Volunteer for us

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

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 and onsite 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

Events & Activities Production

Do you have a creative flair? Good at thinking outside of the box and working to budgets? Have you got experience of producing props and decorations for promotion, events and activities? We are looking for volunteers to help with the production of props needed for trails and fun activities and events around the Farm. 

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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

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