We're seeking a range of individuals to come on board and help out!
Whether you want to set up your own workshop in a local area, or you're a member of a studio who would like to host, we hope you can help us spread our message as far as possible!
Girls' Game Lab provides a platform for individuals to tackle gender diversity issues in the games industry and there's a range of ways you can help.
You don't need to be a master programmer or an artist, we provide you with a workshop to learn so that you can teach a group of girls how to make their first game in an afternoon!
Girls' Game Lab provides a platform for individuals to tackle gender diversity issues in the games industry and there's a range of ways you can help.
You don't need to be a master programmer or an artist, we provide you with a workshop to learn so that you can teach a group of girls how to make their first game in an afternoon!
Event Leaders
We're a small team of 3 founders at the moment who simply can't be everywhere at once. Event Leaders are those who want to organise and teach a workshop in their own area. Using Girls' Game Lab as a platform, we will help you access volunteers, local sponsors and secure a place to hold your workshop, as well as provide teaching resources.
Event Leaders need to show an interest in:
We're here to give leaders all the guidance they need to run their own workshop and provide any advertising the workshop needs! If you would like to be an event leader, send us an email with:
We ask that each event leader is a STEM Ambassador, the application to be an ambassador can take a month to complete.
Event Leaders need to show an interest in:
- Organisation
- Wanting to develop their leadership skills
- Be able to stand up and speak to groups of people
We're here to give leaders all the guidance they need to run their own workshop and provide any advertising the workshop needs! If you would like to be an event leader, send us an email with:
- An introduction about yourself
- Where you would like to hold your event
- Dates you would like to hold the event
- The help you need from us to get started
We ask that each event leader is a STEM Ambassador, the application to be an ambassador can take a month to complete.
Volunteers
Volunteers come in to help with workshops helping in their local area! They support the Event Leaders by learning the workshop, stepping in to help teach and support the girls as they learn.
Volunteers need to be able to:
We keep track of volunteers who are interested in supporting local event leaders. If you would like to volunteer, send us an email with:
We ask that each volunteer is a STEM Ambassador, the application to be an ambassador can take a month to complete.
Volunteers need to be able to:
- Learn the workshop materials
- Chat to the girls about their interests
- Help attendees who fall behind
- Support the event leaders with the workshop
We keep track of volunteers who are interested in supporting local event leaders. If you would like to volunteer, send us an email with:
- An introduction about yourself
- The local area you would like to volunteer within.
We ask that each volunteer is a STEM Ambassador, the application to be an ambassador can take a month to complete.
Hosts
We're seeking hosts interested in providing a space to teach the girls for an afternoon! You can be a school, college or a games studio! So long as you have the space and resources to all our event leaders and volunteers to run a workshop we would love to hear from you!
Hosts should be able to:
If you're an organisation, school or company interested in hosting, we can connect you with an event leader or you can let us know if you'll be providing your own, send us an email with:
Hosts should be able to:
- Provide a space for approximately 15 girls to learn for an afternoon
- Provide additional space for any parents who may want to accompany their children
- Provide computers for each attendee
- Provide a computer with a projector or a large screen to teach the workshop from
If you're an organisation, school or company interested in hosting, we can connect you with an event leader or you can let us know if you'll be providing your own, send us an email with:
- An introduction about yourself and the space
- If you would need any event leaders or volunteers
- What you need from us to get started
Partners and Sponsors
If you haven't guessed already, we're a team of volunteers doing some important work. If you're a company who would like to get involved you can choose to sponsor us to help us make ends meet. We've got a few forms of sponsorship that you can assist with if you would like to help!
If you feel like you can sponsor in anyway, we like to pair local sponsors with local workshops. Get in touch with us to get more information on the forms of sponsorship that are possible.
If you feel like you can sponsor in anyway, we like to pair local sponsors with local workshops. Get in touch with us to get more information on the forms of sponsorship that are possible.