The HEY! Volunteering Programme supports local arts, culture and heritage
Hull and East Yorkshire’s HEY! Volunteering Programme is growing its team again and seeking new volunteers in Goole. HEY! Volunteering gives local people opportunities to support the arts as well as culture and heritage events and organisations across the region.
After expanding into Bridlington in January 2024, applications are open for new volunteers in the Goole area to support the Goole 2026 bicentenary celebrations. The programme allows volunteers to donate their time flexibly, giving something back to the place they love.
HEY! Volunteers have previously supported with events in Goole such as Music in the Park, Goole Bonfire Night celebrations and the Civic Society’s Hobbies Exhibition Fair. Becoming a HEY! Volunteer has lots of benefits – the programme can help people to build confidence and meet new friends.
Volunteers will also have the chance to try something new which may push them out of their comfort zone while boosting their employability and communication skills. One of the major benefits of becoming a HEY! Volunteer is that people are able to choose the opportunities they would like to take part in, contributing to events which fit around their schedule.
Volunteers will showcase what it means to be a HEY! Volunteer in Goole, when they will carry out random acts of kindness and community engagement in the run-up to Christmas. Barbara Flint-Dvalin, a HEY! Volunteer based in Howden, said: ”Within a community we are all individuals; HEY! volunteering brings all those individuals together, sharing skills, friendship and smiles.
‘’For me, being part of the HEY! team in the Goole area, my own local area, makes my smile even bigger. Let’s smile and lend a helping hand together.”
Councillor Nick Coultish, cabinet member for culture, leisure and tourism at East Riding Council, said: ‘’HEY! Goole is the newest initiative of the HEY! Volunteering programme, joining HEY! Bridlington as another branch of the successful volunteering project which started during the Hull City of Culture celebrations in 2017. ’We hope to see many people from the Goole area sign up to this wonderful opportunity and play a role in the upcoming bicentenary celebrations which will showcase the very best of our rich culture and community in our corner of the East Riding.’’
If you are interested in becoming a HEY! Volunteer and would like to find out more, visit heyvolunteering.co.uk and check out the social media channels. The HEY! Volunteer initiative is funded by the Heritage Innovation Fund with HEY! Volunteering supported by Visit Hull and East Yorkshire (VHEY).