Celebrating volunteers at A la Ronde

To celebrate National Volunteering week, the team at A la Ronde, the quirky sixteen-sided house near Exmouth, presented three of its 200 volunteers with long service awards.

Peter Mitchell has been filling the house with music by volunteering to play piano on a regular basis, Maureen Cook has spent five years welcoming visitors and explaining about the house as a Room Guide. And Jenny George received a special certificate from the National Trust Director-General Helen Ghosh for 20 years of volunteering at A la Ronde.

Emma Kay, Volunteer Manager at A la Ronde, said: “We have a fantastic team of volunteers and it is an absolute privilege to work alongside them and get to know them.

“From making the dressing-up clothes to weeding the flowerbeds, volunteers are at the heart of A la Ronde and are also one of the many reasons it is such a special and unique property.”

There are lots of opportunities for new volunteers at A la Ronde – checking jigsaws that have been donated to sell in the second hand book shop, welcoming visitors in the reception and shop, helping in the garden or with children’s crafts, engaging with visitors as a room guide or joining the conservation team.

If you would like to find out more about joining the team as a volunteer, please contact Emma Kay on 01395 265514 or emma.kay@nationaltrust.org.uk.