Are you looking to learn new skills, make friends or get involved in one of our exciting projects at Reading Museum and Reading Abbey Quarter? Volunteering is a brilliant way to do this and support our work.
Volunteering opportunities
We offer a range of volunteering roles throughout the year. We recruit volunteers for specific roles rather than accept general applications.
Here are our current vacancies:
If you love meeting new people
- Join our Welcome Team as an Events volunteer to help out at our fun themed events and activities throughout the year
If you are interested in applying for the role, please download the role description (below) and apply using the registration form.
Find out more about Reading Abbey Quarter
You might also be interested in seeing what volunteering opportunities are available with our partners at the Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL).
How to apply
It's quick and easy to apply for a volunteering role. There are three basic steps - the documents can be downloaded from the bottom of this page:
1. Have a look at the role descriptions for our current vacancies
2. Read our volunteer policy
3. Fill in the registration form and email it to the address on the role description
Investing in Volunteers
Reading Museum is committed to providing training and ongoing support to our volunteers to help them flourish in their roles. We are delighted to announce that we have now achieved the Investing in Volunteers national standard, for the third time, as part of the Museums Partnership Reading with The Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL). Our assessment report is available to download below.
What do our volunteers do?
To find out more about the projects our volunteers have been involved in, why not read our blogs: 'Why people volunteer at Reading Museum' and 'A journey in volunteering'.
Our blog 'Snowdrops are acumen back to Reading Abbey' looks at how we work with local businesses and the interesting projects we have found for their employees' 'charity days'.