Foxton Volunteers

With the exception of the Museum's full time staff, everything done by FIPT is done by Volunteers!

There is something for every volunteer at Foxton

Out and About with our Display Stand - We need volunteers to help with our fund raising activities and to take the message out to other venues - canal festivals, local fetes, late night shopping, etc.

In The Museum "Front of House" - dealing with customer enquiries and entry, and working in our 'shop'. Behind the scenes - sorting and recording the archive, cleaning & labeling historic items, helping to produce new displays. Help is required to run the Museum during holiday periods.  Also at weekends and bank holidays when one member of staff is not sufficient to field questions from the public, take entry payments and deal with sales.

On Site - We need your help to restore the site and keep it neat & tidy for visitors.  Work parties maintain our outdoor exhibits to ensure they are safe for visitors.  Hedge trimming and laying, litter picking around the site. All kinds of maintenance work is undertaken. Volunteers learn new skills and meet interesting people. Work parties are currently held at any time which is convenient for volunteers and fits in with the plans, or you can come and do some of the work at your own convenience. For the bigger voluntary tasks we work alongside volunteers from the Waterways Recovery Group. All activities are undertaken in the safest possible manner, working with British Waterways on Method Statements.

Training - Full training will be given to anyone interested - even if it is only a couple of hours a week. It all helps. Help is required to run the Museum during holiday periods, weekends and bank holidays. Are you keen, enthusiastic and willing to learn? Then contact us now! We ask that all volunteers join the Trust. This ensures that you are fully covered by our Health and Safety policy and our insurance.