Volunteering

The gift of your time is very valuable to us. There are many ways volunteers can help, from working at events and exhibitions, to fundraising and guiding visitors around our museums. We are keen to recruit more volunteers from a variety of backgrounds with a range of different skills. As a volunteer, you can make a huge contribution to the work of The Trust and our museums.

The type of opportunities available include:

• Practical tasks like hedge-laying, tree planting, canal clear-ups, bird and bat box installations and dry-stone walling
• Customer service roles including museum guides, boat skippering, walks guides and assisting with arts and crafts activities for children at Trust and museum events

The projects which you can currently volunteer for are:-

• The Waterways Action Squad in the North West of England (open to ages 16-25 only)

• The Waterways Museum at Gloucester

• The Waterways Museum at Stoke Bruerne

• The National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port

• The Boat Museum Society at Ellesmere Port

• Green Action in Scotland (open to 16-24 year olds only)

• Towpath Tidy in Scotland

• Friends of Auchinstarry Basin in Scotland

• The Droitwich Canals

• The Cotswold Canals

• The Rochdale Canal

If you are interested in volunteering for a Waterways Trust project, please complete our volunteering form.

Alternatively, please call one of the museum managers:

National Waterways Museum Gloucester Docks: 01452 318209
National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port: 0151 3555017
National Waterways Museum Stoke Bruerne: 01604 862229

To take part in the Trust's environmental or fundraising activities (currently taking place on the Rochdale Canal, Droitwich Canals, Cotswold Canals and Lowland Canals in Scotland) contact:

England & Wales - 0845 0700 710
Scotland - 01324 677822