Volunteer Open Day
Fri 7 Mar 2025
10.30am-1pm
Manor RestaurantJoin our Volunteer Open Day on Fri 7 Mar 2025
Volunteers play a vital role in enhancing each visit by warmly welcoming guests and ensuring they have a memorable experience here at Waddesdon. As a volunteer, you will provide the gracious hospitality that makes a visit truly special. Immerse yourself in the beauty of our landscape and the charm of our historic property. Come and chat to us to learn more about the rewarding experience of volunteering at Waddesdon and to discover further details.
Conservation & Biodiversity
Love nature and wildlife? In this role, you could support us to protect and monitor the natural world. Based in our Conservation Hub, you could help us in sharing the positive conservation work we do, with our visitors.
Garden Guide
Our Garden Guides take visitors on a peaceful walk around the gardens, telling the story of Waddesdon, its world-class gardens and the various flora and fauna. As a volunteer, you will be supporting us in making our talks welcoming and inclusive and sharing the highlights of Waddesdon.
Visitor Insights
Our Visitor Insights Volunteers support us by directing visitors in the Kitchen Corridor and capturing feedback. The feedback helps us to understand our current audience and their experiences, which will help us grow and develop our visitor experience.
Grounds Host
Love the outdoors, greeting and chatting with people, then Grounds Hosting could be for you. This is a directional role, providing our visitors with information about Waddesdon and helping them get the best out of their day.
Exhibition Host
Do you have an interest in history and art? By engaging with our visitors, welcoming them to our exhibitions, this role supports us to share information about the exhibition and the history of Waddesdon.
Catering Host
Love chatting to people? Based in the Manor Restaurant, we are looking for Catering Hosts to support our Food and Beverage team. You could be welcoming visitors, answering questions, or clearing tables.
Stables Café
Are you a friendly, welcoming person? Based in a historic courtyard, near the woodland playground, the café receives many hungry visitors that need a warm welcome and delicious food.
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History of the house
Baron Ferdinand wanted an estate to entertain family and friends.