Volunteering Opportunities
Tour Guide
Help our visitors explore over 300 years of history.
Lead tours of up to 25 visitors around the Fort Amherst Tunnels and grounds.
The role requires:
- Knowledge of Fort history, particularly Napoleonic period and World War II
- Friendly, enthusiastic and confident communicator
- Ability to consistently deliver interesting tours to a variety of audiences
- Ensure site and visitors are safe and secure
General Maintenance
Help preserve Fort Amherst for future generations. Opportunities are varied; you can even gain experience, skills and qualifications.
- Strict adherence to health and safety guidelines
- Repairs, maintenance, painting, basic carpentry, building and plumbing
- Carrying items around the site
- Preparation and clearing up for events
- Interaction with the public (they may be curious about your role!)
Events Staff
Fort Amherst offers a varied programme of events, and we need to ensure that our visitors have a high-quality and enjoyable experience. If you are time-flexible, friendly and prepared to ‘muck in’, please get in touch.
The role requires:
- Assisting with setting up and clearing away events
- Liaising with suppliers and performers
- Stewarding, litter-picking, administration … and possibly more!
- Supporting the promotion of Fort Amherst at events
Gardener
Do you have ‘green fingers’? Help us to maintain Fort Amherst’s historically significant grounds. Opportunities are varied; you can even gain experience, skills and qualifications. The role requires:
- Strict adherence to health and safety guidelines
- Grass cutting, weeding, strimming, planting and pruning
- Care of Victorian Allotments, Memorial garden, Herb Garden and Picnic Area
- Clearing of undergrowth
Cannon and Ordnance Restoration
This team has a passion for conserving and restoring a whole range of cannons and military ordnance for display. We request that you have some aptitude for carpentry, metalwork repair, use of power tools and good DIY skills – and the desire to learn new skills, too. We would love to hear from volunteers with conservation techniques.
The role requires:
- Strict adherence to health and safety guidelines
- Repair and maintenance of historical cannons and ordnance
- Building and maintaining cannon carriages
- Movement and siting of items
Meet a Volunteer
David Lenehan has been a Fort Amherst Volunteer for over 9 years.
He has helped with many tasks, from grass cutting and grounds work to taking an active role in the monthly Ghost Tours, Paranormal events and successful annual Halloween Horror.
“ Each day is different, from litter picking, emptying bins, cleaning the loos and keeping the site clean and tidy. My other roles include working with our maintenance team, and helping to keep the fabric and structure in good order: all jobs necessary so the general public have a pleasant stay with us.
We have a great and dedicated team of volunteers at the Fort, with back-up from our trustees, general management and supervisors, all of whom are there to advise and assist.
I enjoy my time with the Fort, and get a lot of satisfaction helping to maintain part of our history – as well as keeping active now I’ve retired.
I’m looking forward to many more years helping out!”
Corporate Events & Volunteering
Ways for your company to get involved
- Volunteer with us!
Volunteering can provide an excellent team building event. Visit our 20-acre site and assist with some of our gardening activities, from cutting back to planting meadow flowers for our bees, we always welcome help.
- Event Sponsorship
Sponsor one of our events and we will ensure that you a promoted throughout.
- Donate
Donations are always welcome for our many projects, whether you can offer to print our leaflets or donate gravel, contact us to discuss.
Adopt a Bee Hive
Looking for a Corporate Gift to enhance your sustainability ambitions.
Adopt a bee hive and make an instant impact.
Price - £350.00 (including VAT)
- 1x new wooden beehive installed in one of our apiaries
- 1 x A4 Adoption Certificate (Digital or physical)
- 12 x 142g (5oz) jars of your delicious honey, harvested and labelled by hand directly from the beehive to your door
- Access to our wholesale prices to buy more honey from your hive(s), which make excellent corporate gifts and can be branded for your company for an additional fee
- You'll get featured on our various social media accounts during the summer beekeeping season
- Bespoke plaque featuring your logo fixed to your hive
- Plan is for 12 months
- Price includes VAT
- Your company logo will be uploaded to our dedicated Adopt a Beehive Client page
- We can paint the hives to match your corporate colour free of charge as long as you provide us with the paint or cover the cost for the paint
Our Funding Sponsors
Donate to the Fort
Fort Amherst relies on donations to continue maintaining and restoring the Fort. If you would like to donate please click below.
