GET INVOLVED.
TRY SOMETHING NEW.
JOIN #TeamAppetite

Looking to try something new, build your skills and gain confidence?

Our volunteers are at the heart of everything we do, from deciding what our programme looks like and helping spread the word in the community to welcoming audiences at events. There’s no fixed commitment – you can get involved as much or as little as you like, in ways that suit your skills, interests and confidence.

We’re a friendly, inclusive bunch and we’ll support you if you’d like to try something new or develop your experience.

Sound interesting? Explore ways to be involved, find out what’s in it for you, and register your interest below. But first, take a look at what some members of #TeamAppetite want you to know about joining the family in this one-minute video.

Community Decision Makers

Want to have a say about what happens in your city? ✔
Excited to be a part of something special? ✔

We’re looking for people who want to help shape the delicious art Appetite brings to the streets of Stoke-on-Trent. You don’t need any arts experience - just ideas, opinions and an interest in your local area.

As an Appetite Community Decision Maker, your voice will help shape our programme of events and activities, ensuring local people are at the heart of what we do.

What’s involved?

Community Decision Makers are invited to attend relaxed decision-making sessions, including our Supper Clubs, where we come together over food to chat about upcoming events, artists and ideas.

The conversations and feedback from these sessions help influence the kinds of art and experiences brought to our area. This includes helping shape The Big Feast - our annual two-day outdoor arts event filled with joyful performances and activities.

A diverse group of adults sit around a table in discussion. Scattered on the table and in hands are printed A4 sheets of photographs, logos, flyers, pens and hot drinks in white mugs
A diverse group of adults sit around a table in discussion. Scattered on the table and in hands are printed A4 sheets of photographs, logos, flyers, pens and hot drinks in white mugs
3 adults stand around a table in a white room, helping themselves to a buffet of pizza and potato wedges
3 adults stand around a table in a white room, helping themselves to a buffet of pizza and potato wedges

Community decision makers feedback helping choose The Big Feast programme … and enjoying some food!

Ways to join in

As a Community Decision Maker, you can:

  • Attend Supper Clubs with food, conversation and creative discussion

  • Share your thoughts and ideas on events and activities

  • Join ‘Take Aways’ – inspiration trips to festivals and cultural events across the UK

  • Hear behind-the-scenes updates about Appetite’s programme

  • Be among the first to hear about artists and performances coming to the area

Whether you’d like to get heavily involved or simply join us when you can, we’d love to hear from you.

Register your interest via the form below and we’ll be in touch.

Appetite Ambassadors

Love knowing what’s on locally? ✔
Enjoy sharing great finds with others? ✔

We’re looking for people who like to stay connected – and help others feel connected too.

As an Appetite Ambassador, you’ll help spread the word about arts and cultural events in our area, helping more people discover what’s happening and get involved.

We’ll keep you updated with regular emails, including highlights from Appetite and the wider local arts scene, so you always have something worth sharing.

What’s involved?

You’ll share news about upcoming events and opportunities with your networks, in whatever way works for you.

We’ll keep you updated with regular emails, including highlights from Appetite and the wider local arts scene, so you always have something worth sharing.

A wide image of adults sat around circular tables like a conference with a display screen in the background. The room has an industrial feel, painted blue and decorated with fairy lights.

Ambassadors enjoying a social gathering hosted by Mavis Davis.

Ways to join in

You might:

  • Create or share posts about our events on social media

  • Submit our content to work or group newsletters that you’re subscribed to

  • Tell friends, colleagues or community groups

  • Write about our events on a blog

  • Display posters and flyers or ask your local shop to take some

  • Write a review on our Facebook page!

However you connect with people, it all helps.

Register your interest via the form below and we’ll be in touch. Or for an informal chat, call Appetite’s General Manager, Heather, on 07951 357404 Monday-Friday 10am-4pm

Event Team

Like chatting to people and being a friendly face? ✔
Interested in how events work? ✔

We are always looking for Volunteers to help us run our events and create fun, relaxed, inspiring experiences for those who attend. We’ll always make sure you have food and a drink and will give you a uniform to wear. Our opportunities are flexible around you, and we try our best to match you to roles that suit you and your interests.

What’s involved?

  • Work behind the scenes alongside our core team, production crew, partners and artists.

  • Receive appropriate training for the event so you know what will happen and what you’ll be doing

  • Work in a team with other volunteers on a task/in an area

  • Welcome members of the community to the event and to Appetite

  • Help us to count and keep track of our audiences at an event

  • Support visitors to have a positive experience

  • Learn what goes on backstage at an event and gain valuable experience for your CV/ job applications

  • See world-class artists and performances and be a part of the magic!

Ways to join in

Find out what we have coming up. Register your interest via the form below and we’ll be in touch.

2 white women on a pedestriansied street wearing blue appetite hoodies are in full laughter, hanging on to each other.
2 white women on a pedestriansied street wearing blue appetite hoodies are in full laughter, hanging on to each other.
2 people in blue T-shirts with the appetite logo and wearing appetite lanyards are sitting at a table indoors. They both wear glasses and the person in the middle of the image, with short hair, is looking and smiling at the other person.
A volunteer white man with a grey beard and wearing a blue cap is smiling at the camera looking through a peep board with pop art style yellow hair surround. He has a raised, black gloved hand in a thumbs up
In the background, a volunteer in blue hoodie is smiling and clapping, holding an event flyer. In the foreground is a Black child in a blue coat and black cap with a big smile.

Members of our event team including Beth, May, Jay and Brian.

What’s in it for you?

Before you submit your form you might be wondering what you get out of joining #TeamAppetite. And that’s completely fair. So here are some ideas of what you can expect from us in return for your energy, enthusiasm and time:

  • Invitations to occasional special events including selected launches, previews and #TeamAppetite socials

  • Takeaways: fact-finding trips across the country to experience and report back on the cultural events that we might include in our programme

  • Opportunities to work alongside world-class artists while gaining invaluable experience of the cultural sector

  • Training to learn new skills, develop your CV and get a reference

  • To meet new people and being welcomed as part of a friendly and dedicated team

  • A sense of achievement, making a difference to the area we live in

  • To be looked after during your time with us including taxis to and from events, food, rest breaks and plenty of cuppas!

  • And by no means least … to enjoy yourself and have lots of fun!

So what are you waiting for? We can’t wait to welcome you as the newest member of #TeamAppetite!