Join us as a volunteer!
Fancy learning a new skill? Love engaging with others and sharing stories? Then we would love you to join us as a volunteer.
Thank you for your interest in volunteering with us!
We are currently looking for volunteers to support us in the following roles:
Event Volunteer
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust holds a variety of events throughout the year and we would like you to help us deliver them, and get the chance to enjoy the events yourself.
Event Volunteer - Role Description
Shakespeare Houses
Garden Host Volunteer
Join our Shakespeare Houses Operations team to talk and engage with our visitors about the garden, house and site within Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Shakespeare’s Birthplace or Shakespeare’s New Place gardens.
Please note that this is primarily a visitor engagement role based outdoors, not gardening. We will reopen recruitment for Gardens Volunteers in advance of Spring 2025.
Garden Host Volunteer - Role Description
Visitor Welcome Volunteer
Join our Shakespeare Houses Operations team to help us create a wonderful experience for our global audiences. This includes welcoming visitors to our sites and engaging in conversation with visitors about the Shakespeare family homes including the gardens and wider grounds.
Visitor Welcome Volunteer - Role Description
Learning
Schools' Workshop Volunteer
Join our Learning Team to contribute to the delivery of established and high quality educational programmes for Primary School children (5-11). This includes setting up and packing away the learning spaces, interacting with teachers and pupils, leading small group work and preparing learning resources.
Schools' Workshop Volunteer - Role Description
To Apply
Please visit the page 'apply to become a volunteer with us'.
If you'd like to know more you can check out some of our blog pages to see what our amazing volunteers get up to.
"I volunteer at Anne Hathaway's Cottage and love it. My favourite thing is seeing very excited visitors realising they may be standing where Anne or William once stood. It is such a privilege to share that moment with them.”
— Paula, Visitor Welcome Volunteer
"I have built stills and confidence along the way. The time I have given to volunteering has always been rewarded tenfold by what volunteering has given to me!”
— Amber, Schools' Workshop Volunteer
Undecided?
Hear from some of our current volunteers and find out more about all the wonderful benefits of volunteering.