Volunteering Groups In & Around Lavenham
WHY VOLUNTEER?
Volunteering is a great way to feel good, meet new people, and make a positive difference in your community. It can boost your wellbeing, increase confidence, and help you build new skills, all while giving you a sense of purpose and belonging. Whether you want to try something new or simply give back, volunteering is rewarding, enjoyable, and good for you.
In Lavenham, there are plenty of volunteering opportunities — take a look below! With a wide range of roles available, there truly is something for everyone.
Lavenham Community Hub
What Do We Do:
- Promote local history, heritage, and community identity
- Support community connections and local groups
- Support local economy and small producers / artisans
- Host an Outreach Post Office (not volunteer run)
Volunteering Opportunities:
- Greet & Welcome Volunteers to help share knowledge and signpost people
- Communications & Promotion Volunteers
- Admin & Coordination Support
Current Vacancies:
Greet & Welcome Volunteers
Find out more about LCH Vacancies
To Learn More Contact Us:
Email: lch.general@outlook.com
Or Drop into 2 Lady Street, Lavenham, CO10 9RA
Lavenham Community Land Trust
What Do We Do:
- We are a local volunteer group aiming to create affordable housing in and around the village we love.
Lavenham Community Land Trust (LCLT) was formed in 2014 as a Community Benefit Society for the benefit of residents in the beautiful mediaeval village of Lavenham, Suffolk.
The LCLT aims are to:
- Provide & manage well designed, high quality and energy efficient affordable homes.
- Provide other community assets to help employment, skills and to help our community remain sustainable.
Current Vacancies:
Trustee for the Trust
Find out more about LCLT Vacancies
To Learn More Contact Us:
Email: lavenham.clt@gmail.com
Website: lavenhamclt.onesuffolk.net
Little Hall
What Do We Do:
- Preserve a medieval hall house.
- Maintain art and artefacts collected by the Gayer-Anderson brothers.
- Welcome visitors to experience the house and its contents, relating its stories and selling in its shop.
- Research and publish its history, in books for sale and as information available online.
- Keep the gardens looking their best.
Volunteering Opportunities:
Work in a friendly team:
- Visitor-facing: greet or guide, sell in the shop.
- Behind the scenes: as events organiser, secretary, office manager, researcher, cataloguer, display designer, promoter.
If you have the following skills, we can use these: IT, project management, architecture, conservation, communications.
To Learn More Contact Us:
Email: recruit@littlehall.org,uk
Telephone: Gwyneth Arnott on 07983 249996
Website: www.littlehall.org.uk
The Little Chapel Volunteers
What Do We Do:
The Little Chapel volunteers play a vital role in keeping this special space open and welcoming each day. By opening and closing the chapel, they ensure there is a quiet place where people can pause, remember loved ones, and light a candle. Opening hours are approximately 9am–4pm, with flexibility to suit volunteers. We are looking for people who regularly pass the chapel—perhaps while walking their dog—and are happy to join the rota to open and close it, as well as volunteers to assist with light cleaning to help care for this peaceful and much-valued space.
Current Vacancies:
People to open and close the chapel
Cleaners
Find out more about the Little Chapel Volunteer Vacancies
To Learn More Contact Us:
Email: chris.robinson@lavenham-pc.gov.uk
