Join in
Helping out at Hardwick is a great way to meet people and make new friends
© National Trust/John Millar
Help out at Hardwick
As a volunteer you’ll be helping inspire present and future generations and will help bring history to life.
If you have some spare time and would like to spend it helping out in a unique and interesting setting, then come and volunteer at Hardwick. We have a variety of roles and are always looking for new members to join our team.
Have you got green fingers?
Our volunteers help keep Hardwick's gardens in tip top condition
© Hardwick Hall/National Trust
Don’t mind getting your hands dirty? Come and help our green-fingered garden volunteers maintain the wonderful gardens at Hardwick.
Our team are always busy planting, propagating, looking after vegetable patches, mowing lawns, harvesting apples and much much more.
You’ll get to meet a great group of people and of course, you’ll be provided with plenty of tea.
Manual labour
Volunteers help with making charcoal at Hardwick for those BBQs
© National Trust/Ian Hunt
Enjoy working outside and using your hands with our volunteer park rangers.
Our rangers work hard maintaining Hardwick park and preserving the ancient habitats within it.
This involves all sorts of jobs including the upkeep of our walking routes, making charcoal, planting new trees, hedge-laying and other jobs which help ensure Hardwick’s landscape is carefully protected.
Become a room guide
Helping out at Hardwick is a great way to meet people and make new friends
© National Trust/John Millar
Help out in the hall and become one of Hardwick’s room guides.
Our friendly house volunteers are always on hand to answer visitor’s questions and provide interesting information about the hall, its contents and the people who lived there.
If you like chatting to new people and have a passion for history, we’re sure you’ll enjoy volunteering with the team.
Working holidays
Hardwick run a selection of working holidays involving countryside conservation work. Get the chance to build dry stone walls, help with hedge-laying, take part in important wildlife surveys and other special projects.