We welcome all applications and encourage applications from everyone.
We would particularly like to receive more applications from freelance creatives who are
Anyone can apply if you answer yes to all the questions below:
Nb. No previous experience, skills or knowledge in Democracy/Politics is required. This is NOT about party politics.
(If you are not already a Democracy Box young co-creator & you are aged 16-26 and are born or based in Wales and would like to apply that is a separate ongoing open call and you can apply here)
All hosts will receive online training and will need to DBS checked.
We need freelance hosts from mid-September until mid-December 2022 for full and half day shifts.
All hosts must attend an online training session and be DBS checked. We will confirm the first online training sessions asap.
There is currently no deadline to apply however we receive a lot of applications and as soon as we have enough freelance hosts to staff the shop through til Christmas we will stop recruiting.
If you have any questions email Yvonne on y.murphy1@ntlworld.com. Apply asap!
The daily rate for a freelance Talking Shop host is £150 a day and £75 for half a day. All contracted hosts are guaranteed a minimum of two days work. Days are negotiable. You will be contracted as a self-employed person and will be responsible for declaring your earnings to HMRC and paying your own tax and national insurance.
The Talking Shop is open Monday – Saturday 9am- 5pm
Once you’re recruited you will receive training and go on the host rota. You tell us your availability and how many days you want to do and we guarantee a minimum of two days and will then do the rota as fairly as possible to make sure the work opportunity is equally spread and balanced with representation and equality.
Thanks to the support of the Wales Millennium Centre we are now recruiting freelance Talking Shop© hosts for the Merthyr Tydfil shop which will be open September – December 2022.
All Talking Shops© contain The Democracy Box©.
The Talking Shop© is a Cultural and Democratic Information Centre which encourages and facilitates encourages and promotes cultural and democratic participation by providing information about local creativity, arts and culture, and UK wide democratic systems and structures. It is a space for the public and creatives to collide, converse, connect, collude and create.
The Talking Shop© is a space in which to articulate, champion and strengthen the role of the creativity and democracy in society and empower through a sharing of information and knowledge. It is a physical ‘what’s on’ hub which everyone helps curate. A space for information, creation and conversation where nothing is for sale and the tea is free.
The Talking Shop© Transforming cultural and democratic participation one conversation at a time
The Talking Shop cannot work without the Talking Shop© hosts. They are the key ingredient. The host is an official welcomer. A meeter and greeter. A facilitator for the conversations which take place inside. Someone who ‘holds’ the space and keeps it and every visitor safe. A Talking Shop host is always near the door to welcome people in. Meeting every single person who walks through the door, every single day.
The host
The host invites people to
If you don't have an access to work budget ee have a small budget to cover Sign Language Interpretation for hosts and note taking and we are exploring a Welsh/English simultaneous translation service.
Please get in touch if you wish to discuss your access requirements before you apply or if you need support completing the application.
Please do not send your CV.
If you need a word doc of the application form please email y.murphy1@ntlworld.com
You can send written (1000 words max), video or audio responses (3 mins max).
Please email your application to Yvonne at y.murphy1@ntlworld.com or via WeTransfer.
Your referee can be an employer or a teacher or college lecturer/tutor. Please make sure you have asked their permission because we will be contacting them before we can contract you as a Talking Shop host.
If you have any questions or need support in applying please email y.murphy1@ntlworld.com
Please keep responses to parts 1 & 2 short- video/audio response to 3 min max and written to 1000 words max. Thank you!
Where in Wales are you from or based?
What do you do when you’re not applying to be a Talking Shop host?
What matters to you?
Tell us about your freelance work in the arts/cultural/creative sector across any medium(s)
Tell us about any particular skills, interests, experiences that we should know about that will make you a great Talking Shop host.
Feel free to send us some links to anything creative you’ve made, been involved with or participated in/seen/experienced which is connected to wanting to join The Talking Shop.
Use our questions to help you answer this question
Title:
Full Name:
Address:
Age and date of Birth:
Phone Number:
Email Address:
Welsh Language: No/Learner/First Language/Conversational/Other
Do you hold a current DBS? (Don’t worry if the answer is no)
We encourage applications from those who identify as disabled/D/deaf.
If you identify as disabled/ D/deaf and have found that you have encountered barriers in your working relationships or ability to take on opportunities because of your disability you may wish to complete and submit an access rider when returning your signed letter of engagement to inform us of any access needs. A sample access rider template and further information can be found at https://www.accessdocsforartists.com/what-is-an-access-doc
This needs to be someone who has known you for at least two years and who you have worked for or who knows you such as teacher, lecturer or doctor e.g. someone who could sign your passport photo. Not a friend or family member
Referee Name:
Referee Phone Number:
Referee Email:
How do they know you?
