Work with Us
Volunteering Opportunities
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'A Village Apart, Villages Together', the C S John Sparkes Archive Project will take a year to complete (January - December 2024). Volunteers can help catalogue and digitise the films (300+ 8mm films), during sessions which will be held in Burtle and at the Engine Room in Bridgwater.
Please complete this form if you want to get involved.
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We are looking for people willing to bring energy, enthusiasm and commitment to the role, and who will broaden the diversity of thinking on our board.
ROLE
0 - 2 hours per week on average.
6 board meetings a year + 1 awayday.
Somerset Film at The Engine Room, Bridgwater TA6 3BL
SUMMARY
Somerset Film is looking for volunteers to join our board of trustees and to help in our continued development. We invite people from any background living in or close to Somerset, to join our board of trustees. You don’t need previous experience of media or the charity sector, but you do need to share our mission to provide training, support and opportunities to all of Somerset’s many communities.
Our trustees currently meet once every two months to discuss the charity’s performance with the management team and to check progress and policies. Meetings are held in Bridgwater and online. Trustees also provide support for the management team and staff on an ad hoc basis outside of these formal meetings.
If you are a young person or have a disability and are interested in what we do, but don’t feel ready to join the board, we would welcome you as a member of either our youth or disability advisory panels.
We invite people from any background living in or close to Somerset, to join our board of trustees. You don’t need previous experience of media or the charity sector, but you do need to share our mission to provide training, support and opportunities to all of Somerset’s many communities.
Currently there are 8 trustees who represent the following perspectives:
White British; male; female
Age 25 -75
South Somerset; Taunton & West Somerset; Mendip; Bristol;
Media production; digital art; music; community regeneration; local authority; NGOs
It is important that our trustees reflect Somerset’s diversity, so if you are not represented here but feel you can contribute to our mission, please get in touch.
We are keen to add people with a background in finance or law to strengthen the board’s existing skills.
We also wish to strengthen what we already have so if you’re worried you might be duplicating any of our existing trustees, don’t be put off.
CONTACT
Andrew Buchanan, Chair. andrewb@somersetfilm.com
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We are looking for a volunteer who would like to join us as front of house for our Repair Cafe. You will meet and greet customers, and help them to complete the repair forms.
The Repair Cafe is the last Saturday of the month, 11am-2pm. We would need your support during these time (three hours per month).
For more info contact Ania, call 01278 433 187 or email
Freelance Work
Are you an Artist, Filmmaker or Digital Artist? We regularly employ freelancers for our production, community outreach and courses.
If you are interested in freelance opportunities with us, please send us your CV and a showreel/examples of work to our Producer.
Work Experience
Each year we offer a one-week placement for school pupils studying GCSE (subject to our capacity). Our next work experience week is taking place from Monday 17 - Friday 21 June 2024. Application form is below. What we’re looking for is bright, highly motivated people who have a clear interest in media, and are driven to succeed. We encourage applications from those under-represented in the industry, including women, disabled, LGBTQI+, socio-economically disadvantaged, neurodivergent and those form the global majority. If we are over-subscribed, which we often are, we will prioritise places accordingly. We give priority to students currently studying at HE (Higher Education) level for placements of up to three weeks.
If you’re between 16 and 19, we encourage you to apply for BFI Film Academy first before applying for work experience.
If you meet our criteria, and there are places available, we’ll contact you. Not everyone will get a place, and we may not be able to offer your preferred dates.
We try our best to respond to every email, however during busy periods please be patient with us. We will get back to you as soon as possible.
Apply by Monday 15th April 2024 for our work experience week.
Think carefully about your answers to the questions on the application form (submission details are on the form) – they are what we’ll use to decide who gets a placement! Please note this form is only for students in eductions.
If you aren’t in education, you can still volunteer with us, email us to find out what opportunities we have.
