Ways to volunteer

From lending a hand in the garden, to caring for our precious collections, there's plenty of different ways to get involved

A young volunteer helping in the cafe at Anglesey Abbey

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

Volunteer stories

a photo of a bald man wearing glasses with fields, a road and a small thatched hut behind him

Volunteer profile: Meet Bob Fossey 

Bob Fossey joined the newly formed windpump volunteer team at Horsey Windpump as a volunteer in April 2018

Dawn volunteering in the marketing department at Hidcote

Volunteer profile: meet Dawn Jones 

Whether helping our gardens to flourish or supporting the operations team, volunteers play a vital role in the day to day running of Hidcote. We catch up with one volunteer who shares her story.

Rowan a gardening volunteer a Ickworth Suffolk is digging up potatoes in the Walled Garden

From childhood visits to garden digs 

Rowan has been volunteering with Ickworth's gardening team since he was 15, find out how you can get stuck in volunteering whatever your age.

" What I like about volunteering at Kingston Lacy is that, having never really left my own childhood, I am helping other people to stay in theirs too."
- Ruby, craft activities volunteer
Visitors in the garden at a National Trust place

All about supporter groups 

Find more information on supporter groups and up-to-date contact details for each group.

Find supporter groups