06/06/2026
💙🧡THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS🧡💙
Our little team is made all the more by the volunteers who support us and The Hall.
There is such a range of people who give their time to help both behind the scenes and to enhance visitor experience. We have our 'regulars' who come the same days every week, there are the ones who we can rely on for certain days like our group or educational visits, and those who come when they have a spare few hours once a month. Regardless of what they do, we appreciate all of them.
During our 2 year funded project we were able to create and take on more designated roles, running vital aspects for the project like oral history and exhibition research. Though this project is now over and those roles put on a shelf, we have had multiple stay with us where they can.
Visitors often say how much more they have learnt from our explainer and guides, whether that be through spotlight talks, tours or simple snippets throughout a friendly chat.
Of course we have our amazing make and mend group who had blessed us with more costumes for visitors to use during visits and also helped Father Christmas with his outfit! They treat us on event days to costumed gold work too, a delicate craft with beautiful results.
Garden volunteers join the Brodsworth team to tend to our flowerbeds, weeding, watering and replanting during the rejuvenation. They are very protective of their work, even coming more regularly last week and at 'unsociable' hours to help keep the plants watered.
DeMowbray's have become official volunteers now too, joining our roster with their seemingly endless knowledge and talent. They entertain us and educate us, set days to coincide with schools so that the children can get an added bonus on their visits, and of course join us for events as a traditional soundtrack.
Our volunteers are invaluable - even 'clicking people in' on event days for final numbers - and always will be. They keep coming even when they don't have to and bring so much with them, for visitors and ourselves. So for volunteers' week, and always THANK YOU to our dedicated volunteers (past & present) for all you do! 🫂🫂🫂
