Support us
Looking to give something back to your community? Stretch your skills? Need support making the next steps in a new career or want to help others to take those steps? Come join our dedicated team of volunteers.
We are actively recruiting volunteers to join our dedicated team in the Theatre as we count down to Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas, which opens in the Theatre this November. If you’re keen to get involved, we’d love to hear from you.
Over 120 people actively shape the destiny of the Park and Palace by volunteering with us. Our volunteers play pivotal roles across the organisation in Creative Learning, Events, Theatre, Archive and Fundraising, and we’re always looking to hear from people with ideas about how to increase the range of opportunities for volunteering at Alexandra Palace. If you have an interest in the arts, heritage, gardening and conservation and enjoy collaborating with diverse groups of people, then we want to hear from you.
We’ll match your interests and skills to any volunteering opportunity and role, including understanding your needs and identifying any skills gaps. We promise to provide full training, inductions and provide a clear brief on the role you will be undertaking.
Whilst volunteering is an unpaid role, we’ll reimburse expenses to all volunteers up to a set amount. While you are volunteering, you will also receive discounts in our cafe’s and have opportunities to attend events.
CURRENT VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES
Volunteers are the backbone of the Palace and support many different operations. We have regular volunteering opportunities in:
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Theatre
Our Theatre volunteers act as ambassadors for Alexandra Palace and the volunteering programme. They welcome and assist visitors with wayfinding, answer questions about the Theatre and Ally Pally, share information about the Theatre’s history, and help ensure health and safety guidelines are followed.We run Theatre volunteer workshops every few months, providing numerous opportunities throughout the year to join this dedicated team. As a volunteer in the Theatre, you’ll have the chance to see shows while volunteering and soak up the wonderful atmosphere of our beautiful Victorian theatre. -
Fundraising and Development
Over the years our dedicated volunteers have helped raise thousands of pounds to support the Palace deliver our charitable aims. Volunteers who support in Fundraising & Development assist with the delivery of fundraising events, liaising with donors and donation raising and much more.
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Events Delivery
Our volunteers act as Stewards on a range of events including Biblio-Buzz: The Alexandra Palace Children’s Book Awards, North London Book Fest, open days for London Festival of Architecture and Open House , and many more. Volunteers liaise between event managers and the general public, and gain on-the-job insight into the challenges of mounting a live event. Our volunteers act as representatives by welcoming, assisting visitors and other supporting activities.
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Leading Public Tours
Our volunteers help design and deliver a range history tours around the Palace and Park grounds. Tasks might include developing new tours, writing scripts, stewarding, collating evaluation data, fundraising, scheduling, and of course guiding tours.
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Archive and Research
Our volunteers assist the curatorial team to ensure the archives and collections are looked after, researched and interpreted for all. They help with a wide variety of challenging tasks, including rehousing collections, archive image tagging, research and interpreting content for educational resources.
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CSR
The Palace helps many organisations fulfil their CSR aims by providing a range of volunteering opportunities for a range of employees. They have found personal fulfilment and bonded as a team by taking part in various activities across the Park and Palace.
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Gardening and Park Conservation
Our Volunteers give up their time to care for and maintain 196 acres of parkland and assist us with a wide variety of park-based tasks, including conservation work, park user surveys, litter picking,
Ensuring that this wonderful community asset is well maintained for on-going public health and enjoyment.
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Forming Steering Groups and Advisory Boards
Our volunteers help make decisions about Alexandra Palace, from curating festivals like Open House to making decisions about how local people can get involved in our creative learning programmes. As volunteers, and local residents, we value your feedback.
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Facilitating and Supporting Workshops
The Creative Learning department provides opportunities to assist with delivery of workshops and learning activities working with a range of clients, including under 5s, primary and secondary pupils, people with disabilities and people with dementia and their carers. Tasks might include delivering and supporting workshops, assisting teaching, liaising with schools and care homes, capturing evaluation and much more.
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Administration
There are regular opportunities for our Volunteers to provide administrative support in a range of departments at Alexandra Palace, including Finance, Events, HR and Marketing. Volunteers might support scheduling, designing monitoring and evaluation forms, collate visitor feedback, order materials and resources, write newsletters and much more.
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