Volunteering

English Heritage offers several rewarding volunteer roles. Below are the current opportunities. You can apply or find out more by clicking the links for each role.

Maintenance Volunteer

A hands-on role to help with the general upkeep and practical maintenance tasks that keep the Abbey site safe and looking its best. 

• Find out more and apply: https://english-heritage.rosterfy.uk/roles/gPWVBNHtcQcvRa0C8wAm7qe2X8YtuI 

Garden Volunteer

Help maintain the beautiful grounds and gardens at the Abbey, keeping them in great condition for all visitors to enjoy. 

• Find out more and apply: https://english-heritage.rosterfy.uk/roles/f0juILRYAAiLtSJtuxLHioZ3MWU82Q 

Site Volunteer

This role involves opening and closing the grounds at weekends or as required for events parking and other similar needs. 

• Find out more and apply: https://english-heritage.rosterfy.uk/roles/MaigY2E4hnDY3SyqWwgM1FfR50Y5sb 

Tour Guide

Share the fascinating history of Muchelney Abbey with visitors. You'll be trained to deliver engaging tours and bring the site's stories to life. 

• Find out more and apply: https://english-heritage.rosterfy.uk/roles/iHGBeKCgdpZF0SZbpyzclSdoXQxs0R

Why Volunteer with English Heritage?

Volunteering is a rewarding experience. It’s a chance to make a difference in your community, learn new skills, and meet like-minded people.

As a thank you for your time, English Heritage volunteers also receive a Volunteer Pass. This pass gives you and up to 6 of your family and/or friends free entry to all English Heritage sites across the country.

Muchelney Church needs your help!

Our parish church has always relied on volunteers to keep it running, but the church council has shrunk from over 12 members to just 3.

This small, dedicated team can no longer manage all the tasks needed to keep our church open, safe, and functioning for the whole village. If you love your church and wish it to continue as it is, please look at the roles below and see if you can help.

Current Volunteering Opportunities

We have compiled a list of specific tasks and roles that need filling.

Church Operations & Services

• Sidesmen for Sunday Services: Help open the church, prepare for the service, check communion supplies, and clear away afterward. Full training will be given.

• Candles: Manage the church's candle supplies, including replacing choir and altar candles, refilling tea lights, ordering new stock, and sending receipts to the treasurer.

• WC Inspector: Join the team (via a WhatsApp group) to perform daily checks, ensuring the church WC is open, clean, and stocked with loo roll, paper towels, and soap.

Building & Grounds Maintenance

• Building Maintenance Manager: A key role to oversee the building's upkeep. This includes completing repairs from the quinquennial inspection, responding to new repair needs, and organising the clearing of gutters, downpipes, and the parapet roof every 2 months.

• Gullies & Pathways: Help keep the grounds safe by clearing gullies once a month and sweeping pathways, ensuring "slippery path" signs are displayed.

• Meter Reading: Read the electric and water meters once a month and send the readings to the treasurer.

Events & Parking

• Events Organiser(s): Join a team to manage church events. This involves:

  • Organising and buying supplies.

  • Creating and distributing adverts (in consultation with the PCC).

  • Recruiting and organising a team of helpers.

  • Managing parking (requesting permission from English Heritage, putting out signs).

  • Handling post-event tasks like delivering leftovers and prizes, and writing thank you letters.

• Parking: A specific role to liaise with the Events Organiser and English Heritage, managing the gates and checking the grounds for events like funerals or BBQs.

Governance & Communication

• Member of the Parochial Church Council (PCC): The church needs new council members.

• Assistant Churchwarden (Communication): A vital role to take over communications, including managing email enquiries and updating the church's "A Church Near You" webpage.

How to Get Involved

Please consider what you can do to help.

To volunteer or ask any questions, please contact the Churchwarden, Sarah Nicholas.

• Email: muchelney.church@gmail.com