Welcome to our Volunteer Opportunities page
Here you'll find information about the wide range of volunteering opportunities available at the New Room.
Click on the options below to find out more, and if you see a role that interests you, please fill in our online application form.
We look forward to welcoming you to the team soon!
Our Fairtrade award-winning café serves a range of fresh and locally sourced produce and welcomes tourists, locals, and many loyal regular customers. This volunteer role involves helping staff with the everyday running of café.
You may be asked to:
Café volunteer shifts are 11.30am-2.30pm, Monday-Saturday.
Visitor welcome volunteers are key to our visitor experience. The role mainly involves being inside the chapel, visitor centre or museum entrance, greeting visitors and providing them with the information they need so that they can enjoy their visit.
You may be asked to:
Welcome volunteer shifts are 10.30am-1pm or 1pm-4pm, Monday-Saturday.
The New Room library welcomes researchers and visitors with a wide range of interests, both academic and personal. Our library and collections team ensures that all visitors are made to feel welcome, and help look after our extensive collection of books and artifacts.
You may be asked to:
Volunteer shifts are usually 10.30am-1pm, Mondays, Tuesdays Wednesdays and Fridays.
The New Room welcomes groups of students from a wide range of educational bodies, including primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, home schooling groups, SEND groups, uniformed organisations (e.g. Girl Guides) and youth groups. We are looking for volunteers to support our Education Officer and provide a versatile engaging education programme to groups who visit the New Room.
You may be asked:
Education volunteer shifts are ad hoc depending on school trip bookings. They usually take place during academic term time Monday-Friday.
You may be asked to help with:
This is an ad hoc volunteer role that takes place during standard New Room opening hours, 10.30am-4pm, Monday-Saturday.
As well as a term time education programme, the New Room offers a range of family-friendly activities in the school holidays and some weekends. These may include craft days, activity days, quizzes, museum trails and workshops. These activities will be based in various places around the New Room site / Charles Wesley’s House, and usually involve hands-on crafts and activities which will involve interaction and ‘soft’ learning.
You may be asked to:
Family activities take place during the school holidays. Volunteer shifts are usually 10.30am-1pm or 1pm-4pm, Monday-Saturday.
Shop volunteer shifts are 11am-2pm, Monday-Saturday.
The New Room runs a varied programme of public events, from concerts and performances, to talks and lectures. Our events volunteers welcome visitors to the New Room and are key to our audiences enjoying their time.
You may be asked to:
Our events programme is varied, with most events needing stewards taking place in the evening Mondays-Saturdays.
As the oldest Methodist building in the world, the New Room has witnessed the development of Methodism from an 18th century religious movement into a 21st century Christian denomination of over 75 million members worldwide.
The ministry that John Wesley began at the New Room in 1739 continues to this day and this mission statement is reflective of our focus on being a welcoming space for all in the heart of Bristol city centre.
We believe our mission remains the same today as it was for John and Charles Wesley in the 18th century and we are thankful for the provision of the New Room to help us tell this story.
Our mission is: