Volunteer Recruitment

Open Days

Visitors dancing around the maypole on the Mayday Open Day.

Our volunteers are very important to us, we couldn’t run our Open Days and many other aspects of the Mansion without them. The Mansion Trust grew out of local voluntary support, and this continues to be essential. The efforts of the volunteers are much valued by the Trustees.

We need lots of new helpers for Open Days this year, especially on weekends. We’re a friendly group of about 50 people with a range of ages and interests. If you enjoy meeting people and have a big smile 😃, we have a space for you in our team. If you love historic buildings, then the fascinating Mansion will amply reward your interest. There is so much to find out, so many layers.

A volunteer showing families around the Mansion.

Our public Open Days for 2026 are on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 3rd April to 1st November, plus Bank Holiday Mondays. We also plan to open during the school summer holidays on Thursdays 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th August, plus Monday 26th to Thursday 29th October for Halloween.

There are vacancies for minibus drivers (aged over 25 with 2 years experience please, but D1 on licence not required), reception and ticket desk volunteers, and tour guides.

We need lots of volunteers!

Full training is given to all volunteers, and you will work with another volunteer until you are confident in the role.

Once trained, you choose the times when you volunteer using our on-line rota. It’s up to you when you come.

Please note: volunteers do need internet access and email.

A tour group outside the Mansion. The tour guide is in there somewhere!

If you’re interested in joining us, please email Elaine in our office and we’ll get back to you: info@woodchestermansion.org.uk

You can find us on Go Volunteer Glos.

Mansion Maintenance

            John & Chris working on a dry stone wall

We have a team of volunteers who help with routine maintenance at the Mansion, under the supervision of our operations manager. Tasks include painting and decorating, laying wood flooring, routine repairs, finding leaks, cutting back foliage and mowing grass.

If you’re happy and capable to do DIY and other similar household jobs, you’d have the skills to join our team. And of course we’d particularly welcome anyone who’d had trade experience in these areas. The maintenance team normally come on Monday mornings, but are sometimes needed at other times. We value help and try to be flexible.

If you feel you’d like to join us, email info@woodchestermansion.org.uk and we’ll arrange for you to try us out for a day – and we hope it’ll be right for you and you’ll stay!