Volunteering opportunities

Volunteer Receptionist and Administration Support

Starts: 16 July 2018 to 31 October 2018

Closing Date: 31 October 2018

The Kilm, Newark

Activities: Administration and support, Office-based, One off or a taster, Practical, Regularly, Working with visitors

We are looking for someone to help look after reception and carry out general sales to our customers for one day a week.

Towpath Taskforce - Aylesbury Arm

Starts: 14 July 2018 to 10 November 2018

Aylesbury, Grand Union Canal, Buckinghamshire

Activities: Practical

We will be undertaking a range of tasks on the Aylesbury Arm including lock painting, litter picking, scrub clearing and tidying of the towpath. Meet us at 10.30 am from the Slip Road behind Tesco, Tring Road, Aylesbury HP20 1PQ for an enjoyable half-day's work on this picturesque section of the Grand...

Towpath Taskforce - Drakeholes

Starts: 13 July 2018

Closing Date: 31 October 2018

Drakeholes, Eel Pool Road, Doncaster

Activities: Education, Environment, Heritage, Leadership and management, One off or a taster, Outdoors, Practical, Project management, Regularly, Working with visitors

Interested in finding out what the volunteers do on the Chesterfield Canal?

Towpath Ranger - Stewpony Wharf, Stourbridge

Starts: 4 June 2018 to 28 March 2019

Closing Date: 31 March 2019

Staffs & Worcester canal

Activities: Customer service, Marketing and promotions, Outdoors, Regularly

Towpath Rangers are the eyes and ears of the local waterway, a friendly face who is happy engaging with towpath visitors including boaters, walkers and cyclists.

Greeter Volunteer at Newark Town Lock Welcome Station, River Trent

Starts: 1 June 2018 to 30 September 2018

Closing Date: 31 March 2019

Newark Town Lock, River Trent, Newark

Activities: Marketing and promotion, Working with visitors

AVC - Anderton - Crafting Assistant

Starts: 23 April 2018

Anderton Boat Lift

Activities: Working with visitors

We are looking to recruit a volunteer team to assist us in the running of our family based crafting activities throughout the year.

Volunteer Lock Keeper - Torksey 2018

Starts: 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019

Closing Date: 31 December 2018

Torksey, River Trent, Lincolnshire

Activities: Outdoors, Practical, Regularly, Working with visitors

Lock keepers have been a fixture on Britain’s canals for hundreds of years and are one of the oldest traditions of the waterways. As ‘the face of the waterway’, modern-day volunteer lock keepers play an integral part in the visitor experience. Their role is to provide a polite and friendly welcome to...

Volunteer Lock Keeper - Boston 2018

Starts: 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019

Closing Date: 31 December 2018

Boston, River Witham, Lincolnshire

Activities: Outdoors, Practical, Regularly, Working with visitors

Lock keepers have been a fixture on Britain’s canals for hundreds of years and are one of the oldest traditions of the waterways. As ‘the face of the waterway’, modern-day volunteer lock keepers play an integral part in the visitor experience. Their role is to provide a polite and friendly welcome to...

Volunteer Lock Keeper - Cromwell 2018

Starts: 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019

Closing Date: 31 December 2018

Cromwell, River Trent, Nottinghamshire

Activities: Outdoors, Practical, Regularly, Working with visitors

Lock keepers have been a fixture on Britain’s canals for hundreds of years and are one of the oldest traditions of the waterways. As ‘the face of the waterway’, modern-day volunteer lock keepers play an integral part in the visitor experience. Their role is to provide a polite and friendly welcome to...

Volunteer Lock Keeper - River Soar & Grand Union 2018

Starts: 1 April 2018 to 31 December 2018

Closing Date: 31 December 2018

Leicester, River Soar, Leicestershire

Activities: Outdoors, Practical, Regularly, Working with visitors

Lock keepers have been a fixture on Britain’s canals for hundreds of years and are one of the oldest traditions of the waterways. As ‘the face of the waterway’, modern-day volunteer lock keepers play an integral part in the visitor experience. Their role is to provide a polite and friendly welcome to...