How long have they known you?
Please tell us below if you give permission for us to save your contact details for our database and your application as part of our ongoing research.
I do/do not (please delete appropriately) give consent for my details to be kept on file and to be contacted in the future regarding this and other Yvonne Murphy/Omidaze projects.
I do/do not give permission (please delete appropriately) for Omidaze to keep my application on file and use for The Democracy Box research purposes
Complete and send separately the Omidaze diversity and equality monitoring form. Please mark all completed monitoring forms ‘Talking Shop’ and return to omidaze@outlook.com You can email us and request a form or it can be found here
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Send all the above by email (&/or WeTransfer) to
Yvonne Murphy at y.murphy1@ntlworld.com marked THE TALKING SHOP HOST APPLICATION. We will be in touch asap.
This call out is in partnership with The Wales Millennium Centre
Omidaze are also now working in partnership with the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales and are the Youth Voice partner for the Electoral Commission in Wales
Omidaze is working with a range of collaborators and partners and the Talking shop Merthyr Tydfil is being made possible thanks to the Wales Millennium Centre. Previous talking Shops this year in Newport and Cardiff were made possible by investment from:
Local Democracy Division of the Welsh Government
Cares Family Multiplier Programme and UnLtd
The Future Generations Commissioner (Wales)
For more information about Yvonne Murphy/Omidaze Productions please visit www.omidaze.co.uk
Copyright © 2022 OMIDAZE PRODUCTIONS all rights reserved.
The Democracy Box© & The Talking Shop© and all associated content is copyright Yvonne Murphy/Omidaze Productions.
For more information click here
Contact Yvonne Murphy y.murphy1@ntlworld.com 07949626538
Website www.omidaze.co.uk
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Bydd The Talking Shop© yn sgwrs blwyddyn o hyd gyda’r cyhoedd yng Nghanol Dinas Caerdydd ac mewn Siopau Siarad peilot dros dro ar hyd a lled Cymru. Bydd yr un cyntaf o’r rhain yn agor yng Nghasnewydd am fis ym mis Ebrill 2022.
Pwrpas yr alwad hon yw recriwtio gwesteiwyr Siop Siarad© llawrydd ar gyfer siopau Caerdydd a Chasnewydd.
Bydd pob Siop Siarad© yn cynnwys The Democracy Box©.
Mae The Talking Shop© yn Ganolfan Wybodaeth Ddiwylliannol a Democrataidd.
Mae The Talking Shop© yn annog ac yn hwyluso ymgysylltiad y cyhoedd â chreadigedd, y celfyddydau a diwylliant, a systemau a strwythurau democrataidd.
Mae The Talking Shop© yn ofod i’r cyhoedd a phobl greadigol wrthdaro, sgwrsio, cysylltu, cydgynllwynio a chreu. Mae’n fan ymchwil a datblygu cyhoeddus sy’n annog ac yn hyrwyddo cyfranogiad diwylliannol a democrataidd.
Lle i fynegi, hyrwyddo a chryfhau rôl creadigrwydd a democratiaeth mewn cymdeithas a grymuso trwy rannu gwybodaeth.
Mae’r Siop Siarad yn ganolbwynt corfforol i bawb siarad am ‘beth sydd ymlaen’. Mae’n ofod cyhoeddus sy’n archwilio’r groesffordd rhwng cyfranogiad diwylliannol a democrataidd. Siop sy’n gwerthu dim byd a lle mae siarad yn gyfoethog a byth yn rhad.
Lle gyda gwybodaeth, creadigaeth a sgwrs yn greiddiol iddo.
Mae The Talking Shop© yn trawsnewid cyfranogiad diwylliannol a democrataidd un sgwrs ar y tro
Cliciwch ar y dolenni hyn i ddarganfod mwy
Ni all y Talking Shop weithio heb westeion y Talking Shop©. Nhw yw’r cynhwysyn allweddol. Mae’r gwesteiwr yn groesawydd swyddogol. Cyfarchwr a’r person sy’n cyfarfod pawb. Hwylusydd ar gyfer y sgyrsiau sy’n digwydd y tu mewn. Rhywun sy’n ‘dal’ y gofod ac yn ei gadw a phob ymwelydd yn ddiogel. Mae gwesteiwr Siop Siarad bob amser wrth ymyl y drws i groesawu pobl i mewn. Cyfarfod â phob un sy’n cerdded drwy’r drws, bob dydd.
