Model Railway Volunteer

Description


General Information About the Trust:

The National Trust is Europe’s largest conservation looking after 780 miles of coastline, over 250,000 hectares of land, over 500 historic houses, castles, ancient monuments, gardens, parks, and nature reserves. We are a unique charity welcoming millions of people each year and with a vision to open up places for the benefit of everyone, forever.

We want all our volunteers to feel welcome and to enjoy being part of the wider Ormesby Hall team. The benefit of volunteering includes:

  • The necessary induction, training, equipment, and reasonable adjustments to do this role well and safely.
  • Support from team members at Ormesby Hall will be provided to you.
  • Expenses can be claimed to cover your agreed travel costs between home and their place of volunteering.
  • You will have access to support, training, news and rotas via our volunteer website and other methods e.g. newsletters.

       All National Trust volunteers will need to: 

  • Respect and uphold the National Trust values whilst volunteering with us.
  • Complete training required of all National Trust volunteers and any role specific training.
  • Adhere to relevant policies and processes including safeguarding, data protection, health and safety, and equality and diversity.

We want all our volunteers to feel welcome and to have an equally positive experience when volunteering with us.   So, volunteers will:

  • Be provided with the necessary induction, training, equipment and reasonable adjustments to do this role well and safely
  • Be offered expenses to cover agreed travel costs between home and place of volunteering.
  • Have remote access to support, news and rotas via our volunteer website

All National Trust volunteers will be asked to: 

  • Respect and uphold the National Trust values whilst volunteering with us.
  • Complete training required of all NT volunteers and any role specific training.
  • Adhere to relevant policies and processes including safeguarding, health and safety, and equality and diversity.

 

What’s involved?

  • Creating a warm welcome for everyone who visits
  • Responding to the different needs of different visitors, including people with additional access needs
  • Finding out what visitors are looking for from their visit and helping them decide how to get the best of their day
  • Sharing inspirational stories, curious facts and practical information or simply the space for visitors to wander at their own pace
  • Being part of a team that may need to adapt and change in response to local needs, National Trust priorities or changes to government guidelines e.g. Covid
  • Talking to visitors about all aspects of the model railway: its creation, modelling and layout and current use and the social history behind it.
  • Helping to repair and maintain the model as requested by the collections team and other volunteers within the bounds of your capabilities.

This role will suit you if you are:

  • Full of enthusiasm and enjoy engaging and inspiring visitors of all ages
  • Someone who loves being around people – you’ll meet a lot each day!
  • Interested in Ormesby Hall – you don’t need to know all of the history, but as a House Experience Volunteer you’ll enjoy picking up lots of facts and figures

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