An hour or two

Wednesday 18th February 1pm-3pm

Children's activities at Ribbleton Library, Ribbleton Hall Drive, Preston PR2 6EE.

The Harris and the University of Lancashire are looking for 2 Harris Volunteers to assist with running some family-friendly activities during half term at Ribbleton Library. You'll be working alongside a mixture of Harris and University staff to help support and deliver some creative activities over a 2 hour drop-in session.

The themed activities include: 

• Playtime in the past: children can dress up like a Victorian using flat caps and pinafores 

• Printing and painting: children will get inspired by paintings from the Harris and make their own works of art by printing with apples (think potato printing but with apples) 

• Feel closer to nature: children will be creating their own art using leaf rubbings and having a go at writing their own piece of poetry inspired by nature and trees 

These activities are aimed at 3-9 year olds. 

These kinds of sessions will be run throughout this academic year during half terms and holidays at the following venues: Ribbleton Library, Ingol Library, The Hub at St Bernards and the Harris.

What's involved?

Volunteer roles are flexible but you should be confident to do a couple of the following: 

• Welcoming children and families and introducing them to the different activities available. 

• Support the activities (or lead if you're confident!) - help children to produce their apple prints and poems. Guide them and help out if they're struggling. 

• Be friendly, helpful and engaging! 

• Direct families to our evaluation sheets.
• Attend a "training" session to get familiarised with the activities on Tuesday 10th February 2pm-3pm at the Harris. Public engagement officer at the University, Alessandra Frau will be leading this. Alessandra and I will be at Ribbleton Library on the day to help run the activities.

Why get involved?

• Engage with your local community or a new community! 

• Embrace your inner child and have fun with activities. 

• Get stuck in and be hands on! 

• Spread the word about the Harris - who are we and what do we do? 

How to get involved?

1. Make sure you can attend the training session on the 10th AND the activity session on the 18th.

2. Accept the challenge.

3. Come along to the Harris on the 10th February 2m-3pm for your training session.