First
Quarter Checklist
Knowing
where to start when you first become a Voluntary Arts Ambassador can
be a little daunting. Here is a handy checklist to get you started.
These
can all be done at your own pace, but our hope would be that the
following will have been achieved within the first three months of
you becoming a VAA.
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Begin to
research local
voluntary and amateur arts groups
(with the help of Carol and others) and enter their contact
details onto a master contact list. Please mention any future
contact you have in mind.
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Claim
any expenses
you may
have from the VAA induction.
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Start
your VAA
Diary and
update it at least once a month.
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Sign up
for Running
Your Group Level 1
(which also signs you up for the VAScotland enewsletter). Please
use your VAA email address for this. Have a look at the resources
on offer so you can spread the word to any interested parties you
meet. You will be given free access to Level 2 in the very near
future.
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Access
your VAA
email account. We
will use this to contact you, and you should give this email
address to any contacts you make. If you have any difficulties
using your VAA email, please contact Jason Brown, VAScotland
Administrator on admin@vascotland.org.uk
Note:
we would advise that you do not use your personal email for VAA
communication, to avoid confusing the boundaries between VAA work
and your personal life!
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Have a
‘key
meeting’,
or at least arrange one, with Carol, your local TSI contact, other
VAAs in your area, and any other key contacts (local authority/
arts trust etc) to agree a work plan.
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Get a
clear idea of the work plan mentioned above, and record
any agreed actions.
If anything is unclear after the meeting, please contact Carol
asap to clarify what we have agreed to do.
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Find
some suitable places and put
up your ‘Meet Your VAA’ posters.
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Set up
or take on an admin role for your local Voluntary
Arts Ambassador Facebook page
(note that
Carol is co-admin).
Join the (closed) VAA Facebook page.
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Through
your VAA Facebook page,
‘like’ all
other relevant VAAs, the VAScotland, VAScotland Arts Ambassadors,
Voluntary Arts Week, Epic Awards pages, your local TSI’s page
and any relevant arts team/council pages.
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Begin
researching
other relevant
Facebook
pages to ‘like’. Especially local voluntary arts groups in
your area. You should have at least ten by the end of your first
three months.
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Share
at least 10 Facebook posts
from other pages that would be of interest to your local contacts.
These should definitely include Voluntary Arts Week posts.
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Sign up
for the Voluntary
Arts Week and Epic Awards updates
on their respective websites.
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