Join a supportive team and make new friends, make a difference to your local heritage, share your knowledge and experience, and learn and develop new skills and interests. Just a few reasons to become a volunteer with the Cornwall Heritage Trust!
Whether it’s leading guided walks, helping at events, conserving our sites or conducting heritage research, there are lots of ways to volunteer at Cornwall Heritage Trust.
We greatly appreciate the contribution volunteers make and want to encourage more people to volunteer with us by:
- Providing a welcoming and inclusive environment with meaningful and engaging volunteer opportunities to suit all abilities
- Ensuring volunteers feel valued and recognised for their work with us
- Supporting our volunteers by providing training and learning opportunities and putting their experience and skills to good use to support Cornish heritage
How you can volunteer?
- Research Projects – conduct heritage research, write articles, edit newsletters
- Practical conservation – conserving and maintaining our sites, clearance, archaeological digs, repairs and building
- Behind the scenes/office – administrative assistance, cataloguing images, special projects, work placements
- Heritage learning – lead guided walk/tours on sites, lead family activities at events, secure speakers for Story Cafés
- Event and community engagement support – help at CHT events, give talks to community groups, display posters and deliver newsletters
- Photography, film, media and technical assistance – take photos and videos of sites and events, operate AV equipment, and produce podcasts or videos.
- Climate Action Youth Group – open to those aged 14 – 18, this group meets once every month to undertake tasks to support the ecological management of our sites
Volunteer roles are organised in response to a specific need to support a project or as ongoing support for our team.
Climate Action Youth Group – Young Rangers Project
Are you aged 14 – 18 and worried about the current state of the planet? Do you want to make a difference to the environment and be a positive force for change?
We’ve launched an environmental programme to enable young people to take action over the current climate emergency and develop their skills in countryside management.
Our Climate Action Youth Group Young Rangers Project will meet once every month to undertake tasks ranging from heathland regeneration to helping increase biodiversity at the historic sites the charity cares for.
This project is supported by English Heritage’s national youth engagement programme, Shout Out Loud: http://shoutoutloud.org.uk/