What is Arts Volunteering?

The Greater London Area (GLA) of The Arts Society aims to inspire young people with a lasting enthusiasm for the arts and an awareness of our arts heritage and its conservation.
Many children in our schools may never have experienced the excitement and educational stimulus that participating in a creative activity can provide.
We encourage our member societies to initiate and fund activities in their localities to give young people the opportunity to gain practical experience of the arts.

We also support other projects to bring the arts to the wider community 

The GLA  Arts Representative can help London societies with grants to support projects designed to introduce people to the decorative and fine arts, or enthuse them through exhibitions of their own work/prizes etc. Projects may be in schools, local colleges or local museums/galleries, care homes or with other local organisations. 

Some examples of GLA Societies Arts Activities

Funding a visiting artist to work with primary school pupils to silk screen a school banner; to work in felt wall hangings associated with literacy learning;. to work with local primary pupils to express ideas of what made them happy or sad to inspire sculptures to brighten the entrance to their school.

Giving a grant to renovate a kiln at a local school and to fund a teacher on a course to learn how to run it, as well as a visiting artist to work with the first children to experience pottery-making as a new part of their school curriculum.

Giving art materials for pupils at a local school to paint a large mural.

Supporting a Hospital Education Department to produce creative projects for young patients.

Funding a Youth Theatre Production connecting older people’s reminiscences to schoolchildren.

Giving grants to the educational charity Magic Lantern to take their inspirational art presentations into schools.

Funding  transport to enable school children to attend the borough’s new expanded arts facility, or visit a museum.

The Area itself has supported projects through grant giving (see main page for Grants) to external charities.

Some examples;

Master Classes were funded at some  Galleries to give local A level students the opportunity to expand their drawing and painting experience and enhance their presentation portfolios. And also to explore possible careers in the Arts world.

Performing Arts and Theatre Workshops for 7 to 25 year olds.

Choir for homeless people

Bursaries for craft makers, sculptors and embroiderers; and for young dancers

Support for young opera singers

Awards to supports art in the secure estate.