Meet the Midlands volunteers

National Trust volunteers come with all sorts of experiences and skills and from a whole variety of backgrounds. Here are just a few of their stories.

Volunteers for Pride 2017 in the courtyard at the Birmingham Back to Backs

Katherine Dunn 

I've volunteered as a room guide, part of the conservation team and even attended Birmingham Pride as a National Trust volunteer.

Read Katherine's story
Photo of volunteer Margaret Marshall

Margaret Marshall, The Workhouse costume volunteer 

Margaret is a volunteer at The Workhouse, in charge of creating wonderful authentic outfits for our costumed storytellers.

Find out more about her role
A Volunteer in Tudor Costume

From visiting to volunteering 

Rhona Milner shares her story of how she became a volunteer room guide and day leader at Canons Ashby in Northamptonshire.

Meet one of our volunteers
Volunteer driving the buggy

Graham Cartwright 

Graham Cartwright, one of Croome's volunteers, tells us about volunteering with the National Trust.

Graham Cartwright
A crowd of 50 volunteers on the lawn

Meet some of the Upton volunteers 

Volunteering is a great way to brighten up your days, and the team at Upton invite you to join them.

See the Upton team
Two volunteers post for a picture

A couple of volunteers 

Find out what it's really like to volunteer for the National Trust

Read about Michael and Elizabeth's experiences
Man in red jacket standing woodland
Clent Hills   Worcestershire

Volunteer Profile: Adrian Jones

All kinds of people volunteer with us in a wide variety of roles. Adrian has devised, and now looks after, our gecoaching course on the Clent Hills.

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mist, orchard,

Meet Peter Metcalfe 

Meet Peter Metcalfe, volunteer photographer at Dudmaston, and let him introduce you to some of the beautiful images that he has taken during his time with us.

Read Peter's story