Are you a buisness looking for a way to give back to the local community? Looking for something out of the ordinary to do for your community day? Wanting specifically to work with heritage or a day filled with engineering? We are able to host companies to the Museum for volunteering opportunities!

As an indepentent museum, we are entirely reliant on volunteers to help us look after our historic pumping station. We have a very dedicated volunteer team here, but there are plenty of bigger projects that we are unable to do without a larger team on the day - that is where your company can come in!

We can run half day (9:30 — 12:30 or 12:00 — 15:00) or full day (9:30 — 15:00) events for your team and can accomodate group sizes from 5 to 15 at a time. These days are free to attend and all equipement will be provided, we only ask that you turn up prepared and in appropriate clothing (clothes you are happy to get dirty and suitable footware for working at an industiral heritage site - no open toed shoes). All volunteers must be aged 18 and over.

What is a day volunteering with us like?

There are a number of activites that we can ask for but this is only suitable for groups who are not afraid to get their hands dirty! We will take your company’s interests, access needs, and group size into account whilst organising jobs to do. We’d also be happy to hear of any skills or services which you could help us with (such as PAT testing)!

Previous volunteering days have included:

  • Painting engines

  • Care for collection items

  • Painting buildings

  • Gardening

  • Polishing our historic parquet floors

  • PAT testing

  • General maintenance

At the end of your day, all employees who have volunteered with us will recieve complimentary tickets to the Museum as a thank you.

What to organise a Volunteering Day with us?

Please email info@museumoftechnology.com with:

  • Your company name and details of a lead contact

  • Roughly how many people you’d like us to support

  • Whether you’d like a full day or half-day.

  • Some dates you’d wish to attend (please note that we can only support corporate volunteering days on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays)

We’re on Benevity! Please check if your employer offers support to charities for your away day with us.