Join our committed and diverse team of volunteers, meet new
people, use your expertise and make a difference. You can volunteer
in the Gardens, Conservation, Visual Arts, HR, IT, Marketing,
Fundraising teams and more. If you feel your skills could be put to
good use at West Dean, please get in touch.
Volunteers usually work between 3 and 8 hours a week and take on
a variety of activities.
- A dedicated gardens volunteering team help ensure all the
gardening tasks are completed on time.
- Administrative volunteers help with a range of activities
including getting involved with communication work or helping the
development office with Friends membership.
- House volunteers help care for our collection of historic
objects.
If you are interested in volunteering at West Dean, please
detail your experiences and skills in an email to Katharine.Osborne@westdean.org.uk
Alternatively you can write us at The Edward James Foundation,
West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QZ.
"It is immensely satisfying to realise that I have had an input,
however small, into the beauty of the garden, and I am very proud
of that. It is great, too, to be a part of the friendly team, and I
look forward to coming each week." Lesley Aylwin, Volunteer
Thank you to our many Volunteers from NADFAS.
Benefits of being a volunteer
As a volunteer you will learn new skills, enhance your cv and
make a real difference to our work.