Duke of Edinburgh Award Placement Volunteer

Are you looking to volunteer for your Duke of Edinburgh Award?

As a Duke of Edinburgh Award volunteer this is your chance to make a difference in your local library. You can use this opportunity to become involved in a variety of different library tasks and engage with our customers, staff and the wider community. 

We are always happy to try and provide placements if we can, but there is often a waiting list as places are popular.

As a Duke of Edinburgh Award volunteer you will be completing a variety tasks each week which could be: 

• Helping customers to use the library self-service kiosks.

• Providing general information about the library and its services. 

• Supervised helping with children’s activities.

• Shelving and tidying. 

Our libraries are busy and well used by the public, you will need to be able to communicate with all ages and be to work in a team.

This opportunity is available across all West Berkshire libraries.

About West Berkshire Council - Culture and Libraries

* Libraries in Burghfield, Hungerford, Lambourn, Mortimer, Newbury, Pangbourne, Thatcham and Theale, as well as the mobile library service.
* Providing free access to computers
* Providing access to books, information and resources
* Providing an e library service
* Running local library events
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There has been a museum in the Cloth Hall in Newbury since 1904, but some of the collections were first put together in the 1840s by the Newbury Literary and Scientific Institute.

Things have changed a bit since then. These days we are a community museum representing the whole of West Berkshire and offering a friendly welcome to visitors, groups and societies. The work of the museum goes on both inside our building and out and about in communities across the district.

Collects objects, images and audio-visual material which have a link to West Berkshire. That might mean it's something that was made here, is linked to something that happened here or was used by someone who lived or worked in the area.

West Berkshire Museum is different to many museums; there is no 'permanent exhibition'. Our 10 "Story Stores" are regularly changing exhibitions. Each tells a part of our local history and means that visitors can see new things and try different activities every time they come.

This way we will leave a record for future generations of life in the twenty-first century in our own words.
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Often described as a hidden gem, Shaw House is located in tranquil surroundings on the north edge of Newbury. Shaw House is a Grade I listed multi-purpose event venue which is also open for the public to explore during school holidays and at weekends between February and September every year.

What skills do I need?

This opportunity would suit someone who has the ability to communicate with people, enjoys conversations and be able to conduct tasks with minimal supervision at times. 

Having the confidence to choose items for other people would be an advantage for this opportunity and to be able to demonstrate patience and understanding. 

You need be able to shelve items in correct sequence whether alphabetically, numerically or in special collections and displays.

When is this role available?

Where does this role take place?