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AHT Volunteering

Being an AHT volunteer is both fun and rewarding. As a charity we attend many large-scale events throughout the year, including Crufts, Newmarket Race Day, Burghley Horse Trials and Discover Dogs to name just a few. Our team of volunteers help us raise awareness of what we do at these events, and where possible, raise funds for our important work.

We also need volunteers to help us with events and activities closer to home. These include helping in the Visitors' Centre and Gift Shop, to gardening at Lanwades Park, to office-based tasks supporting our staff members. There are many ways you can help us, regardless of how much or how little time you have.

Who can volunteer?

Our volunteers need to be 18 or over and can come from a variety of lifestyles. You don’t need to be an expert in our work, you just need to be enthusiastic and happy to talk to people!

What can I volunteer to do? Volunteer collecting donations

For ease we group our volunteering activities into five categories. These are:

• Helping at events on site at Lanwades Park, Kentford
• Helping at events off site
• Gardening and site management at Lanwades Park, Kentford
• Office duties
• Helping in the AHT Visitors Centre at Lanwades Park

Number three to five tend to be ongoing activities that happen throughout the year. The list below gives specific dates and locations for categories one and two

June	Day	Activity	Activity code
5th	Sunday	Greyhound Extravaganza, AHT Lanwades Park	1
25th	Saturday	Newmarket Race Day, July Course	2
July
30th	Saturday	Suffolk Dog Day, Helmingham Hall, Suffolk	2
August
7th	Sunday	American Civil War Re-enactment, Lanwades Park	1
13th - 16th	Saturday - Tues	PC Championships, Draycott House, Derbyshire	2
September
1st - 4th	Thurs - Sunday	Burghley Horse Trials, Lincolnshire	2
16th	Friday	An Evening at the Opera, Tattersalls Newmarket	2
November
12th - 13th	Saturday - Sun	Discover Dogs, London	2
December
tbc		Christmas Markets/Shop/Merchandise	1

This list is updated on a quarterly basis.

If you would like to find out more about becoming an AHT Volunteer please call 01638 555620 or email sophia.waters@aht.org.uk

You can download our Volunteer Application Form here. Please send your completed form to Sophia Waters, Animal Health Trust, Lanwades Park, Kentford, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7UU or email to sophia.waters@aht.org.uk