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Role summary
If only these walls could talk! That’s why volunteer steward / room guides make such a difference. They’re passionate about family stories, heritage and local history, and love making people feel at home.
Opening times
Open Easter and Spring periods; Summer period from May to September (for exact details www.lythamwindmill.co.uk); from 10.30 am – 1.00 pm and from 2.00 pm – 4.30 pm Wednesday to Sunday and Bank Holidays.
What's involved?
- Welcoming every visitor.
- Learning more about the Windmill, the Old Lifeboat House and local heritage, so you can share all that’s special - indoors and out.
- Helping visitors to discover more, making suggestions so they can enjoy their day, their way
- Helping if people ask, and thinking about the needs of all visitors, including disabled people and families
- Using your knowledge or skills, for example giving talks, helping with children’s activities, handling collections
- Showing visitors the safest routes out of the building in an emergency
- Helping visitors understand why we need to take care of special places and, if needs be, raising any concerns you have with staff
- Getting to know health and safety and evacuation procedures
- There might be some other activities that are of interest to you, that we could use your help with.
This role will suit you if you are...
- Enthusiastic and hoping to inspire visitors of all ages. Someone who likes being around people – you’ll meet a lot each day!
- Interested in the Windmill and Old Lifeboat House – you don’t need to know the history of the universe, but as a room guide you’ll pick up lots of facts and figures.
By getting involved you could
- Give back to the local community by supporting and sustaining its local heritage
- Get to know the Windmill and Old Lifeboat House by heart and learn its secrets
- Use your people skills to welcome and inspire visitors from all over the world
- Be part of a varied and enthusiastic team and make new friends
- Spend time in the atmospheric spaces steeped in history
Contact
Please contact the Windmill stewards co-ordinator for more information or Hilary Coyne FBC Tourist Information Click here to show mail address