Upton House and Gardens

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Family volunteering

Family volunteers cooking in the kitchen at Upton House and Gardens © National Trust

Jenny and her sons baking on a family volunteering day at Upton

Why not bring the whole family? Here at Upton we are always looking for new ways you can get involved. Volunteering is such a fun and rewarding way to be part of the magic of Upton and now you can bring the whole family along.

We have developed a flexible and friendly approach to enable families to volunteer in a way which fits in with their busy lifestyles. Come when you want, as often as you want. That might be several times a week in the holidays and then once a month for a while. Let us know what’s going to work for you.

If you think this might be something for your and your children or grandchildren, take a look at the two roles we have developed. Download the details of these roles by clicking on the names below:

• Family cooks (PDF)
• Costumed welcomers

To find out more please get in touch with Antoinette Priddis, our Family Volunteering Co-ordinator.

Some of our most popular roles

Room guides

Room guide volunteer in the Upton House library © National Trust

Room guides help you enjoy and learn more about the places you're visiting. A day in the life of Pauline Stint shows you what it's like to be a room guide, helping others learn more about a place and showing visitors inside the secrets of the collection.

Garden guides

Gardening volunteer at Upton House and Gardens, Warwickshire © Lucy Harries

Give informal tours of the gardens, or chat to people about our stunning gardens while you're here. Pick up the latest tips and news for the garden team and pass it onto visitors who love hearing about the gardens.

Front of house

Playing the piano at Upton House & Gardens © Derek Wilbraham

A great role for students or anyone interested in a career working for the National Trust. Get some hands on experience working with the house team and volunteers to open the house on a daily basis.

A day in the life of...

Pauline a room guide at Upton House and Gardens, Warwickshire © National Trust

Pauline Stint has been a volunteer room guide at Upton House for 20 years but first began volunteering here in the 1960s. Here she describes why she enjoys working at Upton.

Find out more about Day in the life: volunteer room guide at Upton

Great social events

Summer party

We have a party for the volunteers to say thank you for all the hard work they do during the year.
Trips and holidays

Day trips to exhibitions and long weekends away are planned during the year.
Coffee mornings

We also organise a number of events at Upton with talks and tours about new things we are doing.