This year, Spread the Word turns 30! We’re looking for two volunteers who can help us tell the story of the organisation during the last 30 years.
We have an extensive archive which includes lots paper records from our earlier years. We need your help to go through the artefacts and documents we have, to identify interesting stories and create a digital record of the many incredible writers, artists and partners we have collaborated with over the years. This work will support a donations campaign that we will run later in the year to raise funds to support the future of the organisation.
If you are interested in literature, writing and reading, enjoy digging into archive material, searching for exciting stories and looking for links between the past and present, this role is for you.
Volunteer Archivist
Commitment: one day per week during July and early August (from the week commencing 30 June to the week commencing 11 August).
As the archive is in our office at the Albany, this work needs to be done during office hours, from Monday – Wednesday, 10am to 6pm. In the application form we ask you which days and times of day are best, so we can create a project schedule that fits with your existing responsibilities.
An allowance for travel and lunch will be provided.
If you are interested in helping Spread the Word tell our story, please complete the application form and the Equal Opportunities form linked at the end. The deadline to express interest in the role is midday on Monday 16 June 2025. We will be in touch by Thursday 19 June and will organise relaxed conversations with a shortlist of volunteers to check there’s a good fit for the role.
Apply now to be one of our archive volunteers
If you have access needs and would like us to make any reasonable adjustments to the application process, please get in touch via [email protected].
Thank you!
Image: A Night in Sign at Deptford Literature Festival 2025, captured by Kashif Haque.