Looking forward … Volunteers

Looking forward … Volunteers and Special Events

The Museum relies heavily on its special event days. This year they accounted for around £5,000 of income, over and above what we would otherwise expect. That represents around 7% of our income for the year; a very important chunk, and the difference between trading at a profit or a loss.

We are all quite busy people, and many already help as much as they can. I know that I cannot make all of the special days to help, but try to get to as many as I can. The more Volunteers we can get in on these days, the better the visitor experience, and the more likely it is that visitors will return.

So, ‘part one’ of this blog is an appeal for help.

If you are free – we can find you a job! Preferably let us know in advance if you can come, and any preferences that you have regarding a role. You don’t have to be a regular Volunteer to come along and help, just keen (well, keen-ish will do!)

A list of the various Volunteer Roles that we have can be found at Volunteering at the Museum

The second part of this blog is looking further ahead somewhat;

In 2022 the Museum will reach its 50th anniversary. It would be really good to mark this in a big way and ‘up’ our profile with a series of events that are tailored for the celebration (in addition to existing events, and/or in conjunction with them). If we are going to make this happen, then we need to start planning it very soon. Again, a volunteer is needed to coordinate this, and we would probably want to recruit a small team to assist them.

If you would like to take up any of these “offers” please let any of the Committee know, or drop us an email or complete the form below. We will, naturally, be very delighted to hear from you.