Get Involved
Our volunteers make Turner’s House special with their skills, time and love for art, architecture and heritage. Become part of an incredible team delivering an exciting programme of activities and events.
Volunteer roles
Volunteer rolesBe part of the incredible team that brings J.M.W. Turner’s house and garden to life. Engage with art and local history, experience working at a heritage property, be part of a friendly team and gain new skills.
At Turner’s House in Twickenham, volunteers engage in a wide variety of tasks. The four main volunteer roles are:
Be the face of Turner’s House: Steward
Our stewards provide a high quality, friendly and informative engagement for visitors. They deliver our front of house services and make Sandycombe Lodge accessible for as many people as possible. Download our role description: Volunteer Steward Role
Share your enthusiasm: Guide
Our guides provide a high quality, friendly and informative engagement for visitors by giving tours of Turner’s House. Download our role description: Volunteer Tour Guide Role
Inspire the next generation: Learning
Our learning team provide exciting and engaging workshops for both primary and secondary school pupils as well as weekend holiday workshops for families. Download our role description: Volunteer Learning Facilitator Role
Lend us your green thumb: Gardening
Our garden team maintains the appearance of the garden of Sandycombe Lodge and helps us to make the garden of Sandycombe Lodge accessible for as many people as possible. Download our role description: Volunteer Gardener Role
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Download our volunteer application form:
Volunteer Application Form TH 2020
To apply please send a completed application form to info@turnershouse.org or post to:
Volunteer Team, Turner’s House
Sandycombe Lodge, 40 Sandycoombe Rd
Twickenham TW1 2LR
Volunteer Policy
Download our volunteer policy: THT Volunteers Policy June 2020
Placements
Turner’s House offers 4-day work placements (Tues-Fri) for students at the end of Year 11-13 who have an interest in history, art and heritage and who aspire to pursue careers in this area. Work placement students will learn about the day-to-day running of an historic house, as well as the behind-the-scenes work that takes place in planning our public programme and caring for the house and the collection. If you are interested in a work placement at Turner’s House, please fill in an application form and send it to info@turnershouse.org
Please be aware that we need a minimum of a months’ notice in order to organise a placement and we may not be able to accommodate your desired date-range.
Duke of Edinburgh Award
If you would like to volunteer with Turner’s House in Twickenham for your Duke of Edinburgh Award, please email learning@turnershouse.org with the following information:
- Name
- Age
- Name of DofE Centre, and if applicable supervisor
- Number of hours of volunteering you would like to do
- Special interests
Arts Award
If you would like to volunteer with Turner’s House in Twickenham for your Arts Award, please look at the Arts Award page under Learning.
DIRECTOR, TURNER’S HOUSE TRUST
This role is an opportunity to lead Turner’s House Trust at an exciting time and make a real difference as the organisation looks to the longer-term after its acclaimed opening in July 2017.
We are looking for a heritage professional to be our Director and lead on strategy and planning in addition to the day-to-day operation and facilities management of the house and its garden. The Director will lead and manage a small team, including the Learning & Volunteers Officer and the volunteers who support as stewards, guides, gardeners and in many other roles, to ensure a high standard of customer service and visitor experience. This role will also involve maximising our income potential through private/corporate hires of the house, fundraising activities, partnerships, PR and marketing opportunities, all of which contribute to the sustainable future of the Turner’s House Trust. The Director will also serve on the Board of Trustees.
Turner’s House is open to the public 5 days a week, Weds-Sun, 10am-4pm, with an annual closure period in November and December. The House is also open for educational visits, and private events up to 10pm for a limited number of days each year. The post holder will work on a rota with the Learning & Volunteers Officer to ensure the house is staffed during the opening period. The post holder is entitled to 25 days of paid annual leave.
For a full job description and person specification please see the attached PDF: Director Job Description.
In order to apply, please send a CV and covering letter, addressing your reasons for applying and the ways in which you meet the job description and person specification to Michael Deriaz, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees, mderiaz@btinternet.com.
Closing date 15 September 2021, provisional interview date 23 September 2021.
Turner’s House is an equal opportunities employer. Applications are welcome from all. Job shares will be considered for this post.