Y gwesteiwr
Mae’r gwesteiwr yn gwahodd pobl i
Rhaid i bob gwesteiwr fynychu sesiwn hyfforddi ar-lein a chael gwiriad DBS.
Bydd mwy o sesiynau hyfforddi yn cael eu cyhoeddi a mwy o gyfleoedd mewn Siopau Siarad treialu eilaidd ledled Cymru dros y 12 mis nesaf.
Mae hwn yn alwad agored barhaus
Rydym yn rhagweld nifer fawr o geisiadau ac felly’n cynghori pobl sydd â diddordeb mewn bod yn westeion ym mis Mawrth ac Ebrill 2022 i wneud cais cyn gynted â phosibl.
Y gyfradd ddyddiol ar gyfer gwesteiwr Siop Siarad llawrydd yw £150 y dydd. Mae pob gwesteiwr sydd wedi’i gontractio yn cael ei warantu o leiaf dau ddiwrnod o waith. Mae dyddiau’n agored i drafodaeth. Byddwch wedi eich contractio fel person hunangyflogedig a byddwch yn gyfrifol am ddatgan eich enillion i CThEM a thalu eich treth ac yswiriant gwladol eich hun.
Mae’r Siop Siarad ar agor o ddydd Llun i ddydd Sadwrn 9am-6pm
Unwaith y byddwch wedi cael eich recriwtio byddwch yn cael hyfforddiant ac yn mynd ar y rota gwesteiwr. Rydych yn dweud wrthym eich argaeledd a sawl diwrnod yr hoffech ei wneud ac rydym yn gwarantu lleiafswm o ddau ddiwrnod ac yna byddwn yn gwneud y rota mor deg â phosibl i wneud yn siŵr bod y cyfle gwaith wedi’i wasgaru a’i gydbwyso’n gyfartal â cynrychiolaeth a chydraddoldeb.
Os atebwch yn gadarnhaol i’r holl gwestiynau isod gallwch wneud cais heddiw.
Nb. Nid oes angen unrhyw brofiad, sgiliau na gwybodaeth flaenorol mewn Democratiaeth/Gwleidyddiaeth. NID yw hyn yn ymwneud â gwleidyddiaeth plaid.
Rydym yn croesawu pob cais ac yn annog ceisiadau gan bawb.
Hoffem yn arbennig dderbyn mwy o geisiadau gan bobl greadigol sy’n gweithio ar eu liwt eu hunain
(Os nad ydych eisoes yn gyd-grëwr ifanc Blwch Democratiaeth ac rydych rhwng 16 a 26 oed ac wedi’ch geni neu’ch lleoli yng Nghymru ac yr hoffech wneud cais, mae hynny’n alwad agored barhaus ar wahân a gallwch wneud cais yma)
Rydym yn gweithio ar sicrhau cyllideb mynediad ar gyfer Dehongli Iaith Arwyddion a chymryd nodiadau ac archwilio gwasanaeth cyfieithu ar y pryd Cymraeg/Saesneg.
Cysylltwch â ni os hoffech drafod eich gofynion mynediad cyn i chi wneud cais neu os oes angen cymorth arnoch i gwblhau’r cais.
Peidiwch ag anfon eich CV.
Os oes angen dogfen Word o’r ffurflen gais arnoch anfonwch e-bost at y.murphy1@ntlworld.com
Gallwch anfon ymatebion ysgrifenedig (uchafswm o 1000 gair), fideo neu sain (3 munud ar y mwyaf).
E-bostiwch eich cais at Yvonne yn y.murphy1@ntlworld.com neu drwy WeTransfer.
Gall eich canolwr fod yn gyflogwr neu’n athro neu’n ddarlithydd/tiwtor coleg. Gwnewch yn siŵr eich bod wedi gofyn am eu caniatâd oherwydd byddwn yn cysylltu â nhw cyn y gallwn eich contractio fel gwesteiwr Siop Siarad.
Os oes gennych unrhyw gwestiynau neu os oes angen cymorth arnoch i wneud cais, anfonwch e-bost at y.murphy1@ntlworld.com
Os allwch cadw ymatebion i rannau 1 a 2 mewn strwythur fideo/sain i 3 munud ar y mwyaf ac wedi’u hysgrifennu i uchafswm o 1000 o eiriau. Diolch!
GWESTEIWR Y SIOP SIARAD
FFURFLEN GAIS
O ble yng Nghymru ydych chi’n dod neu wedi’ch lleoli?
Beth ydych chi’n ei wneud pan nad ydych chi’n gwneud cais i fod yn westeiwr Siop Siarad?
Beth sy’n bwysig i chi?
