out at the Festival? Select any that might interest you.

There may be additional responsibilities not included in this list, but we'll always make sure you feel comfortable with any task you are assigned to!

Helping with the registration process at the start of the day

Assisting the dance workshop leaders

Helping flow of participants and giving directions

Leading groups of girls between spaces

Time keeping during guest panel interview and classes

Welcoming special guests

Supporting with audio-visual elements of the Festival (video interviews, projection, microphones)

Assisting girls with special needs and/or access needs

Distributing lunch bags

Being part of AWA DANCE's stall

Safeguarding support

Supporting with gathering feedback

First aid support

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* 8. Do you already have an enhanced DBS check? If you don't, we will pay for one for you.

Yes, I have an enhanced DBS check

No, I don't have an enhanced DBS check

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* 9. What Safeguarding session can you attend? (This is a free training provided by AWA DANCE).

Wednesday 4th June, 9:30-11:30am

Monday 9th June, 3-5pm

I'm available for either session

Neither of the two dates

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* 10. Are you able to arrange your own travel to the Midlands Arts Centre?

Yes

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* 11. Do you have any access requirements? Please let us know here. (We ask this so we can accommodate your access needs at the best of our capacity)

Thank you! Just click "Done" to complete the form.
We will let you know the outcome by Wednesday 7th May 2025.

Girls in Dance Festival 2025: Volunteers application

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* 1. Your details

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* 2. What is your age?

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* 3. The Girls in Dance Festival is open only to girls and women. Please confirm you identify as a woman.

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* 4. Are you available to volunteer for the full day of the Festival on Monday 28 July 2025, 9am-5.30pm, at Midlands Arts Centre (Birmingham)?

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* 5. On top of the full Festival day, can you help with the get-in on Sunday 27 July, 5-7pm? (optional for those that can support with the setting up)

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* 6. Please tell us briefly about yourself (who you are, what you do, your interests, your strengths when working with groups) and why you would like to volunteer at the Girls in Dance Festival. You can use bullet points if you prefer (max 250 words or a 2 minute video sent to info@awadance.org)

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* 7. What activities would you be up to carrying out at the Festival? Select any that might interest you. There may be additional responsibilities not included in this list, but we'll always make sure you feel comfortable with any task you are assigned to!

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* 8. Do you already have an enhanced DBS check? If you don't, we will pay for one for you.

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* 9. What Safeguarding session can you attend? (This is a free training provided by AWA DANCE).

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* 10. Are you able to arrange your own travel to the Midlands Arts Centre?

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* 11. Do you have any access requirements? Please let us know here. (We ask this so we can accommodate your access needs at the best of our capacity)

* 7. What activities would you be up to carrying out at the Festival? Select any that might interest you.

There may be additional responsibilities not included in this list, but we'll always make sure you feel comfortable with any task you are assigned to!