Volunteer at the Eden Project

This page describes the general volunteering opportunities offered at Eden. We also offer:

• work experience for year 10 school students
• work experience for university students (for more information email: mpaterson@edenproject.com).

Reasons to volunteer at Eden

Feel good, learn things, meet people – what’s not to love? Volunteering is an ideal way to become involved in the day-to-day work of the Eden Project.

As a volunteer for Eden you can help us to achieve our mission by becoming a link between the visiting public and the Project and highlighting our work in conservation, education and sustainability.

Volunteering is the perfect way to become involved and enjoy the company of people with similar interests. You’ll be part of a team and help to make Eden an even friendlier and more interesting place for our visitors.

Teams to volunteer with at Eden

In return you will take part in work that is varied, educational and interesting as well as enormously satisfying. Below are some of the teams you could find
yourself helping:

Access team

Helping visitors with different abilities get around the site, by pushing wheelchairs, reading signs or being an arm to help steady someone. This is a very rewarding position as your help really makes a difference to the quality of a visitors day.

Workshop team

Helping our workshop team run educational workshops to promote Eden’s message through art and craft activities for the whole family. This team only requires volunteers during school holidays.

Friends team

Helping assist the Friends Desk, recruit new Eden Friends and contribute to the organisation of Friends events.

Green team

Providing support to our gardeners (or Green Team as we like to call them) with potting, planting, ground clearing and more.

Administration team

Providing administrative help in various departments across the Eden Project.

Library

We are looking for a volunteer to help us run our public library. The Eden reference library, a public space for all to share, is made up of a collection of booksand magazines which have been generously donated to us over the last 10 years. Your main functions as the library volunteer will be to, once a week, accession newly donated books and ensure the Library area is clear and tidy, to keep up-to-date with requests for books and information and liaise with Eden’s Reception Team about matters relating to the running of the library. To apply for this voluntary position please email jcollings@edenproject.com for an application pack.

So what’s the next step?

Email our volunteer team for more information.