Volunteer Application Form

Thank you for your interest in working at the Bradford Police Museum.  Please complete this application form in full and make sure you submit your application before closing your browser as your application form won't be saved. 

If you would like help with completing your application form, just let us know and we will be happy to help you.

What happens next: We’ll review your application form to see if we have a suitable vacancy.  We endeavour to reply to you within 2 weeks of your application.  Please check your junk mail if you have not received a response from us within this timeframe. 

Please note: Applicants must be 18 years or older to be considered for a role.  Unfortunately we cannot progress applications without a telephone number, or details of referees.

Personal Details

Your Previous Employment, Volunteering & Education 

Please list the previous roles or courses you have completed that are relevant to the role you are applying for*. 

For each, please include how long you performed the role / or studied the course; and one or two lines explaining your key activities.  If you have a lot of roles, please list only the most recent. 

*If you haven’t got a copy of the role profile, please refer to the list of roles in first section of this application. Clicking on one of the roles will take you its role profile. If you have any issues with this, please contact volunteering@bradfordpolicemuseum.com

Your Supporting Statement

Please explain why you are applying for this role, and what you think you would bring to the role.  You might want to include what interests you about the role and what you hope to get out of volunteering with us; which qualities and skills you will bring with you from your previous experiences; and any other relevant information to support your application.  

If you would like some help with completing this, or any part of your application form, we will be happy to help; please just contact us at the email address below. 

If you haven’t got a copy of the role profile, please refer to the list of roles in first section of this application. Clicking on one of the roles will take you its role profile. If you have any issues with this, please contact volunteering@bradfordpolicemuseum.com

Your Availability

If you are applying for the Trustee Role, please skip this section.

Please note, the museum is open to the public from March to November, on Friday and Saturday between 10am and 4pm. 

 This means if you are applying for the Tour Guide, Visitor Engagement Officer or Gallery and Front Desk Volunteering role, you will only be required to volunteer during these months. 

The Curatorial team still continue when the museum is closed to the public, and meet every Wednesday from 10am to 2pm. 

References & Checks

Please provide the details of two people we can contact for a reference.  Your referees must not be friends or relatives.  They can be a teacher or lecturer if you are studying, or your manager at a current or previous place of work or somewhere you have volunteered.  They must know you well enough or have had sufficient contact with you to be able answer questions about your character and / or previous commitments.   The contact email and telephone number for your referees must be their official work email address / contact number.  

Please contact us at the email address above if you need any help with this.

Please note: a satisfactory reference is required for all volunteers, and we cannot always guarantee a suitable role.  Some volunteering roles will be subject to a satisfactory CRB police check.

Referee

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

Recruitment of Ex-Offenders – Many of The Bradford Police Museum volunteering opportunities will involve direct contact with children and potentially vulnerable older people.  As such, applications to volunteer are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. This means that potential volunteers are required to declare their entire criminal record, including cautions, reprimands, final warnings and criminal convictions catagorised as `spent’ under the above legislation.

Please complete and sign this section.  The information provided will be kept confidential.

It will only be disclosed to specific Museum staff if/when they are considering you for specific volunteering opportunities (where you may encounter potentially vulnerable adults).

Volunteer Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form

The Bradford Police Museum wants to meet the aims and commitments set out in its equality policy. This includes not discriminating under the Equality Act 2010 and building an accurate picture of the make-up of the workforce in encouraging equality and diversity. The organisation requests your help and co-operation to enable it to do this. 

The completion of this form is optional.  Any Information provided will be treated as private and confidential, and used for monitoring purposes only.  It will be separated from your application form before short-listing and will not be used as part of the selection process.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this form.  

This form will be separated before being passed on to the selection committee