VOLUNTEER

Welcome to volunteer at Side by Side!

Thanks for wanting to help!

The information on this page applies both for those volunteering by themselves and those who are a part of our corporate collaborations. Are you curious about the volunteer opportunities at Side by Side for companies and organizations? Feel free to email sidebyside@gso.se and we'll tell you more!

NB! To volunteer at Side by Side, you need to understand and speak some Swedish. Most communication will be in Swedish.

For the camp to be a once in a lifetime experience for all our participants, we need help from many people who contribute with their commitment, time, hands and heart. Therefore, we welcome volunteers to help with a variety of tasks during a few of the camp days.

Our volunteers eat lunch and dinner free of charge and get to experience concerts during camp.

Being a Volunteer

Being a volunteer can involve a variety of tasks. The Side by Side camp is taking place simultaneously at many different locations near the Concert Hall and we need volunteers at all locations. Our goal is that each volunteer belongs to one of the Side by Side locations and does all or most of their volunteer sessions there. We will schedule you at the location where you are most needed at the times you have indicated you can attend. Duties vary depending on location.

Examples of tasks:

setting up rooms with chairs and music stands before and after rehearsals and concerts
arrange classrooms for residents
keep the locations tidy
serve fruit and coffee
show the way to and in the locations
receive/send deliveries of various kinds
help with various tasks at meals; breakfast, lunch and dinner
staff accommodations during the day
perform various administrative tasks in the office
carry and pack everything for transports

You will have a supervisor on hand to give you instructions.

Your shifts:

We strive to create 4-hour sessions for volunteers. In order for everything to work as well as possible for you, for your supervisor and for the participants, we want you to participate as a volunteer in at least four 4-hour shifts during the Side by Side week, and preferably more. In your registration, state how many shifts you would like to take.

Most of the 4-hour shifts will be sometime between 9am and 5pm, but we also need some volunteers before 9am and after 5pm each day. We will not schedule any volunteer for more than eight hours per day. The days we need the most volunteers are Friday June 16–Tuesday June 20.

If you register by April 28 at the latest, you will receive a proposed schedule that you will be able to decide on. It will be sent out in early May. If you register late, you will receive your schedule at the beginning of June.

Regular registration is open 1/2 – 28/4 (February 1–April 28)

Mutual expectations

Your contribution is valuable and one of the cornerstones of the camp!

Being a volunteer has both benefits and responsibilities.

As a volunteer, you get the opportunity to free of charge:

eat lunch and dinner in connection with your volunteer sessions (valid Saturday 17/6–Wednesday 21/6)
go to the Side by Side concerts as long as they fit in with your volunteer sessions
go to a concert at Göteborgs Konserthus in autumn 2023 (special invitation coming this autumn)

We expect you to:

arrive in good time for your volunteer sessions
notify us as soon as possible if you are prevented from attending any assigned session
take part in the information you receive about Side by Side and your volunteer tasks
always wear your volunteer T-shirt when you volunteer
see yourself as a representative of Side by Side and treat all employees and participants in a pleasant manner
respect that Side by Side is a drug-free camp (do not wear your volunteer shirt for example during an after work that inlcudes alcohol)

Sign-up

Regular sign-up is open 1/2–28/4. After that, it is possible to make a late registration, but then there is less chance that you will get the passports you most want. Late registration is open until 28/5. Please note that the sign-up form is in Swedish.

You who register as a private person click on the button below. You who register from one of the companies we collaborate with will receive your booking link from the contact person there. If you are unsure whether you have an agreement on volunteer work or wish to know more about those opportunities, contact sidebyside@gso.se

SIGN-UP HERE

Volunteer meeting

You are welcome to the volunteer meeting for this year's Side by Side on Wednesday May 10 at 18.00-19.30. The meeting is held in the Viktor Rydberg Hall in the Concert Hall. (Entrance through the stage entrance from Viktor Rydbergsgatan). We will tell you about Side by Side, about this year's camp and about what volunteering means. You do not need to pre-register for the meeting,