Juice Festival
Team Juice
Application Pack
Juice Festival is NewcastleGateshead’s festival for children and young people, our festival happens in the
last two weeks in October and we are currently recruiting young people aged 16+ to be members of Team
Juice.
Team Juice is our young leadership group – Team Juice regularly meets all year round and members each
have their own responsibilities towards the festival, helping us plan, run and deliver Juice Festival.
This application pack will give you more information on what being a member of Team Juice involves.
To apply to join Team Juice, you need to complete an application form, more details are at the end of this
pack.
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What is Team Juice?
Team Juice is a team of young people who work with the Juice Festival core team to
help plan, design and run Juice Festival. Team Juice have regular meetings all year
round to work on Juice Festival, as well as going on trips and visits together to other
arts and culture events, and working on festival events in the lead up to the festival
in September-October, and during the festival’s public programme in October half
term.
Expectations of a Team Juice Member
What will you do?
You will carry out a varied range of tasks from administration to events and workshops including:
• Publicising the festival and events
• Promoting young people and the arts
• Being involved in behind scenes work
• Working as a member of a team as well as under your own steam
• Contributing to the planning process leading up to the festival
• Working with artists, the Juice Festival team, volunteers, venues, schools, cultural and creative partners
• Supporting young people and their families in events and activities
• Attending regular meetings and sessions with the rest of Team Juice and Juice Festival staff year round
• Working during the public festival in a public facing role – e.g. talking to audiences and participants, assisting on events,
gathering feedback / evaluation
• Taking part in evaluation of the festival
• Acting as an advocate for the festival
• Supporting the recruitment of other young people for the festival in roles such as volunteering
Why get involved?
Team Juice is more than just gaining skills and experience it’s about doing something worthwhile and making great events for
children, young people and their families. Your enthusiasm will encourage other people to get involved in the arts and take part in
exciting activities.
What will happen if you get involved?
You will:
• Meet lots of different people and have the chance to network with
cultural and creative professionals as well as the general public
• Gain hands on experience of planning and delivering a festival
• Have the opportunity to showcase your own skills
• Develop a proven track record of experience in arts and culture
events
• Build confidence and resilience
• Have a better understanding of the practical work involved in arts
and culture events
• Have the chance to take on responsibilities and develop leadership
skills
Who are we looking for?
Juice Festival is looking for people who are:
• Interested in the Juice Festival and get what it’s about
• Respectful of others
• Enthusiastic
• Eager to learn new skills
• Hardworking and committed
• Adaptable
• Willing to help others
• Friendly
• Reliable
• Good with time management
• Able to carry out basic IT tasks
• Good at organising
• Able to work as a member of a team and under their own steam
when they need to
Ideally you will also be:
• Good at communicating with a range of different people
• Encouraging and supportive
Arts Award
As part of Team Juice, you will also have the opportunity to
complete your Bronze, Silver or Gold Arts Award – Arts Award
gives you the opportunity to expand your arts skills, knowledge
and experience whilst getting an accredited qualification. For
more information on Arts Award see www.artsaward.org.uk
Dates, fees and membership
It is free to become a member of Team Juice and members will
attend year round meetings voluntarily. During the busy period
of festival planning, and during the festival itself you will receive
a bursary of £300 to work on the festival – your duties during
this time will be confirmed as the planning for the festival gets
underway, but we expect Team Juice members to have good
availability during the festival period of Mon 19 October – Sun 1
November. Approximately, you will work a total of 7 days across
the busy festival period.
During the year, you will have the opportunity to attend arts and
culture events and visits and these are funded by Juice Festival.
If you choose to do your Arts Award, Juice Festival will cover the
cost of support and moderation for your award too.
How do I apply?
To apply to join Team Juice, you must complete the online application form at juicefestival.co.uk under the Team Juice tab. The
deadline for applications is Friday 31 July 2015.
If you would like to discuss your application before submitting or have any questions please contact Helen Ferguson – Juice Festival
Programme Manager – [email protected] / 0191 440 5741
If you need any support to complete your Team Juice application please get in touch, email or call Helen on
[email protected] / 0191 440 5741 – we are happy to hear from individual young people or those supporting them.
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