Volunteer for us

With 160 acres of farm and woodland along with lots of buildings and of course our beautiful animals to care for, the Amelia Trust Farm requires a lot of help to ensure that we run smoothly. This support in turn enables us to carry out the important work we do with our services users and offer activities to the public on weekends and during school holidays.

As such, our volunteer opportunities are diverse ranging from assisting with animal care, carrying out site maintenance, looking after our grounds, gardening, helping us with fundraising, lending a hand in the Café or our new Shop and helping out with marketing, events and administration.

Because of the nature of the work we do with vulnerable young people we ask that volunteers are 21+ yrs for term time volunteering and during weekend and school holidays the age is lower at 16+ yrs for animal/cafe volunteering only.

If you would like to apply to become a volunteer at the Farm please download and complete our short application form telling us the role you’d like to apply for, and we’ll be in touch with you soon. Please send completed forms to [email protected].

Please note:

Successful applicants will be required to complete a Disclosure and Barring Check. Volunteers are asked to contribute £10 towards the administration cost of the check.

Volunteer Vacancies

Animal Care

Do you LOVE animals? We need enthusiastic people to help us look after all of our fantastic animals to keep them in tip top condition.

You would be responsible for:

Feeding and caring for the Farm animals and pets
Cleaning the animal housing and farm areas
Ensuring that bio-security is maintained
Collecting eggs from our laying chickens
Washing and packing eggs
Work in compliance with our Health and Safety procedures
Undertake any other such tasks as may be required

Download the Animal Care Volunteer Role Profile

Grounds Maintenance

Do you have green fingers? Are you magic with a mower? We need help keeping our grounds looking neat and tidy including our amphitheatre, children's play area, memorial garden and labyrinth.

You would be responsible for:

Maintaining the grounds and fencing in the memorial garden, play areas and labyrinth
Removing weeds, nettles and litter
Cutting grass and overgrown bushes
Assisting with the replacement of new memorial plaques
Work in compliance with our Health and Safety procedures
Undertake any other such tasks as may be required

Download the Grounds Maintenance Volunteer Role Profile

People standing with brushes

Marketing and Administration

Do you have great communication skills? Can you work a spread sheet? Are you a whiz with social media? Or perhaps you're a creative thinker? Enjoy helping run events? We need help in our office with Marketing and Administration

You would be responsible for:

Helping to answer general enquiries and the phone in the main office
Lending a hand with photocopying, shredding, laminating and filing
Helping out with marketing and communications
Helping out with Event planning and implementation
Maintaining IT databases and mailing lists
Work in compliance with our Health and Safety procedures
Undertake any other such tasks as may be required

Download the Marketing and Administration Volunteer Role Profile

General Maintenance

Are you handy with a paint brush? Do you enjoy DIY? With lots of buildings to maintain we are always on the look out for people to help with the upkeep of the Farm.

You would be responsible for:

Helping out with basic repair, painting and decorating to the infrastructure of the site including:
Buildings including our bunkhouse, offices, sport hall, independent living centre, music studio, café, pottery and meeting rooms
Animal pens and paddocks
Public areas
Pathways
Work in compliance with our Health and Safety procedures
Undertake any other such tasks as may be required

Download the General Maintenance Volunteer Role Profile

Meet and Greet

Do you like meeting new people? Are you good at talking to people? We need help welcoming visitors to the farm and encouraging people to donate to our cause.

You would be responsible for:

Providing information on activities at the Farm
Explaining about the charitable work of the Amelia Trust Farm
Encouraging visitors to the Farm to leave donations for car parking
Encouraging visitors to become “Friends of the Farm”
Helping us count how many people come to site with a clicker
Work in compliance with our Health and Safety procedures
Undertake any other such tasks as may be required

Download the Meet & Greet Profile

Fundraising

Do you like meeting new people? Do you have fundraising ideas? We need help with our fundraising events and activities to help us raise much needed funds to help us to continue to support vulnerable young people.

You would be responsible for:

Helping us to plan fundraising activities such as sourcing prizes for
a raffle, baking cakes, getting support from local businesses, putting up posters and distributing leaflets
Providing fundraising support at events such as staffing a stall,
running a raffle, helping with children’s activities, bag packing etc.
Making suggestions for new fundraising ideas
Work in compliance with our Health and Safety procedures
Undertake any other such tasks as may be required

Download the Fundraising Volunteer Profile

Ladies standing behind stall at fundraising event

Education

Do you have some spare time to help support our young people? Do you enjoy helping people? We are looking for people to help us deliver alternative education to young people on placement at the Farm.

You would be responsible for:

Providing support with basic literacy and numeracy skills
Helping to support young people with the completion of written
work for assessments
Supporting young people with writing CVs
Helping young people complete application forms, writing letters and developing interview skills
Work in compliance with our Health and Safety procedures
Undertake any other such tasks as maybe required

Download the Education Volunteer Profile

Cafe

Do you like meeting people? Can you make a mean cup of tea? We need volunteers to help us with the efficient running of the Cafe.

You would be responsible for:

Welcoming visitors to the Farm
Helping us to provide dinners to the young people
Providing refreshments and information about the Farms trails to visitors
Making sure the café and kitchen are kept clean
Complying with food hygiene regulations
Work in compliance with our Health and Safety procedures
Undertake any other such tasks as may be required

Download the Cafe Volunteer Profile

Farm Shop

Do you like interacting with customers? Working in a small retail environment? Enjoy making sales and handling stock? No retail experience necessary but helpful. We need volunteers to help us run our Farm shop enterprise, both Farm Shop General Volunteers and Farm Shop Manager Volunteers.

You would be responsible:

Farm Shop General Volunteer:

To welcome visitors to the Farm Shop
To provide information on Farm trails and other activities to visitors
To answer customer questions
To collect payment for items sold
To assist with stock rotation
To explain about the charitable work of the Trust
To encourage visitors to become “Friends of the Farm”; to Sponsor an Animal or donate in any other way
To ensure that the Farm Shop is kept clean and tidy
To ensure compliance with the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 on Trust premises
To undertake any other such tasks as may be required

Download the Fram Shop General Volunteer Profile

Farm Shop Manager Volunteer:

To train and develop Farm Shop Volunteers to welcome visitors to the Farm, provide information, answer customer questions and collect payment for items sold
To liaise with Farm Shop Volunteers and oversee the rota to ensure adequate staffing is in place
To manage stock and merchandise levels
To receive feedback from customers, Farm Shop Volunteers, suppliers and other stakeholders
To ensure that the Farm Shop is kept secure, clean and tidy
To ensure compliance with the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 on Trust premises
To undertake any other such tasks as may be required

Download the Farm Shop Manager Volunteer Profile

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Here at the farm we are home to over 20 wonderful species, little and large, from our chatty guinea pigs to our curious donkeys. We are a registered charity care farm as well as being a donkey sanctuary and we are open to the general public throughout the year.
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How to find us
Charges, Car parking and donations
Events & Prices

Why not come and experience one of our events. We have a wide array of fun and educational events and activities running all year round, for all ages. Entrance charges apply: £2 per adult £1.50 per child £5 Family ticket - up to 2 Adults and up to 3 Children Under 2s free Carers free If the Welcome Shelter is not staffed please put your entrance fee in the honesty box at the entrance ( Sheep's mouth).
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Whether you're local or on holiday, come and visit our unique Care Farm in South Wales, explore our picturesque 160 acre Farm and Woodlands and meet our wonderful animals. Open every day except Christmas Day from 10 am.Last entry at 4 pm. We are a dog friendly site.
Plan your day

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