Welcome to the Exeter Heritage Champions! We’re a flexible volunteering programme based in the city of Exeter across multiple cultural and heritage sites. Try your hand at volunteering at a variety of venues, in a flexible system designed to fit your lifestyle and meet your needs.
We offer a wide range of volunteering experiences including:
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Conservation and cleaning of artefacts,
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Gardening,
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Silver and brass polishing,
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Supporting historical events and re-enactments,
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Public engagement and family events,
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Stewarding at festivals and cultural and educational events,
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Front-of-house and customer facing roles,
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Guided tours.
Choose your shifts to fit around your commitments; whether you’re working and studying full time, parenting, caring or simply juggling a full social life, we have opportunities to suit every schedule!
We believe volunteering should be a mutual exchange, allowing you to not only gain new experiences but also expand your skillset. We offer access to a variety of training and transferable skills including public engagement, conservation, inclusion and diversity, safeguarding and first aid.
Exeter Heritage Champions gives you the opportunity to explore ‘behind-the-scenes’ at historical venues such as the Devon and Exeter Institution, Tuckers Hall, the Custom House and more.
Take part in your community and make friends with a diverse group of volunteers from across the city, who work together in supportive and social atmosphere.
If you’re interested in becoming an Exeter Heritage Champion please apply via our Enquiry Form
Below is a snapshot of our current activities available at our partner venues, but more are being added all the time and every month is different!
Object Handling at the Devon and Exeter Medical Heritage Trust (DEMHT)
Front of House, meet and greet position at Tuckers Hall
Evening Lectures at the Devon and Exeter Institution
Devon in the 1920s Festival Stewards
If you would like to find out more about becoming an Exeter Heritage Champion or would like further information about the project, please contact our Volunteer Co-ordinator at exeheritagevolunteers@gmail.com
Exeter Heritage Champions is a project initiated by Exeter Heritage Partnership to develop a collaborative volunteering programme across a number of the city’s heritage organisations: Exeter Historic Buildings Trust: St Nicholas Priory, Exeter Cathedral, Exeter Canal and Quay Trust: Custom House, Devon and Exeter Institution (DEI) , Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), South West Heritage Trust, Tucker’s Hall and the Historic Guildhall.
This project is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and hosted within the University of Exeter's Faculty of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences (HASS), Creative Industries and Economy team (Exeter Innovation).
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