Voluntary Work Fund
The AAH Voluntary Work Fund offers funding to UK-based undergraduate and postgraduate students on placements or internships within the UK. Individuals are entitled to up to £500 towards placement-related expenses such as accommodation, travel and food. The Voluntary Work Fund supports both full-time and part-time placements/ internships.
The VWF will open for applications again in the Spring, for placement past June 2012. The information below applies to the 2011 scheme and is provided for information only. Eligibility criteria and application procedures are unlikely to change substantially for the 2012 scheme, but please do keep you eye on this page for further details when they become available.
The deadline for applications will be 1st July 2012. Full details will appear in the Spring.
Voluntary Work Fund 2011
Would you like to curate exhibitions?
Conserve paintings?
Run art auctions?
Or work in a picture library?
These are examples of internships that the Association of Art Historians funded last year. The voluntary work placement fund is available to assist AAH members with the costs of work experience placements to gain valuable experience. Whatever career in art history you are aiming for, voluntary work can really take you places, and the AAH can help.
- Where can I volunteer? We fund volunteering at museums, galleries, heritage sites or other visual arts environments. To get a list of museums and art galleries that welcome or are willing to consider student volunteers for internships or work placements email admin@aah.org.uk with your membership number. Both self-initiated placements and pre-arranged internships are eligible.
- When? The placement can last up to 6 weeks full-time (Monday-Friday) or up to 30 days part-time. It must start after the 30th of June 2011.
- What is covered by the funding? Legitimate expenses include daily travel, meals and accommodation, childcare and training and materials.*
- How much funding can I get? The maximum amount available per student is £500 for the whole placement.
- How do I apply? Download the full guidelines and an application form.
Deadline: 31st May, 17:00.
PLEASE NOTE: You must be an AAH member to apply for the award. Please join the Association before submitting your application.
In the words of a previous recipient...
“Without the funding from AAH I would not have been able to benefit so greatly from the opportunities that I was offered in London and to feel such adrenalin course through my veins and for this I am very grateful for the chance to get stuck in and have this incredible insight and experience.” Tom Best, volunteer at Christie’s, London
If you have any queries regarding the AAH Voluntary Work Fund please contact admin@aah.org.uk
Voluntary Work Fund Reports and Feedback
Reports by students who have undertaken placements/internships that have been supported by the Voluntary Work Fund are published in Bulletin, which is now available to view online. See Bulletin 102 for reports from last year's competiion. An example from the 2011 scheme is online at http://www.aah.org.uk/post/630.
