The project launches Another Life’s structured volunteer model for young artists and cultural workers from minoritised backgrounds who face barriers to participation in the cultural sector. Access to cultural work often depends on informal networks, cultural capital and unspoken norms that favour those already represented. As a result, volunteering, often seen as an open entry point, can unintentionally reinforce inequalities instead of widening access. This initiative redesigns volunteering as a structured and equity-oriented pathway into cultural work and professional environments. It distinguishes meaningful voluntary participation from extractive tasks or roles. Volunteers are not additional labour but co-creators shaping cultural production and discourse. A core element is building a peer community where participants learn, organise and develop cultural agency together. The model combines care-based support, shared decision-making and participatory governance, alongside practice-based learning through public events. By embedding structure and shared influence into its design, the initiative reduces inequality and enables participants to question and reshape dominant norms.