Volunteer

Volunteer with TOCAG

Join us in saving Thundridge Old Church as a community space for future generations.

We are a 100% volunteer-based charity and can always use more help. We offer a variety of rewarding opportunities, including historical research and writing, heritage site repairs and maintenance, fundraising and marketing, grant-writing and grant admin, event planning and management, and more.

We welcome volunteer and trustee applications and interest from people of all backgrounds.

Interested in helping but unsure how you can contribute? Send us a message and we will find a way for you to be a part of TOCAG’s work. 

Currently needed skill sets - can you help?

We currently have need of various skills to help us with ongoing projects at Thundridge Old Church.

  • Fundraising – developing campaigns, managing donor relations, helping with grant applications (including National Lottery Heritage Fund), and more
  • Secretary – organising board meetings and minutes, supporting policy compliance and governance processes, and maintaining statutory records and filings with regulators beyond financial ones
  • Project Management – someone with project management and/or construction experience to help with getting quotes and organising holding repairs, especially for the tower’s roof
  • Events – organising TOCAG events, and being a point of contact for community members organising events at the tower

Get In Touch

We’d love to work with you! Send us a message and let’s chat about how you can be a part of saving Thundridge Old Church.
Email TOCAG

More examples of how you can help

  • We currently are working on a large gravestone research project and can always use more help to piece together gravestone fragments (digitised) and research the people they belonged to.
  • If you are interested in curating a virtual exhibition, our TOCAG Archives site is the perfect venue. 
  • Are you creative? Can you draw, produce graphics, photograph, write, edit or educate? 
  • Do you have IT skills? can you improve published content, use of the web, email or social media? 
  • Are you an outgoing networker? Someone who can help share our message and mission; enthuse and encourage support; utilise contacts who can help. 
  • Are you practical? Would you be able to help maintain the churchyard, make noticeboards, do small repairs, clean graffiti?
  • Can you organise? can you assist with events, advertising, complete forms, get quotes, buy things, produce reports?  
  • Do you have experience in Finance, Purchasing, Property, Business or Legal work? These skills will be vital to help TOCAG manage custodianship of the site, raise funds, and conform to legislation. 
  • Could you supplement our leadership team or board of trustees? Our current core group are a happy, welcoming team – there might even be biscuits and tea on offer. 

Volunteering guidelines

  • You must be 18 or older to work with us, unless under parental supervision
  • We are not able to offer work experience placements
  • All volunteer roles are unpaid

Volunteering conditions

  • Remote and in-person opportunities are available
  • We are open to long-term positions and one-off/short-term positions
  • We are flexible about what a volunteer position entails – we will work with you to create a volunteer position that works for you