On September 6th 2025 our Social Media Manager, Abi Rose, will be fundraising for BHAC by taking part in the South Coast Challenge. This is a 100 km ultramarathon which begins at Eastbourne and finishes at Arundel!
Abi hopes to raise much-needed funds which will help BHAC to continue to champion our wonderful not-for-profit arts groups.
If you would like to support Abi (and BHAC!) with a donation please visit her JustGiving page!
A Q&A with Abi
Q: How long have you been volunteering with BHAC?
A: Since November 2022
Q: Why did you decide to begin volunteering?
A: I saw that BHAC were advertising for a volunteer to help with the website and social media. I thought that I could be helpful to them, and that BHAC sounded interesting!
Q: What have you enjoyed most about your time volunteering?
A: Doing lots of different things. The 2023 Poetry Competition with Poems on the Buses was a particularly rewarding experience, including web and graphic design, photography, and lots of social media (and bus rides!).
Q: What benefits have you experienced personally?
A: I have increased confidence that I can apply my skills and knowledge to many different tasks.
Q: Do you have any stories you could share about your time volunteering?
A: The scariest thing I have volunteered to do was to make a huge pile of sandwiches to serve at the 2024 Drama Awards. But in the end they turned out fine (although I ran out of roasted veg and had to make more), and it was great working with the BHAC Catering Team!!
Q: Would you recommend volunteering with BHAC to others?
A: I certainly would, I have never met such a lovely group of people.
Q: What would you say to anyone who is thinking about volunteering?
A: Give it a go, it gets you off the sofa and it’s really fun!
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Thanks to Volunteers’ Week for the questionnaire!
Volunteering with BHAC
You don’t have to run 100 km to help BHAC! We have plenty of opportunities to suit everyone including:
- Organising, and/or helping out at, BHAC Events
- Distribution of the Arts Diary
- Meeting the public at our Jubilee Library Days
- Fundraising
- Helping with the website and social media
- Print media work
- Other forms of promotion
Interested? Get in touch by filling out and sending the form below: