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Volunteering with Tyne & Wear Museums

Looking for an opportunity to get more involved in the work of Tyne & Wear Museums? Think that you can use your skills and interests to make a difference in the work that we do.

Learn new skills, meet new people and become part of the organisation through volunteer positions at our venues.

What's in it for you?

What types of volunteer work are available?

Full time, part time, short term options

How to apply

What's in it for you?

There are lots of reasons why you may want to volunteer with Tyne & Wear Museums. These are just some of them:

Strengthen your CV - develop your skills and your CV with some volunteering. Many of our volunteers have found that through their time with us, they have learnt skills and grown confidence that has helped them to gain employment. Although none of our placements have turned directly into paid employment, a number of our volunteers have gone on to gain employment with us at a later date.

Make new friends - meet like-minded people through a volunteer placement with us.

Transport costs - we will cover all transport costs both to and from your volunteer placement and any trips that you need to make as part of the job. This can either be the cost of public transport or car mileage.

Lunch costs - if you are placed in a venue with a café, lunch vouchers are available for any volunteer working a full day.

Staff discount - all volunteers are entitled to a staff discount at TWM cafés and shops.

We are sorry but we do not cover the cost of childcare.

What types of volunteering are available?

Our volunteers are currently involved in a range of activities, including:

  • Being the welcoming face of our venues: by working on the information desks to meet and greet visitors.
  • Volunteering in the stores and helping to catalogue our extensive collections.
  • Volunteering with the learning team to help with workshops in schools and educational establishments.
  • Volunteering with our archaeologists to become part of history.
  • Bringing our rail heritage alive by helping with the day to day running of Stephenson Railway Museum.

Unfortunately there are limits to how many volunteers we can give opportunities to at any one time. This is often because of practicalities such as lack of office space, equipment or limited staff supervision time. You are, however, very welcome to put in an application and we will let you know if there is anything of interest that you can get involved with.

Full time, part time, short term options

Volunteering with Tyne & Wear Museums is very flexible and we appreciate the time that volunteers give to us: whether long or short term. Volunteers can offer anything from a day a month right through to full time support. We also offer some student placements for set periods of time.

How to apply

To apply to become a volunteer with TWM, all potential volunteers must complete an application form.

Download an application form here

If we have a suitable volunteer position available we will then invite you come in for an informal chat to discuss this further. If we have nothing available we will not be able to take up your offer of help immediately, but we will get in touch and keep you updated.

If your volunteer placement requires you to work directly with children, young people or vulnerable adults, we will need to run a Criminal Records Bureau check.

As we cannot always take up every offer of help you might be interested in finding out about other museums in the North East who are looking for volunteers. If so please take a few extra moments to read and complete the Museum Volunteers Regional Register Form and return it with your application form.

Download an application form here

We would also be grateful if you could complete and return our Equal Opportunities monitoring form.

For more information, please contact us.

Volunteers Co-ordinator

 

Discovery Museum

 

Tyne & Wear Museums

 

Blandford Square

 

Newcastle upon Tyne

 

NE1 4JA