Volunteer Tour Guide

Volunteer Now; Belfast; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Volunteer Now has partnered with Be Collective to bring a dedicated online platform for volunteering to Northern Ireland. The platform supports volunteers through the volunteering process and helps connect more people with a wider range of opportunities. There’s lots of great features to Be Collective like messaging, making a profile, and being able to compile all your experiences, training and roles as well as the skills gained within a social CV.You can search and apply for volunteer roles below. If you can’t find anything you like you at the moment – register now, then check back soon – new opportunities are added all the time!#### Tasks and responsibilities* Deliver tours including Clifton House, Clifton Street Cemetery and other events* Learn and add to the historical information relevant to Clifton House, the Poorhouse and the Belfast Charitable Society* Ensure the health and safety of attendees* Assist visitors with general enquiries relating to their visit* Actively encourage interaction and feedback with visitors* Be well informed of all facilities, events and exhibitions taking place in Clifton House, and to actively promote these to enhance visitor enjoymentSkills and experience gainedCommunication SkillsEvent SupportGuidingPublic SpeakingCauses supportedArts, Culture & Heritage**Volunteer for Belfast’s most beautiful and historic house**Follow in the steps of Belfast’s greatest citizens as a volunteer at Clifton House – Belfast’s original Poor house and home of the Belfast Charitable Society since 1774. Where the sick and the poor of Belfast were cared for by some of Belfast’s greats, such as Mary Ann McCracken. Where Dr William Drennan, famous for coining the phrase ‘The Emerald Isle’, administer the first smallpox inoculations, and the likes of Robert Joy kick started Belfast’s Industrial Revolution in the basement with cotton spinning on a never-before-seen-scale.The legacy and honourable history of this unique Belfast institution is now preserved by the Belfast Charitable Society in a busy heritage site that occupies the heart of the original 1774 building. The former Poor House, now called Clifton House, hosts valuable objects and archives, as well as tells compelling stories of bravery, benevolence and endurance through exhibitions, talks and tours. It is also here where Belfast Charitable Society continues its philanthropic work, first started over 270 years ago.**Why Volunteer*** As a volunteer you join an existing team of enthusiastic and interesting people from all walks of life, young and old, who bestow the greatest gift they have to offer – their time.* Working alongside the small staff team, volunteers are at the heart of the heritage mission, assisting with events, delivering guided tours and helping to preserve the important stories from the past for generations to come.If you are interested in volunteering at our events, or being trained to become one of our tour guides, please get in touch by emailing: [e-mail]**The Role of Tour Guides**Our tour guides deliver tours of Clifton House, Clifton House Graveyard and also deliver the Mary Ann McCracken Walking Tour, sharing interesting knowledge facts and anecdotes that bring the story of the Old Poor House, and the people connected with it to life.**Dates for your diary*** Friday 13 June - Applications due* Wednesday 18 June & Friday 20 June - Informal chats - we will contact you to arrange a time slot* Friday 27 June - Induction Evening (5.30pm)* Sunday 29 June & Sunday 6 July - Tour Guide Training (9.30am - 4pm)