Farmyard Volunteering
Vauxhall City Farm is a charity, and we rely on our amazing volunteers to support our small team and help keep the farm running. If you’d like to get involved with a local charity, support animal care, or help welcome our community, Farmyard Volunteering might be perfect for you!
“I’d say volunteering at Vauxhall city farm gave me the confidence that I’m capable of working and meeting/talking to different people. I felt like I could be myself, including asking for help and adapting tasks, so my health didn’t get in the way of enjoying my work!” — Nathalie (Volunteer)
Minimum age for volunteering
The below volunteer roles are for age 16+.
16+ year olds can also apply for work experience, a short term alternative to full volunteering.
If you are 14-15 years old, please visit our Duke of Edinburgh page.
If you are under 14, please check out our Young Farmers programme.
Please click the application form below to register your interest.
If you’re willing to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in, muck out a stable, catch some chickens, groom a guinea pig, and hug the odd goat, then you could make a great farmyard volunteer! You don’t need any experience but you do need to commit to becoming a regular helping hand, either during the week or at weekends.
Community Garden Volunteer
We always need people with practical DIY and gardening skills to help us maintain things around the site and help us ensure our community garden flourishes. Professional and keen amateur gardeners, carpenters, and plumbers are all welcome! If you have no gardening experience but would still like to help, we are also always looking for volunteers willing to pop down to the farm for a couple of hours a day, to make sure all the plants are watered and weeded.
Our Community Garden volunteering programme is currently getting revamped! Please check back here for any updates.
We also deliver VIP Meet & Greets with the animals, and Birthday Parties for kids at the weekend, as well as a bundle of event and programmes throughout the year which require additional volunteer support.
If you have experience working with school children, youth groups or community outreach projects, or are simply interested in learning about these things, our education department would love to hear from you.
Days and hours available are Monday – Sunday , 9.30am – 4.30pm.
Event Volunteer (on and off site)
If you want to volunteer with us, but you cannot commit to a weekly volunteering slot, then event volunteering could be the perfect thing for you! We run regular events at The Farm, as well as off site events. We always need a helping hand to set up the event, welcome visitors, ensure animal welfare during events, and much more!
Days and hours are dependent on bookings.
Due to the small size of our team, we cannot accommodate supported volunteers at this time. We hope to be able to offer this service again in the future.
Please let us know if you have any questions by contacting us on the above email addresses, or calling the office during working hours. If you require a paper form or a word document version of the form, please drop us an email!
Office – 0207 582 5204.
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