Volunteering

Spiral staircase at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Get involved

Oblong is a lively and sociable organisation with a passion for making life better in the community. We see the Woodhouse Community Centre as a place to learn skills, be inspired and to take part. The newly refurbished centre is open again now after refurbishments and it belongs to everyone.

Help run the Community Centre

Offering a warm welcome to visitors, volunteers and centre users is a valuable and rewarding responsibility. Reception and centre support volunteers will be trained in people skills, health and safety, and administrative skills. Please email mark@oblongleeds.org.uk to find out about training sessions and get involved.

Help with communication and publicity

Gain experience by keeping people up-to-date with what's going on with Oblong and the Woodhouse Community Centre, and helping to keep dialogue flowing between with everyone involved. Please email stella@oblongleeds.org.uk if you're interested in helping get the Communications and Publicity collective started.

Help with the computers

Keeping the IT systems up and running and helping centre users is a vital contribution. IT requires specialist skills which you can learn on the job and will give you a boost in confidence and employability. Please email markw@oblongleeds.org.uk if you've got some experience and you'd like to help out.

Change the future of Oblong

Join the development Collective to help us create new projects and find funding for work. Please email mark@oblongleeds.org.uk to get involved.

Connecting the community

Oblong has a thriving and well equipped Media Collective.

Be a filmmaker - The video team includes camera operators, sound recordists, interviewers, editors and organisers.

Be a designer - Get experience designing posters, flyers and websites. You will help Oblong and other local organisations raise their profile and publicise events.

Be a broadcaster - Oblong plans to launch its own internet radio station. You can be a part of the team learning new skills including interviewing techniques, script writing and audio production.

We are currently looking for volunteers with web creation and print design skills. If you would like to become involved please email markw@oblongleeds.org.uk

Improve your local environment

Being involved at the community centre is not just about the building. The Gardening Collective turn ugly and neglected patches of green space into beautiful places for everyone. If you can use a spade, you can join - email duncan@oblongleeds.org.uk.

Why 'collectives'?

We call these groups collectives because all paid staff and volunteers work collectively in them - we make decisions and do the work together.

If you'd like to get involved but you need a bit more information to decide what you're interested in, just send an email to info@oblongleeds.org.uk and we'll try to get back to you as soon as we can!