Volunteer roles
Our volunteer roles support a range of services and activities within Heritage and Culture Warwickshire. Volunteering opportunities in some of these areas are subject to availability. Please see our ‘Current Opportunities’ section on our website or register your interest by contacting the Volunteer Coordinator on: heritagevolunteering@warwickshire.gov.uk.
Market Hall Museum
- visitor welcome / meet and greet
- museum gallery volunteers
- helping with events
- volunteer tour guide
- retail host volunteer
- café support volunteer
Museum Collections
- cleaning and packing objects
- listing contents of boxes
- undertaking simple repairs
- updating object’s locations
St Johns House
- volunteer gardener
County Record Office
- indexing historical documents
- transcribing documents
- general cleaning and repairing of objects
- supporting the onsite conservation team
Learning and Engagement
Helping with informal learning activities including:
- Arty Tots (our weekly activity group for grandparents and their grandchildren)
- Sketch in the Museum (our monthly activity encouraging visitors to sketch items within our collection)
- Knit and Natter (our regular group that meet for knitting and socialising)
- Make and Create (our monthly children’s craft activities)
Our Warwickshire
- researching and writing articles for our history website
Warwickshire Online Volunteering Network (WOVeN)
The award winning WOVeN is the umbrella name for our remote volunteering opportunities. This is a great way to get involved from the comfort of your home. Previous projects include Mining the Seams - transcribing and indexing historic mining compensation records.
For more information and to get involved, please email heritagevolunteering@warwickshire.gov.uk or contact the WOVeN team directly on woven@warwickshire.gov.uk.
