26 needs you

Many hands make light work, as they say. Which is why we’re looking for people to help us out with the running of 26. We’ve grown much more quickly than we could have imagined – we have nearly 300 members now, and when we started, we were hoping for a tidy 26. So, to keep things running smoothly and as professionally (eh-hem) as ever, we need more able bodies willing to move and shake at the very epicentre of the organisation.

This is your chance to really shape the way 26 works, influencing the kind of future events and initiatives we get involved in. It’s a chance to reach out to our growing community, to make sure that words – wherever they’re used – are treated with the love, fun and skill that they deserve.

Specifically we need…

One more person to help out Neil and Sarah with organising 26 events. If you have events experience or a contact at a friendly venue, so much the better.

Writers to support Jim with the monthly newsletter and the new all-singing, all-dancing web site we have planned for next year. We have a core team in place, but are still looking for a few more volunteers.

Top-notch graphic designers who can help us with promotional materials, the kinds of thing we can take with us to potential sponsors and publishing and events partners.

Exhibition designers with ideas for themed shows that can link and bring a new dimension to our book ventures.

A PR guru to get some press coverage to trumpet our many and varied achievements.

People who can help us attract sponsorship.

Please get in touch at newsletter@26.org.uk. You’ll be welcomed like a long-lost brother (or sister).

posted by jim @ 4:02 PM