VOLUNTEERS

At The World of Glass, no two days are the same, and we strive to provide visitors with an excellent experience and our team of volunteers is vital in helping us to deliver this.

Our volunteers can expect a welcoming and safe environment, where they can try gain valuable skills, use existing ones, and become part of a team. In return for your work we will reimburse any public transport costs up to £5 on the days you volunteer with us, and are happy to provide references for future jobs.

We have the following opportunities available if you want to volunteer with us. if any of the following volunteer opportunities interest you, contact us at Volunteering@worldofglass.com for an application form.

Visitor Volunteers

As a small team, we rely on volunteers to help us offer the best possible visitor experience to everyone who walks through our doors. As a visitor volunteer, your role will be to:

• Offer a warm and friendly welcome to all our visitors
• Support visitors as they navigate the site
• Help visitors understand our collections and spaces
• provide short tours to visitors when requested
• Assist with events and family activities
• Invigilate galleries during exhibitions
• Assist in gathering feedback and data from visitors which is vital in shaping and improving our future work.

Volunteer adverts – Weekend creative volunteers. 

We are looking for new weekend volunteers to help deliver crafts and family activities, including our monthly Crafternoons, which are creative sessions for families held on the 3rd Saturday of every month, as well as assisting in the delivery of school holiday activities, seasonal events, and more.

Your help will ensure we give our younger visitors the best possible experience and encourage them to return time and time again. Interested? You should:

• Have experience working with children and families.
• Feel confident working independently as well as part of a team
• Be enthusiastic about arts and crafts.

Work Experience

If you are a student interested in getting into creative careers such as arts and heritage, then The World of Glass might be the place for you.

We currently offer short work experience placements for high school students doing their work experience. Work experience usually lasts a week. If you are interested in doing your work experience with us, we encourage students to reach out to us themselves as this is an important part of learning about the world of work. Contact us via the email address below to enquire about work experience. Please be aware we can only take on 2 students per week for this kind of work experience placements so act fast to avoid disappointment.

If you require a longer work placement for college or university, please contact us on the email address below with the requirements of your course and we will be happy to discuss your placement needs. Please be aware we can only take on 1 student at a time for these kinds of placements, and we get lots of requests so get in touch with us early to avoid disappointment.

Interested in any of the above volunteering opportunities? Email Katie on Volunteering@worldofglass.com for more information and for application forms.

The World of Glass is a charity (no 1006990) and we work really hard to provide a great service for the people of St Helens and the wider city region. We are unable to do this without the support of our customers and our volunteers. We thank all of our volunteers for their amazing work over the years. THANK YOU!