We have once again set out to provide a conference with great speakers who will deliver insightful talks at an accessible price. Despite some team changes, the intentions behind Front End North are the same as they were back in 2020. Our volunteers back then were truly an excellent bunch of people and we attribute the success of our previous conference in no small part to their work. In 2025 we need volunteers again to help us. This is where you may come in!
Why get involved?
- The opportunity to work alongside what we think will be a supportive, helpful and appreciative team.
- You'll be helping us to promote Sheffield as a good place for web design, development and associated fields.
- Support a team of volunteer organisers who strongly believe in the embetterment of the industry in the North.
- We aim to organise volunteer roles in such a way that volunteers will hopefully be able to watch at least half of the talks.
Some of the help we'll be looking for on the day
This is the same as back in 2020 - where we think things went pretty smoothly:
- Welcoming attendees on arrival and check their tickets.
- Tend to the reception desk throughout the day.
- Be a buddy for a speaker - i.e. the point person for that speaker so they have a friendly member of the team to support them.
- Forwarding any Code of Conduct concerns to the organisers.
- Generally being available to help the event run smoothly from the organisers (from a "We need this done!" perspective) and assisting attendees with questions they have.
How we'll help you to confidently help us
You'll need to be available for a group training session sometime during June 2025 for a couple of hours, as well as on the 10th of July (the day of the conference). This training will be delivered remotely with help from Katie Fenn who has helped other conferences with their CoC responsibilities.
Register your interest in volunteering here
The deadline for this is the 12th of May 2025 and we will be in touch very shortly after then.
If you're not 100% sure about volunteering, then please do put your name down or reach out to us through our social media channels (see the footer of this website). We'll get in touch and you can talk about it with us first - we won't hold people to being a volunteer!
It should go without saying, but we would not expect any volunteer to pay for a conference ticket. Whilst we are unable to pay you for any expenses, you will receive a volunteer pass - including entrance to our afterparty at the NVM. We are sorry but all volunteers must all be over 18.
If you don't want to volunteer but still like the sound of what we're doing, then tickets are available now for £75.