Welcome to the volunteers resource hub

First of all we really do hope you can help again, we have built up such a great team and we look forward to seeing you in April. Kitty Dunham (Asst Festival Manager) and I will be managing the volunteer programme for you. Tor is still with us but focussing on other areas this year. Kind regards and thanks for all your support! Cate Evans

What's new for 2026?

This is a place for you to come and find all the information you need to be a great volunteer at the INK Festival 2026 and keep yourselves, our ticket holders and staff happy and safe.

I have learned from the Volunteer survey that you don't all have time to read everything important that is in Venue Boxes on the day. It is essential that we all know what is happening, so I am making the documents and others available here - before their shifts, I need volunteers to have read each section - if you want paper versions - let me know and i will leave them at The Cut for you to collect.

You will be able to do the following online:

Volunteer Roles

What do volunteers do? - ROLES DOC

How does the festival work - HOW TO NAVIGATE THE FESTIVAL AND PROGRAMME

VOLUNTEER TRAINING NOTES

GENERAL NOTES

—one document

Feedback from last year

Event overview

Comms including WhatsApp

School’s Day

Biographies

Acceissibility

Health and Safety

set of separate documents

Risk Assessment

Emergency plans

Safeguarding

Individual Venue Documents

First Aid

THE VENUES

Read the special notes per venue - each venue is different so it really helps to be prepared in advance

Venue Resource - VIDEO WALK THROUGH and list

Venue Set Up - Video Walk Through

Venue Feedback Forms

Content advisories

The Queuing Systems by Venue - VIDEO WALK THROUGH

Tickets

How to sell tickets

SCHEDULING

Select your days and evenings to volunteer 

See the schedule and programme in real-time online as soon as it is ready

Frequently Asked Questions / Do’s and Dont