Dywedwch wrthym am eich gwaith llawrydd yn y sector celfyddydau/diwylliannol/creadigol ar draws unrhyw gyfrwng(iau)
Dywedwch wrthym am unrhyw sgiliau, diddordebau, profiadau penodol y dylem wybod amdanynt a fydd yn eich gwneud yn westeiwr Siop Siarad gwych.
Mae croeso i chi anfon rhai dolenni atom i unrhyw beth creadigol rydych chi wedi’i wneud, wedi bod yn ymwneud neu wedi cymryd rhan ynddo / wedi’i weld / wedi cael profiad ohono sy’n gysylltiedig ag eisiau ymuno â’r Siop Siarad.
Defnyddiwch ein cwestiynau i’ch helpu i ateb y cwestiwn hwn
Teitl:
Enw llawn:
Cyfeiriad:
Oedran a dyddiad geni:
Rhif ffôn:
Cyfeiriad ebost:
Iaith Gymraeg: Na/Dysgwr/Iaith Gyntaf/Sgyrsiol/Arall
A oes gennych chi DBS cyfredol? (Peidiwch â phoeni os na yw’r ateb)
Rydym yn annog ceisiadau gan y rhai sy’n nodi eu bod yn anabl/byddar.
Os ydych yn nodi eich bod yn anabl/byddar ac wedi canfod eich bod wedi dod ar draws rhwystrau yn eich perthnasoedd gwaith neu’ch gallu i fanteisio ar gyfleoedd oherwydd eich anabledd efallai y byddwch am gwblhau a chyflwyno marchog mynediad wrth ddychwelyd eich llythyr ymrwymiad wedi’i lofnodi i hysbysu ni o unrhyw anghenion mynediad. Gellir dod o hyd i dempled marchog mynediad enghreifftiol a gwybodaeth bellach yn https://www.accessdocsforartists.com/what-is-an-access-doc
Mae angen i hwn fod yn rhywun sydd wedi’ch adnabod ers o leiaf dwy flynedd ac yr ydych wedi gweithio iddo neu sy’n eich adnabod fel athro, darlithydd neu feddyg e.e. rhywun a allai lofnodi eich llun pasbort. Ddim yn ffrind nac yn aelod o’r teulu
Enw’r Canolwr:
Rhif Ffôn y Canolwr:
E-bost y dyfarnwr:
Sut maen nhw’n eich adnabod chi?
Ers pryd maen nhw wedi’ch adnabod chi?
Dywedwch wrthym isod os byddwch yn rhoi caniatâd i ni gadw eich manylion cyswllt ar gyfer ein cronfa ddata a’ch cais fel rhan o’n hymchwil parhaus.
Rwyf/Nid wyf (dilëwch yn briodol) yn rhoi caniatâd i fy manylion gael eu cadw ar ffeil ac i gysylltu â mi yn y dyfodol ynglŷn â hyn a phrosiectau eraill Yvonne Murphy/Omidaze.
Rwyf/Nid wyf yn rhoi caniatâd (dilëwch yn briodol) i Omidaze gadw fy nghais ar ffeil a’i ddefnyddio at ddibenion ymchwil The Democracy Box
Cwblhau ac anfon ffurflen monitro amrywiaeth a chydraddoldeb Omidaze ar wahân. Marciwch yr holl ffurflenni monitro wedi’u llenwi â ‘The Talking Shop’ a’i dychwelyd i omidaze@outlook.com Gallwch anfon e-bost atom a gofyn am ffurflen neu mae i’w chael yma.
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Anfonwch yr holl e-bost uchod a/neu WeTransfer i
Yvonne Murphy at y.murphy1@ntlworld.com CAIS GWESTIWR Y SIOP SIARAD. Byddwn mewn cysylltiad cyn gynted â phosibl.
Mae Omidaze hefyd bellach yn gweithio mewn partneriaeth â Chomisiynydd Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol Cymru ac yn bartner Llais Ieuenctid ar gyfer Comisiwn Etholiadol Cymru.
I gael rhagor o wybodaeth am Yvonne Murphy/Omidaze Productions ewch i www.omidaze.co.uk
Hawlfraint © 2022 OMIDAZE PRODUCTIONS cedwir pob hawl.
Mae hawlfraint The Democracy Box© & The Talking Shop© a’r holl gynnwys cysylltiedig yn eiddo i Yvonne Murphy/Omidaze Productions.
Am fwy o wybodaeth cliciwch yma
Cysylltwch ag Yvonne Murphy y.murphy1@ntlworld.com 07949626538
Gwefan www.omidaze.co.uk
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