5 years and counting … A volunteer reflects
To celebrate national Volunteer Week we’ve been speaking to volunteers across the University of Cambridge Museums, to find out why they give their time to support us. Over the past 5 years Phillipa Grimstone has volunteered on a number of projects across the University of Cambridge Museums, from Summer at the Museums to family learning at the Fitzwilliam Museum. Phillipa explains…
Volunteer gardening in a concrete jungle
To celebrate national Volunteer Week we’ve been speaking to volunteers across the University of Cambridge Museums, to find out why they give their time to support us. Yasmeen Farooqui tells us why she volunteers for the community garden at Hanover Court, a project run by the Education Team at the Botanic Garden. I wanted a voluntary role that would put my…
3 reasons to love volunteering
To celebrate national Volunteer Week we’ve been speaking to volunteers across the University of Cambridge Museums, to find out why they give their time to support us. Flora Miles, Volunteer Gallery Attendant at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, shares three reasons why she loves volunteering. Since April 2016 I have spent one afternoon a week volunteering as a Gallery Attendant…
