Volunteering
Glasgow 2024, a Worldcon for our Futures, is an all-volunteer run event. Everyone from our chair to the people setting up our art show at the convention itself is a volunteer. Volunteering for a convention is a rewarding experience. It’s a chance to work on a large project, make new friends, and learn new skills. Conventions like Worldcon are community events, and if you’re new to the community, volunteering is a great way to meet other fans from around the world.
Signing up to Volunteer BEFORE the Convention Begins
If you’re up for helping us before the convention, or volunteering at least a week in advance to help during the convention, please fill out our volunteer questionnaire, which will let our volunteers team propose you to a relevant division for potential recruitment.
Many divisions are advertising for help with specific roles. You can consult the list of role profiles for which we are specifically looking for volunteers for some ideas of what we would love to have help with… and then fill out the volunteer questionnaire, requesting a specific role, please. If you don’t see a role you are interested in, let us know what you’d like to work on and we will do our best to find you a role that suits you.
Please note that we are unable to provide our volunteers with free attending tickets. Volunteers, along with the rest of our membership, are welcome to apply to the Community Fund if they wish to attend but need support to be able to do so.
Signing up to Volunteer DURING the Convention
You must be an attending member of the convention (in person or online) to be able to volunteer for us during the convention. If you’d like to volunteer during the convention itself, then it depends on how you’re attending.
To volunteer for the in-person convention at the Glasgow SEC, please come to the At-Con Volunteer Desk in Hall 4.
To volunteer for the online convention, please join the convention Discord server and follow the instructions on how to volunteer in the Discord Guide found in the Server Guide section. You will be able to join the Discord through the Member Portal once it opens in late July.
Volunteer Rewards
Rewards for at-con volunteering are based on volunteer hours put in during the convention, including move-in and move-out, and tracked by the Volunteer desk team. The rewards for volunteering in-person include groats (tokens valid with most venue restaurants and some vendors), raffle tickets, and a choice of priority rewards.
Online volunteers have a different set of rewards, including a special downloadable packet, and priority rewards for online Table Talks.
For those able to spend at least twelve hours helping us, in-person or online, before or during the convention, there is also a choice of a t-shirt or tote bag (as long as supplies last). Full details on how to claim these rewards will be sent in advance to our staff members. They will be available from the Volunteer desk in Hall 4 and online.
Our Approach to Volunteering
We hope to build a team of volunteers with diverse backgrounds and skills, each making their own contribution to the convention. Our goal is that every volunteer should feel welcome and happy in their role, know the work they do is valued, and that they are supported by their team leaders. The Glasgow 2024 Code of Conduct reflects the positive ethos of all that we are doing, and is there for everyone throughout their time on the team.
Our Volunteers Team will be working hard to support all volunteers, and you can contact them at any time at volunteers@glasgow2024.org.
We are very conscious that our volunteers’ unpaid time is an extraordinarily generous gift, without which there would be no Worldcon. The more fans who can give some time to this project, the more the convention can achieve without too much being required of anyone.