Find a volunteer opportunity

Outdoors and indoors, we have hundreds of volunteer roles to choose from at some amazing places

A group of volunteers clearing autumn leaves — Volunteers clearing autumn leaves at Arlington Court, Devon

Volunteers in the current situation

Volunteers have always been at the heart of the work of the National Trust in caring for nature, beauty and history and we are really grateful for your interest in volunteering with us. At the moment, our staff and volunteer teams are working hard to safely reopen more of our places. While we focus on reopening, many of our places won’t be able to support new volunteers joining the team just yet.

When we're ready to involve new volunteers, we'll promote volunteering opportunities here on our website. Hopefully we'll have a volunteering role that will be just right for you. 

Read our reopening and coronavirus FAQs Keep up to date

Conservation volunteers cleaning ceramics at Dudmaston, Shropshire

How volunteers help us care for our collections

With over one million collection items to look after at over 200 historic places, we have our work cut out. We wouldn’t be able to do it without our dedicated volunteers. We're highlighting our conservation volunteers and sharing their stories, favourite objects and conservation tips.

Let's hear it for our conservation volunteers

Rich pickings in Erddig's apple orchards during harvest celebrations — A volunteer busy harvesting apples in Erddig's orchard

Meet our volunteers

Get to know some of the amazing people that give up their time to care for the places we look after in this round-up of volunteer articles and profiles.

Read their stories

" It’s as though the planets align and I simply find myself in the right place – physically, spiritually or otherwise. Don’t know if that’s downright soppy, but that’s how Sutton Hoo gets me."