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Volunteering Opportunities

The Royal Gunpowder Mills relies on a dedicated team of volunteers and needs more support.

There are many volunteering opportunities: from conservation, maintenance and archiving to stewarding, guiding and helping to restore our industrial railway.

The Royal Gunpowder Mills would not be able to operate without the support of our volunteers. Whether you are interested in lending your expertise to the maintenance and development of the site, or you are willing to give up a few hours each week to assist with visitor services, particularly at weekends, we would love to hear from you. If you would be interested in joining us in these ventures why not come and come and see what we are trying to do.

We are currently recruiting for the check marked positions -

Visitor Services

1. Stewarding
Be one of a team of uniformed volunteers assisting visitors to get the most out the experience of being at this historic and natural site. Front of house duties including welcoming visitors at the main entrance, staffing exhibitions & the general site, assisting with events & directing visitors in the car park.

2. The Armoury Steward
Help visitors to enjoy and learn from the exhibits in The Armoury small arms collection. Duties include welcoming visitors, and engaging with them to explain and demonstrate weapons and equipment in the collection. Opportunities also exist to help with the up-keep and improvement of the exhibition outside the times when it is open to the public.

3. Tour Guide
Pass on the wonders of the history, buildings and nature of the site to the visitors by being the guide on the tractor trailer tours. The tour is
a 40 minute ride around almost the entire site. Also there are occasionally opportunities to give introductory talks.

4. Tractor Land Train Driver
Learn the route and skills involved to manoeuvre the tractor and trailer around the bends and over the bridges of the site. All you need is a full
UK driving licence, to pass your assessment and have some free time at weekends in the summer or occasional weekdays.

5. Shop and Ticket Office Assistant
Greet visitors as they enter and give them information on how best to plan their visit and explain the Gift Aid system. Sell entrance and season tickets. Care for the shop displays and operate the till to sell shop items. Ensure smooth running even at busy times.

6. Gift Aid Admissions Assistant
Welcome visitors as they enter the shop and ticket office, give them information for their visit and explain and sell the Governments Gift Aid scheme. Encourage the visitors to accept the slightly higher admission price to enable RGM to benefit by claiming a percentage of tax back from the government. Help to ensure the steady flow of visitors at busy times.

General

7. Building & Site Maintenance Volunteer
Help with the varied tasks involved in looking after the 170 acre site and its buildings and exhibitions. Assist with projects, clearing, cleaning, repairs, decorating etc inside and outside, maintaining this important historic site and making it possible for visitors to enjoy the walks, exhibitions, views and events in safety and comfort.

8. Administration Helper
Be a regular or occasional office volunteer helping with various duties some to support the educational school visits such as cutting, folding and making up packs for the children’s events and general office admin such as mail outs, filing, photocopying, folding leaflets and administrative projects to support the RGM office staff.

9. Promotional
We ask all our volunteers if they would distribute literature to promote RGM in their area as part of their volunteering. This could involve asking your local library, Drs or Dentist’s (waiting room), shops or sports centre etc to have a display of leaflets and/or posters advertising RGM’s events or staffing RGM’s stand at shows/fairs giving out leaflets and promoting the site as a visitor attraction.

Projects

10. Railway Project Volunteer
Join the hardworking (and tea drinking) team of railway volunteers. The project work involves manual tasks, skilled work and basic DIY on rolling stock and laying rail.

11. Nature Conservationist
Work alongside other conservation enthusiasts and learn about the wildlife on site and how to preserve and develop natural habitats. Clear access & views of the site and help develop displays for the visitors and children’s groups enhancing their experiences.

12. Archive Assistant
Work on various projects building the archives into a digitalised and easily accessible core of information. Recording items and documents. Cataloguing photographs of objects and historical photographs of the site. Adding information to database.

School Visits

13. Education Programme Assistant
Support the education staff team ensuring the smooth running of the children’s sessions by assisting with preparation and clearing, guiding groups/classes from base to base around the site and helping in the classrooms with art activities.

Individual Roles

14. Services Engineer
Assisting the Services Manager with maintenance and development of the site and exhibitions. Repairing and building items for the general site & exhibitions and offering advice on maintenance and engineering issues.

15. Safety Systems Maintenance Volunteer
Working with the Health & Safety Co-ordinator following current legislation setting up processes and checklists. Ensuring Health and Safety equipment, procedures and all related written records are appropriate and up to date.

Email: Liz Went

Tel: +44(0) 1992 707340
Fax: +44(0) 1992 707372

Or just print and return our PDF Volunteer Application Form

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