Fun and rewarding volunteering opportunities
For individuals, educational and corporate groups.
Volunteer opportunities in St Margaret’s Bay
We provide
- Travel expenses
- A free lunch per 7hr day
- Training to carry out tasks successfully
- Health and safety gear
- Mentoring
- A reference
- Help with your CV

How to start volunteering with us
Opportunities
Volunteering Opportunities include storytelling, museum curation, guided walks and guided tours around our estate, horticulture and food growing, marketing and social media, getting involved in learning about sustainable environmental projects, foraging, coastal protection, sustainable building from recyclable materials, outdoor learning, creative arts and health and wellbeing initiatives, green gym and outdoor pursuits. You name it and have a creative idea and we are willing to listen!
Volunteering should be Time Well Spent
National Council for Voluntary Organisations (2019) Time Well Spent A National Survey on the Volunteer Experience
https://www.ncvo.org.uk/images/documents/policy_and_research/volunteering/Volunteer-experience_Summary.pdf. Accessed 29 May 2019
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Volunteer profile – Jackie Redwood

What our volunteers are up to
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The IiV standard shows that we benchmark our activities to provide a credible experience