Creative media volunteering (Edinburgh Tool Library)

Edinburgh Tool Library is a not-for-profit organisation reducing waste by sharing tools, developing skills and know-how, as well as providing inclusive, welcoming spaces open to everyone in the community. By showing working alternatives, they’re creating a ripple effect turning small actions into big waves of change – opening minds to a low-carbon, community-forward future.

Sustrans Communities Team have been supporting them to develop their ‘Cycle Kitchen’ project. They would like to find a volunteer who is passionate about active travel to create a case study that will showcase the project. This should be in a format that is engaging and accessible to a broad audience. It could be in the form of a short film, comic strip, animation, photo blog, podcast, or anything else you can dream up! Sustrans can pay for training in any of these skills if required. You will be volunteering for Sustrans, although the task mainly involves liaising with Edinburgh Tool Library.

There is flexibility in this opportunity, and we are interested to hear your ideas or preferences for how it can be shaped, so you could make a big impact. We can have a chat about it together. Does this sound like you?

You…

• like to be creative and come up with new and different ideas
• would like to engage with digital media tasks
• are interested in encouraging more people to walk, wheel and cycle
• feel comfortable communicating about active travel with others
• have some skills and experience with the tasks that you would like to help with
• would like to develop new (or improve your existing) skills in videography, blogging, photography
• can carry out tasks independently
• share our values and mission to get more people cycling, walking and wheeling.

Then let us know your interest in helping us get creative and have stories to share with everyone.

Time commitment

The case study should be completed by June 21st but we are flexible about how you organise your time to complete the task

What you will be doing

• Talking to staff and volunteers to learn about the active travel project and the community
• Developing an idea for a case study that tells the story of the project
• Putting your idea together and working with staff to ensure that the final version is appealing, accessible, and communicates clearly why people should get involved with the project

What's in it for you

• Learn new skills or gain experience in using your existing abilities
• Give something back to the community and support sustainable travel and health
• Opportunity to access our online volunteering platform, where you can collect details of your activities, find events, connect with people in your area, share your volunteering stories, read Sustrans news, have access to free training and more
• Meet new people and build connections locally