Apply to become a volunteer

Join us as a volunteer to enjoy new and exciting challenges, learn new skills, make friends and have fun.

Our volunteers must be over the age of sixteen.

A dedicated member of staff will provide training and support.

Any adjustments or help you need during your time as a volunteer will be organised by your supervisor. 

Your supervisor will also discuss with you any expenses requirements and your availability.

Volunteering should not impact your ability to claim Job Seekers Allowance, Income Support or Tax Credits.

For those in receipt of incapacity or other disability-related benefits, it is up to you to make sure that any activity you carry out does not put your benefits at risk.

If you have a criminal record, please disclose this to your volunteer supervisor during your initial meeting.

Complete an expression of interest

What happens next?

We will contact you if we have suitable opportunities within ten working days and invite you for an interview to discuss:

  • your requirements
  • any checks we need to carry out
  • your availability
  • paperwork and expenses
  • any concerns you may have
  • induction and training

Archaeological and historical projects

Over the years, we have offered various opportunities, including archaeological investigation and excavation, war memorial survey and research, traditional crafts workshops, and others.

We help to protect and enhance the county’s rich and diverse historic environment by:

  • managing the Lincolnshire Historic Environment Record
  • providing expert archaeological advice
  • recording finds through the Portable Antiquities Scheme
  • celebrating local heritage via community projects
  • encouraging sustainable heritage-led regeneration
  • supporting regeneration in our towns and city that is inspired and influenced by its heritage
  • making the most of our heritage to help urban areas thrive into the future

Volunteering opportunities in archaeological and historical projects are very much dependent on what projects are running at any time. 

Complete an expression of interest

What happens next?

We will contact you if we have suitable opportunities within ten working days and invite you for an interview to discuss:

  • your requirements
  • any checks we need to carry out
  • your availability
  • paperwork and expenses
  • any concerns you may have
  • induction and training

Childcare

Volunteer at your local childcare setting to gain some valuable experience in the workplace.

Start your routes into a career in childcare and search for your local provider on the Family Services Directory

Find your local childcare setting


Children's centres

We are looking for volunteers who can offer up to three hours each week for a least six months.

There are 48 children’s centres across Lincolnshire which offer variety of volunteer opportunities to parents / carers or anyone with a keen interest in supporting their local community.

Volunteer roles include:

  • Leading and supporting ‘Stay and Play’ sessions for all families within the local area who have children aged between 0-5 years.
  • Offering welcome visits and promoting the children’s centres offer within your local community as a Parent Champion.
  • Supporting Children’s Centre staff with managing and promoting the re-use -re love within your local children’s centre.

Volunteering in a children’s centre will support with continued learning and can lead to other opportunities. Appropriate training is available as well as individual supervision and support.

Complete an expression of interest

What happens next?

We will contact you if we have suitable opportunities within ten working days and invite you for an interview to discuss:

  • your requirements
  • any checks we need to carry out
  • your availability
  • paperwork and expenses
  • any concerns you may have
  • induction and training

Community panel members

Community Panel Members support young people who have committed an offence to take responsibility for their actions and change their behaviour at our Community Panel Meetings. Panels are important to the Criminal Justice System as they involve working with young people, their parents and victims. You will talk and listen to key people and agree a plan of action with the young person to prevent future offending.  

You will need to prepare for and sit on a Panel approximately once a week. You will need to be able to commit to 12-months of volunteering following training.  

DBS checks will be made where necessary.

Complete an expression of interest

What happens next?

We will contact you if we have suitable opportunities within ten working days and invite you for an interview to discuss:

  • your requirements
  • any checks we need to carry out
  • your availability
  • paperwork and expenses
  • any concerns you may have
  • induction and training

Countryside access

We are looking for volunteers to help us manage, maintain, and promote the 2500 miles of public rights of way across Lincolnshire.

These networks of footpaths, bridleways and byways are unique resources for walking, cycling, and riding.

Rights of way are essential for short local journeys to the shops, taking children to school, walking the dog, and being a significant recreational resource to access the countryside.

Please get in contact and join one of our teams of volunteers to help preserve our heritage for everyone to enjoy.

Complete an expression of interest

What happens next?

We will contact you if we have suitable opportunities within ten working days and invite you for an interview to discuss:

  • your requirements
  • any checks we need to carry out
  • your availability
  • paperwork and expenses
  • any concerns you may have
  • induction and training

Adult Care day opportunities service

The Adult Care day opportunities service supports vulnerable people to live life to the full.

We are looking for volunteers who have a passion for life and making a difference.

We might be the team if you have a sense of adventure, a positive outlook on life, and time to offer.

