Become a Volunteer Queen

The key strength of the Adventure Queen community is that it is shaped by the women who are a part of it. So far, we already have a team of over 30 Queens – helping to organise wild camps and lead events, but as we grow and (in the words of captain Scott) “We Jusss donnn’t haveee the poowweeer!!” to do it all. So we’re on the hunt for new recruits.

As we’re a non-profit, these are volunteer roles – undertaken for the very same reason we (McNuff and Framps) started Adventure Queens – a sheer love of getting women outdoors and kicking ass.

If you’re keen to be a part of something magical, take a sneaky peek at the volunteer roles below. Ideally you’d be able to do the role for at least 6 months but you can do it forever if you like. We wouldn’t mind that at all.

If one on these roles floats your adventure boat, give us a holler at hello@adventurequeens.co.uk and tell us a little bit about you.

*****

FACEBOOK QUEEN

The AQ Facebook (main) group is the main space for the community in the UK and beyond, to share, support and celebrate each other. It’s become such a magical space and it wouldn’t be what it is without everyone contributing like they do. Or possible without the amazing Volunteer Queens that manage it (aka our Facebook Queens). As the community keeps growing, we need more Facebook Queens to help manage the group!

As a Facebook Queen you would:

- - Approve new wild women who want to join the AQ community
  - Check everyone is behaving and keeping their posts within the community guidelines. This means being kind and respectful to each other, no fundraising/advertising posts or any posts whereby there’s business or personal financial profiting
  - Send a welcome message, reply to comments and share any thoughts and tips, whenever possible

Skills needed: Comfortable on Facebook, enjoy working in a group, love of people and the outdoors.

Time needed per week: 1-2 hours.

Is this you? Email us, like, nowsville

INSTAGRAM QUEEN

In March ’18, we launched @adventurequeensuk (aka our Instagram channel) and since then, have shared 100s of kick ass stories from the community. We want to keep sharing more stories, and help inspire others to get out and kick ass too. So we need more Insta Queens!

As an Insta Queen you would:

Keep an eagle eye out on our Facebook pages and AQ Instagram followers for any cool stories of what women in the community are up to
Liaise with women in the community to feature them
Share women’s adventure-tastic stories on Instagram, in posts and stories

Skills needed: Writing, research, professional Facebook & Instagram stalking, a general interest in the outdoors industry and a love of the outdoors.

Time needed per week: 1-2 hours.

Is this you? Just message @adventurequeensUK on Instagram and let Yvonne, Susie or Ness (our Insta Queens) know that you’ve seen this and are up for donning a . It’d be ace if you have some recently uploaded content we can look at too.

INSTAGRAM STORY QUEEN (different to above – you’d be the one being featured!)

We’re on the hunt for 10 x Story Queens to share their everyday adventures and those further afield with our Instagram followers. If you’re up for helping us spread the Adventure Queen love of the outdoors far and wide, then read more here!

Skills needed: Already use Instagram Stories (and are at least familiar with the basics of it – you don’t need to be a whizz!), you enjoy sharing your mini adventures (and you escape to the outdoors, either during the week or at the weekend at least once), a love of the outdoors and collaborate with our Insta Queens.

Time needed per week: Have a spare 30 mins each week to give over to sitting on the couch and uploading your stories, post-adventure. Or doing it on the run!

MERCHANDISE QUEEN

Adventure Queens currently has four different t-shirt designs, including our very own Adventure Queens logo t-shirt (oooo la la!). The profits from every t-shirt that’s sold goes directly towards the Adventure Queen Grant, helping send one woman off on her first big adventure.

The community wear their t-shirt with pride so we’d love to grow our merchandise range, offering the community the chance to wear from more from us when in the outdoors.

As a Merchandise Queen you would:

- - Research merchandise providers
  - Work with the Design Queen on merchandise ideas and designs
  - Test ideas within the community
  - Develop the shop on the AQ website
  - Work with the Social Media Queens to link the shop to social channels, giving the community more ways to buy kit

Skills needed: Merchandise and/or retail, research merchandise providers & work with them, negotiation, research & test merchandise for community, detail-oriented, love of people and the outdoors.

Time needed per month: 1-2 hours.

Is this you? Email us, like, nowsville

CHIEF QUEEN (LOCAL FACEBOOK GROUPS)

The local groups are a way for the community to connect with wild women in their local area – meet up and explore together, share favourite places and support each other… helping support the community in their quest for outdoor adventures.

We’re on the lookout for Chief Queens to help look after existing local groups in the UK.

As a Chief Queen you would:

- Approve new wild women who want to join the local AQ community
- Check everyone is behaving and keeping their posts within the community guidelines. This means being kind and respectful to each other, no fundraising/advertising posts or any posts whereby there’s business or personal financial profiting
- And if anyone is unkind to a fellow Adventure Queen, please remove them as we’re not up for any unkind behaviour in the community!
- Send a welcome message to any newbies
- Reply to comments and share any thoughts and tips whenever possible – keeping the group engaged and feeling part of the local group – and organising any meet-ups, if you’d like

Skills needed: Comfortable on Facebook, enjoy working in a group, love of people and the outdoors.

Time needed per week: 1-2 hours.

Is this you? Email us, like, nowsville