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Making new friends, working in amazing places and knowing that you're helping a great cause - three fabulous reasons to get volunteering

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Volunteers help to create Cotehele's famous Christmas Garland in the Tudor Hall

Be part of an incredible team

It's the skills, time and passion of our volunteers that make our places special. Whether you're looking to help in the great outdoors, connect with the public or get up close and personal with our houses, we have something exciting happening near you.

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Seasonal volunteering

If you want to enjoy the gift of giving over the festive period, why not volunteer at one of the places we care for?

We've listed a selection of Christmas opportunities for you below.

An elf photogprahs Father Christmas and visitors to his study at Attingham Park

Attingham Park, Shropshire

Starting to think about getting ready for Christmas? Making a list? Checking it twice? Join our crack squad of Christmas helpers this December and volunteer for a great cause whilst having some festive fun.

Apply before Saturday 17 November

The exterior of Coleton Fishacre house lit for Christmas

Coleton Fishacre, Devon

Coleton Fishacre is aglow. In December, the house will be decorated for a glamorous 1920s Christmas party, and outside the garden is illuminated with festive lights. Can you help bring Coleton Fishacre to life?

Volunteer induction - Tuesday 20 November, 11.30am-1pm

Cinema ushers serving visitors in Greenway's pop-up cinema

Greenway, Devon

This December a 1950s pop-up cinema is coming to Greenway, can you help us by volunteering as a cinema usher? Father Christmas will be stopping by, and could do with help handing out his presents and tell stories to visiting children.

Volunteer induction - Friday 23 November, 11.30am-1pm

Father Christmas with a host of Wrexham Foodbank donations in Erddig's reverse grotto

Reverse grotto at Erddig, Wrexham

Enjoy the gift of giving by leaving a donation to the Wrexham foodbank this Christmas. Then come and say hello to Father Christmas in the elves' grotto to say thank you for donating to those less fortunate this season.

Costumed volunteers in the kitchen at Bodiam Castle in East Sussex

Bodiam Castle, East Sussex

If the Christmas season isn't for you, Bodiam Castle has another option. Their theme is Lord Curzon in India, so it may offer an alternative for those who’d like to avoid the festive season.

Thank you

We couldn't do it without you

Thanks to over 61,000 volunteers, who in 2017/18 gave more than 4.6 million hours of their time to support the National Trust in more than 500 roles.

Hear from our volunteers

Ned's story: Divis and the Black Mountain

Ned has been a volunteer on Divis and the Black Mountain for over 13 years. Here he reveals how finding peace on the mountain changed his life...

Coleton Fishacre vintage DJ volunteer James playing a record on a gramaphone

A day in the life of a vintage DJ

Coleton Fishacre's volunteers bring the house to life in lots of different ways. Vintage DJ James plays music from the 1920s and 1940s on a gramophone made in the 1940s. He shares stories about his experience volunteering as the only Vintage DJ in the Trust.