Volunteering

As with so many charities, we need volunteers to help raise funds, promote awareness of the charity, research project sites and its history, and, in time, to travel to the sites and help to clear and to restore them.

Research volunteers

We need volunteers to help us find sites in the many countries in which the British and Commonwealth military fought, either by searching the internet for sites of interest or through researching the collections at the Imperial War Museum, the National Army Museum, National Archives and other relevant resources. We also reach out to historians and historical societies to find sites and build up contacts. This would be ideal for a student historian or researcher looking for work experience.

Although we have started to contact local communities and tourist and governmental organisations, we need people to put in place a network of contacts for each country so that, once a site is found, we have the necessary network in place to restore the site. This would suit someone looking for an internship.

ARCHITECTURAL VOLUNTEERS

We are looking for Architectural volunteers to help with the site renovation, which will be overseen by a senior conservation architect. We also need trained stone masons to teach the local community skills to maintain and, in some cases, continue to restore the site after the initial and large-scale restoration of the site has been completed.

This would be a very exciting opportunity for some hands-on experience and involve an amount of travel and visiting different countries.

site volunteers

Many of the sites we restore are overgrown after years of neglect, and we are looking for volunteers to help clear them. We welcome groups from schools, universities and companies to help with this, giving them an opportunity to learn about the history of the sites and learn practical skills.

Fundraising VOLUNTEERS

Fundraising events are both a good way of raising money and an excellent and entertaining way of spending time with friends and family and meeting new people. On occasion, we arrange fundraising days, getting volunteers to talk to the public about The Trust and raise funds. For more information on volunteering or hosting an event, please contact us using the form below.

Administration volunteers

We are also seeking volunteers to help at our office in Dover, helping to deal with enquiries, processing donations and other tasks to ensure the smooth running of the charity.