Whale Arts Agency

Wester Hailes Arts for Leisure and Education

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Volunteer

WHALE Arts strives to offer a range of volunteering opportunities that allow people to develop their skills and experience in a supportive, creative environment.  Our current opportunities are listed below so if you are interested in discussing these, or any ideas you might have, in more detail then please get in touch.

Volunteer Awards: We are delighted smARTcraft volunteer Latisha Reihill received an Individual Achievement Award at the Inspiring Volunteering Achievement Awards 7 June 2016, and Community Cinema and Digital Sentinel volunteer David Jacobs received an award 7 June 2017. Fabien Merville, Jan Davies, Julia Davies, Allan McNaughton, Neil Finlayson, Keisha Lancaster are recipients of The Spirit of WHALE Award.

Individual Opportunities

Community Café Volunteer (Barista)
Creative Arts and Wellbeing Programme Volunteers (Men’s Makers and Open Studio sessions)

If you are interested in volunteering with us, get in touch with our Volunteer Coordinator at volunteercoordinator@whalearts.co.uk to find out what opportunities are available.

Corporate Team Opportunities

With over 7000 visitors each year, WHALE Arts needs regular maintenance to keep it looking great. Painting, gardening, and team cleans all play an important part in this process and offer a great way for staff from our corporate supporters to make a difference in our community. If you or your team are interested please contact Fabien, our Volunteer Coordinator at volunteercoordinator@whalearts.co.uk.

WHALE Arts is …

... the cultural anchor organisation for Wester Hailes. We are a community-led arts charity and social enterprise, set up by local people in 1992. Our mission is to be the creative heart of a vibrant, thriving community.

WHALE Arts

30 Westburn Grove,
Edinburgh,
EH14 2SA
0131 458 3267
info@whalearts.co.uk

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WHALE Arts to become one of Creative Scotland’s Multi-Year Funded Organisations 

WHALE Arts has been successful in its application to Creative Scotland for Multi-Year Funding for 2025-28. We will be joining the MYF Portfolio for the first time, which this time has seen 251 organisations across the country awarded funding. WHALE Arts CEO Kate Griffin said: Congratulations to our partners who also received funding! Starcatchers, Sistema […]

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