Volunteers needed for exciting Doctor Who 60th anniversary project.

If you’re currently looking for work experience opportunities to develop skills around cultural heritage, music education, or cultural project management and have an interest in electronic music, this is a great opportunity.

Delia Derbyshire Day (DD Day) is looking for 5 volunteers (aged 18-30) to act as a steering committee for their Delia Derbyshire Day 2023 heritage project. There are 5 different volunteer roles, with each volunteer leading on the different strands of the project; heritage, education, artists commission, online event management and documentation and evaluation.

The volunteers will act as a steering committee for the Delia Derbyshire Day 2023 heritage project, and there perspective and contribution will be key to the success. Each volunteer will be supported by a volunteer coordinator who will make sure you get the most out of this development opportunity.

The project will run from early April 2023 – January 2024, and each volunteer will be involved in every part of the project working between May – December 2023. The time commitment for all roles is – Minimum 1 day per month – 7 hours per month for 8 months = approx. 60 hours total commitment.

For more information about each of the volunteer roles and how to apply you can look at the volunteer role brief below:

Volunteer Brief 1 – Heritage strand
Volunteer Brief 2 – Education stand
Volunteer Brief 3 – Artists commission strand
Volunteer Brief 4 – Online event management strand
Volunteer Brief 5 – Documentation and evaluation stand

The deadline for applications is March 31, 2023.

Doctor Who 60th anniversary project

This project is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) and will focus on the heritage of the BBC Doctor Who series via the works and archive of Delia Derbyshire (1937-2001). To mark the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Doctor Who series (for which Delia produced the original theme), we have devised a programme of opportunities for people to get involved with the heritage, learn and develop new skills and help us develop our organisation.

More about Delia Derbyshire Day (DD Day)

Delia Derbyshire Day (DD Day) is a Manchester-based charitable organisation honouring the work of electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire (1937-2001). DD Day produces arts heritage projects and events, commissions new art and offers electronic music education centred around the Delia Derbyshire Archive which is held at John Rylands Library in Manchester, UK. Delia’s most famous work is her iconic realisation of the original Doctor Who theme in 1963. The charitable aims of DD Day are to advance the art and education of the public in music technology and the history of British electronic music via the archive and works of Delia Derbyshire.

Find out more about Delia Derbyshire Day.