Volunteering at The Children's Country House at Sudbury

Volunteers at The Children's Country House at Sudbury 

Do you fancy trying something new or developing an existing skill? We're looking for volunteers to help contribute to a variety of meaningful work at The Children's Country House at Sudbury.

From gardening, house experience, visitor welcome to helping behind the scenes with conservation, whatever part you decide to play, you’ll know that you are helping to conserve and enhance this special place for everyone to enjoy. 

What skills do I need to volunteer? 

Our volunteers come from a wide range of backgrounds and everybody’s skills and talents are useful. No prior knowledge or experience is needed as full training and support is provided for all our the roles, but there are also opportunities for you to use your existing knowledge and share your skills with others.

Why join us? 

Volunteering with the National Trust comes with many benefits, including:

• Becoming part of a friendly and dedicated team
• Meeting people from all walks of life and forging new friendships
• Utilising your existing skills and learning new ones
• Strengthening your CV and helping to develop your career
• Learning about the history of this special place. 

How do I volunteer? 

It couldn't be easier! Head over to MyVolunteering, type in your location or the property name and the roles currently being recruited for will be displayed. From here, you can register your interest. 

What are your current roles? 

We have lots of roles available at The Children's Country House at Sudbury, these include: 

• Collections Care & Conservation - helping with the day-to-day cleaning of the visitor route, getting hands on with amazing objects to clean and care for them, inventory checking, assisting the Collections Team. 
• Gardens and Parks - helping the team with everyday practical tasks such as tidying up, caring for borders and weeding, contributing to the current and future vision of Sudbury and maintaining the high levels of presentation standards and plant health. 
• House Experience - creating a warm welcome for all our visitors, sharing stories and facts about the Hall, supporting the Collections and House Team to protect our historic objects and engage visitors in our conservation work. 
• Visitor Welcome - creating warm welcomes for every visitor, sharing information and helping visitors, helping to promote membership, fundraising and Gift Aid. 
• Learning - supporting engagement and interaction with schools and home education groups across all areas of the property, delivering or supporting a range of workshops, activities and sessions and engaging children with areas of The Children's Country House which are most interesting to them. 

Want to find out more? 

Get in touch with us at 01283 585 337 or send an email to cchvolunteering@nationaltrust.org.uk to learn more and speak to a member of our team.  

 

Thank you

Thank you to all our volunteers who give their time to support the National Trust in many different roles.