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

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Some of our volunteer opportunities...

Visitors talking to a volunteer in the house

In our houses 

As a house volunteer or room guide, you can indulge your passion for heritage and enjoy ‘behind-the-scenes’ access to some of our country’s most beautiful places.

Garden volunteers at work in the Walled Garden at Wimpole Estate, Cambridgeshire

Outside in our gardens 

Do you have green fingers? Working with our expert gardeners to help make our gardens look magnificent is rewarding for any horticultural enthusiast.

Volunteers scrub clearing on the cliffs

On the coast and in the countryside 

Love nothing more than a muddy pair of boots and breathing lungfuls of fresh air? Find out about conservation work in the coast and countryside.

A young volunteer helping in the cafe at Anglesey Abbey

Be part of an incredible team 

Whether you're looking to help in the great outdoors, connect with the public or get up close and personal with our houses, take a look at what's happening near you.

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" 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

Volunteer stories

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.

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

Volunteers undertaking conservation work at Knole, Kent

All about supporter groups 

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

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