Volunteering

Complete our online volunteer application form to begin your volunteering journey with Harewood House Trust.

Volunteers bring a wealth of experience and get involved for many different reasons; including a love of heritage and gardens, to gain employability skills, and for social contact.

If you’re looking to:

• Gain some awesome experience in the heritage sector
• Learn new skills
• Meet new friends
• Enhance your CV
• Have fun! 

We’re recruiting for a number of exciting volunteer opportunities including:

Ferry Volunteer Welcome Host

Mischief at the Mansion Event Ambassadors

Volunteer Retail Assistant

Garden Assistant

We welcome everyone and hope to be able to support volunteers in their aims as much as they support us in ours. Visit our Volunteer Hub to find more details about each role and to complete an application form.

As a Volunteer what can I expect from Harewood?

• A welcoming and inclusive volunteering environment
• To be treated fairly and with respect
• Recognition and appreciation for your contribution
• General induction, role specific training with on-going support
• Reimbursement of travel costs between home and Harewood House up to a maximum of £10 per day.
• Regular newsletters and volunteer meetings to provide an insight into all that is happening at Harewood
• Access to a web based volunteer system to manage your volunteering shifts and receive updates

Volunteering at Harewood House Trust

Our volunteering programme has been running for over twenty five years and we currently have around 200 fabulous volunteers.

Our vision is to create a sector-leading, inclusive, and sustainable volunteering programme that meets the needs of the Trust and provides a positive volunteer experience for everyone.

Volunteers are pivotal to our aims and aspirations. We love involving volunteers in the work we do; be that engaging with visitors, caring for our gardens and collections, running our Secondhand Bookshop, driving our electric shuttles, helping operate our ferry and assisting with delivering our learning programme.

Volunteers bring a wealth of experience and get involved for many varied reasons; including a love of heritage and gardens, to gain employability skills, and for social contact.

We feel that we have created a safe welcoming space, where volunteers can flourish, contribute meaningfully and feel a sense of belonging. We want to give opportunities to as wide a range of people as possible and help volunteers in their aims as much as they support us in ours.