THANK YOU!
Turner’s House Trust would like to thank all the volunteers who have given their time and skills so generously over many years to help us reach the magnificent conclusion of our project to conserve J.M.W. Turner’s house in Twickenham. This very long list includes trustees, Friends of Turner’s House committee, guides, gardeners, stewards and many others. It is a great achievement, and couldn’t have been reached without all your help.
- Nicholas Alfrey
- Mike Axford
- Julia Bailey
- Helen Baker
- Maureen Bantock
- Kate Barlow
- Gurnam Barmi
- Bronwyn Baud
- Janis Booth
- David Bowman
- Penny Bristow
- Ingrid Brown
- Robin Bullen Jones
- Chris Byron
- Susan Cain
- Maureen Carr
- Bridget Carter
- Mike Cherry
- Poonam Chopra
- Ann Clements
- Robert Clifton
- Michael Coldman
- Patrick Connor
- Vivienne Cove
- Joy Cuff
- Dianne Cutlack
- Martin Davis
- Andrew Daws
- Giles Dixon
- Richard Drake
- Diana Dunrossil
- Stephen Enthoven
- Jennifer Espie
- Suzannah Fleming
- Don Gale
- Lyn Gale
- Hilary Gerrish
- Corina Gonzalez
- Namrata Gor
- Paul Green
- Martyn Gregory
- Catharine Griffith
- Fiona Grundy
- Ann Halliday
- Gregory Halliwell
- Gill Hardman
- Ed Harris
- Jeff Harris
- Adam Harrison
- Jayne Haysom
- Yvonne Hewitt
- Martin Hewlett
- Lisa Hillier
- Alyson Hoggart
- Fiona Holland
- David Holmes
- Ken Howard
- Laura Hussey
- Karen Iredale-Lucas
- Hazelle Jackson
- Catherine Jeffries
- Janet Jennings
- Jill Jones
- Daphne Jowit
- Ann Keay
- Samuel Kennedy
- Richard Kermack
- Maureen Lambourne
- Jackie Latham
- Cliff Leach
- Mike Leigh
- Roger Lewis
- Bruce Lyons
- Shona Lyons
- Annabelle Mark
- Victor Marquez
- Joyce Martin
- Penny Martin
- John McAslan
- Tracy McHardy
- Mary McKendry
- David Meaden
- Maureen Metzger
- Jennifer Midgley
- Francesca Mills
- Mary Milner
- Michelle Moran
- Heather Morgan
- Cornelia Morrison
- John Moses
- Bill Mount
- Romy Murray
- Sheila Murray
- Margaret Myatt
- Christopher Nell
- Jane Oldfield (Wood)
- Martin Oldham
- Ken Osbourn
- Colm Owens
- Lady Panufnik
- Catherine Parry-Wingfield
- Maurice Parry-Wingfield
- Peter Payan
- Jenny Pearce
- Jan Pethick
- Linda Pethick
- Tessa Pihlens
- Frances Platt
- Derek Plummer
- Gurjit Poonia
- Colin Porter
- Hannah Porter
- Richard Poxton
- Fiona Poynter
- Vicky Price
- Heather Ravenberg
- Lynne Reeves
- Helena Richardson
- Jacqueline Riding
- Mary Rose Rivett-Carnac
- Hilary Ruddlesden
- Roddy Rugman
- Maxine Samuels
- Margaret Saunders
- Jane Scherer
- Tony Shoebridge
- Alison Shuttle
- Annie Simpson
- Katie Sollohub
- David Souden
- Christopher Squire
- Eleanor Stanier
- Tom Stanier
- Sue Stephens
- Sara Sturgiss
- Helen Sugiyama
- Sue Swain
- Eleanor Thomas
- Hywel Thomas
- Fiona Timmins
- John Tjaardstra
- Don Turner
- Ken Vaux
- Rosemary Vaux
- Beverley Waller
- Stanley Warburton
- Jo Warmington
- Ailsa West
- Allan White
- David Williams
- Elizabeth Wilmot
- Andrew Wilton
- Elizabeth Wood
- Susan Youngs
- Robert Youngs