We support people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, brain injuries and older people to:

  • make friends
  • develop relationships
  • take part in various interests and activities such as:
    • woodwork skills
    • baking/Cookery
    • gardening and horticulture
    • simple DIY
    • independent living skills
    • volunteering in their local community
    • craft projects
    • micro enterprise ideas
    • coffee mornings
    • fund raising

These activities are a great way to improve wellbeing. It is a chance for the people we support to meet others and get out of the house for a few hours.

To socialise and enjoy life. The people we support have personalised activity plans which reflect their interests.

Come and be part of our fantastic team and support people in ‘Living Life to the Full’. We will give full training and support to all volunteers.

Complete an expression of interest

What happens next?

We will contact you if we have suitable opportunities within ten working days and invite you for an interview to discuss:

  • your requirements
  • any checks we need to carry out
  • your availability
  • paperwork and expenses
  • any concerns you may have
  • induction and training

Ellis Mill

We would welcome any volunteers who would like to learn about the windmill and milling history. Then share its essential contribution to the city's history with visitors.

Located in uphill Lincoln, this 1798 grade II listed windmill is opening this year for the Heritage Weekends and possibly the first Saturday of each month from March to September.

Although no longer in full operation, volunteers will welcome and show visitors around the ground floor and outside the Mill and share stories about the working life of the millers who were still making flour there until recent years.

There are also souvenirs available for you to sell to interested customers.

We will give full induction and training on the history of Mill and for your role as a guide. There will be support provided throughout your time as a volunteer.

Complete an expression of interest

What happens next?

We will contact you if we have suitable opportunities within ten working days and invite you for an interview to discuss:

  • your requirements
  • any checks we need to carry out
  • your availability
  • paperwork and expenses
  • any concerns you may have
  • induction and training

Investigate Learning

We want you to get involved and share your passion for learning about heritage, arts and culture.

The learning team works across the cultural sites and delivers workshops, guided tours and holiday events.

If you are 16 or older and looking for something new and gain some experience in heritage learning, try joining the Investigate Learning Team.

Schools, families, and community groups all visit the sites for sessions with the learning team, so you would be contributing to ensuring they have a fantastic time!

Whether it’s being a medieval archer, walking the castle walls, marching Roman style, or learning about Victorian life, the team delivers a range of history-themed workshops and our creative arts offers at the Usher Gallery.

We even have our gardening project at the Museum of Lincolnshire Life!

There is a wide range of exhibitions and fascinating museum collections to enjoy. We are looking for cheerful volunteers who have a sense of fun to support the participants—making their day as memorable as possible.

Our friendly team will provide you with the training you need.

To find out more about specific roles available, look at the Investigate Learning website or send us an expression of interest.

Complete an expression of interest

What happens next?

We will contact you if we have suitable opportunities within ten working days and invite you for an interview to discuss:

  • your requirements
  • any checks we need to carry out
  • your availability
  • paperwork and expenses
  • any concerns you may have
  • induction and training

Lincoln Castle

Volunteer with us, and you will be joining an award-winning team in one of our varied and inspiring roles.

We are looking for lively, cheerful volunteers to help turn our visitors' day out into a walk through 1000 years of history.

As part of the 'welcome team', you would give visitors a warm, friendly greeting and a great goodbye.

Alternatively, you could volunteer to be part of the team that helps maintain and keep the castle and grounds in tip-top condition.

Or perhaps you would prefer to work making sales in the shops, supporting the café staff, or even managing attraction tickets.

One thing you can be sure of, no two days will be the same!

View latest opportunities

Complete an expression of interest

What happens next?

We will contact you if we have suitable opportunities within ten working days and invite you for an interview to discuss:

  • your requirements
  • any checks we need to carry out
  • your availability
  • paperwork and expenses
  • any concerns you may have
  • induction and training

Lincolnshire Chalk Streams Project

We are a partnership project that looks after Lincolnshire's rare chalk streams, which arise as springs from reservoirs in the chalk beneath the ground.

These chalk streams provide an ideal habitat for some of our most threatened native species.

Lincolnshire's chalk streams are a characteristic and attractive feature that has helped shape the Lincolnshire Wolds landscape over the past 10,000 years.

If you would like to explore these habitats and help preserve and promote them, please contact us.

Complete an expression of interest

What happens next?

We will contact you if we have suitable opportunities within ten working days and invite you for an interview to discuss:

  • your requirements
  • any checks we need to carry out
  • your availability
  • paperwork and expenses
  • any concerns you may have
  • induction and training

Lincolnshire Wolds Countryside Service

Our volunteers work in some of the most beautiful unspoilt countryside and places that include areas of outstanding natural beauty. 

