Join one of our volunteer teams

Would you like experience managing a venue at Forum? We require confident individuals to fill this role which will include overseeing a group of stewards, carrying out venue checks and recording numbers of delegates. Venues vary in size, from our 1200 seater main arena to our small 40-50 seater on site venues, so there's a venue size for everyone. You'll also make sure any resources required for sessions are ready and available in the venue and ensure the safety of delegates using your venue. You will report to the volunteer manager and feedback any questions or queries from the stewards in your venue. Alongside the regular application process, applicants for this role will also be interviewed by our site manager and production manager. This is a great role if you'd like experience in events or managing others.

We could not make Forum happen without stewards! Part of a large team, you will help steward our venues, including the main meetings, teaching tracks, and After Hours events, providing a friendly welcome and keeping delegates safe. You will help set up facilities for meetings and provide day-time site security through patrolling the site. You will also assist in keeping the site clean and help with welcoming people on to site throughout the event. There's lots of different jobs for stewards so you'll never be bored! If you like problem solving and love working in a team, this is the role for you.

The tech team has a pivotal role at forum, to ensure that all of our attendees can hear and see what they need to, aiding the teaching and ministry going on in each of our venues. Our venues range from the big 1200 seater main arena to the after hours stage and many breakout rooms. There’s lots to get stuck in to! As part of your role, you’ll be helping set up our main arena space, getting to grips with the larger scale of the production, have a role as part of our main meetings and helping with smaller breakout venue throughout the week. The key part of being in the tech team is that we want it to be an opportunity for you to learn alongside serving. We’d like to be able to offer you opportunities to try something that you’ve not done before during the week, hopefully increasing your knowledge and gaining experience. What we’re looking for in our tech volunteers is experience working with basic audio and AV in any setting including church gatherings, individuals with ProPresenter experience, as well as individuals with experience working at larger scale events with an audio focus. Let us know what experience you have in your application form.

We need stewards at Forum who will act predominantly as drivers. With various guests arriving throughout the week we need drivers on standby to provide essential transport. You may be taking people to the nearest train station, making a few essential trips to the nearest Sainsbury’s, or helping the hospitality team who often transport heavy things across site. You will need a valid UK drivers licence, and be able to bring your car to Forum. We will of course reimburse all petrol costs used throughout the week. When not driving, you’ll be able to take part in other steward activities.

We require a team of hospitality volunteers to help welcome guests and support the day-to-day needs of the Forum management team and volunteers. You will be preparing rooms for our guests, delivering meals to Forum staff and volunteers who are unable to leave their posts during meals times, as well as being on hand to welcome guests each day, and deal with any of their practical needs. You also be in charge of making sure our hospitality lounges across the site are set up and stocked throughout the week. We also require one hospitality volunteer who can bring their car to Forum and act as a driver to help deliver heavy things across a large site.

You’ll be working in small teams under the supervision of the professional catering staff in the kitchens. No special cooking skills will be required as everything will be explained by the professional catering team, but if you enjoy preparing food that’s a plus! You'll be a vital part of serving everyone on site and keeping our teams going through helping prep aIl the different meals throughout the week. This is great experience for mass catering and working in a team. If you work well taking instructions and enjoy a scheduled routine this could be the role for you!

The gate house serves as both the first friendly face people will see when arriving on site throughout the week and also a key component to keeping the site safe and secure. You'll be based within the gate house throughout your shift and will let the event team know of any deliveries coming on site, welcome guests and make sure they know where they're going, and help the event team keep the site secure.

We need a willing group to help with our site set up in the days before people arrive. This will look like working closely with our site manager to complete a variety of tasks around the site including chair set up, banners, moving equipment etc, allowing you to get orientated with the site and contribute towards the overall running of Forum. Once your set up duties are complete, you can then continue in a different role at Forum. Set up team receive indoor accommodation for the duration of their time at Forum.