This work gives you a great excuse to get out for a walk and do something for the environment at the same time.

As volunteers, you will have the opportunity to work with the team to:

  • help protect and enhance the landscape and its distinctive features
  • survey historic farm buildings in the Lincolnshire Wolds
  • record the condition of farm buildings over 100 years old
  • walk the footpaths around these historic parishes and register what you find in the hedgerow
  • encourage community interest and involvement
  • raise awareness of the Wolds
  • promote sustainable development

Get in contact with us if you would like to get involved.

Complete an expression of interest

What happens next?

We will contact you if we have suitable opportunities within ten working days and invite you for an interview to discuss:

  • your requirements
  • any checks we need to carry out
  • your availability
  • paperwork and expenses
  • any concerns you may have
  • induction and training

Museum of Lincolnshire Life

The museum celebrates life in Lincolnshire from 1750 to the present day, providing a trip down memory lane of how things were and people’s lifestyles over the years.

As a volunteer at the museum, we want you to:

  • help plan the many events we run for visitors, young and old. Including quizzes for children, talks about Victorian life, art, and photography workshops. 
  • take part in our ‘living history’ event days and dress up as a character or craft assistant. As a historical character, people will come to visit you within the room sets and talk about your experiences. 
  • interact with visitors, providing them with information about the museum, its crafts, and exhibitions and promoting the i-guides, events, and merchandise. 
  • encourage people to visit our shop, where you could also serve. 

Working as part of a team, you will also promote visitor feedback through donations and visitor survey forms and monitor and record visitor numbers and the flow around the site. Ensuring the safety, security, and comfort of visitors to the site.

We would provide the training and full induction. You provide:

  • the willingness to learn about the museum and its collection. 
  • enthusiasm for local history and heritage.
  • a willingness to commit to regular involvement.

Complete an expression of interest

What happens next?

We will contact you if we have suitable opportunities within ten working days and invite you for an interview to discuss:

  • your requirements
  • any checks we need to carry out
  • your availability
  • paperwork and expenses
  • any concerns you may have
  • induction and training

Volunteer drivers

Volunteer drivers assist in transporting young people, up to the age of 18, to and from group work sessions, appointments and social activities across Lincolnshire. Volunteer drivers use their own vehicle to take young people to a range of different activities when other transport is limited or not available. Many of our young people view their transport as much more than a car journey – it is also an opportunity to have a chat with their driver and to get out and about in the wider world. 

We would expect volunteer drivers to support a few hours a week. All mileage, parking and reasonable out of pocket expenses will be paid.  

DBS checks will be made where necessary.

Complete an expression of interest

What happens next?

We will contact you if we have suitable opportunities within ten working days and invite you for an interview to discuss:

  • your requirements
  • any checks we need to carry out
  • your availability
  • paperwork and expenses
  • any concerns you may have
  • induction and training

School admission appeals

When an application to a Lincolnshire school is made and refused, there is an opportunity to appeal the refusal.

Three independent panel members come together with the parent or guardian along with the school representative. They discuss each side's case, why the child wishes to attend the school and why the school are unable to accept the application.

Once the panel have heard both sides, they are left to deliberate whether they think the decision to refuse should be overturned or not.

We hear appeals via Microsoft Teams throughout the year with the exception of school holidays.

We run appeals county wide so if you have a particular area that you would prefer not to work for then we are able to accommodate that. Appeals usually begin at 09.30am or 10am and each appeal can take anywhere from 45-90 minutes.

It is also a great opportunity to work with a group likeminded individuals who share your passion for education.

Complete an expression of interest

What happens next?

We will contact you if we have suitable opportunities within ten working days and invite you for an interview to discuss:

  • your requirements
  • any checks we need to carry out
  • your availability
  • paperwork and expenses
  • any concerns you may have
  • induction and training

Group work facilitators

Group work facilitators support in the delivery of our intervention programmes that are designed to reduce or prevent violence/aggression and abuse in relationships. Your role will be to help young people to in their process of change, giving them a ‘toolbox’ that contains skills and strategies to maintain healthy and positive relationships.  

We would expect you to be able to commit to a full 7-week programme of 2-hour sessions. You will need to be able to commit to 12 months of volunteering following training.  

DBS checks will be made where necessary.

Youth activators 

Youth activators support the delivery of our youth clubs, sport and activity programmes to a broad range of young people involved in our community sessions and events. You will work with young people aged 8-18 years with a particular focus on young people aged 14+.  

We would expect you to support at least one session a week to get the best from the experience. You will need to be able to commit to 12 months of volunteering following training.

DBS checks will be made where necessary.