Many, many thanks from all at Burwell Museum and
Windmill!
Thank you to everyone who has supported, visited and/or volunteered at
Burwell Museum and Windmill this year. We’ve had over 3,500 visitors over the
year and our amazing volunteers have put in over 4,000 hours between them to
make sure that the museum continues to be a really great day out. We’re also
very grateful to the Parish Council, the Carnival, Cambridgeshire County
Council and Newmarket Waitrose for financial support over the year, and to
Newmarket Tesco and Burwell Co-op for giving us gifts in kind (and in the
Co-op’s case lots of very much appreciated staff time). Thank you to everyone
who has been to the museum either as a visitor or a volunteer in 2019!
Do you have any time to spare?
Although we are now closed to visitors for the winter, there is
still a lot going on behind the scenes and WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Are you enthusiastic, community-minded and want to offer some
time to a local charity? If this sounds like you then please get in touch about
becoming a volunteer with the museum. No previous experience required and
you'll receive a very warm welcome! We're especially looking for:
Mill
volunteers: We need more people to help with the Mill as we work to prepare
for its 200th birthday next year. Mill volunteers work on Tuesdays, usually
from around 9.30am until 4pm. You don't have to commit to every Tuesday but
it's helpful if you are able to say in advance when you will be there so that
work can be planned. Jobs range from routine maintenance tasks to operating the
mill itself; full training is provided for the jobs involved. If you want to
find out more, you are welcome to come to the museum on a Tuesday or to contact
Colin, our Mill manager, on cmarshall@cantab.net.
Site
maintenance volunteers: Keeping the museum site going needs lots of people for a wide
range of jobs including painting, repairing things and keeping all of our
buildings clean and tidy. Previous experience of plumbing, electrics, IT
systems etc. would be massively useful but there are plenty of jobs which don't
require specialist skills! If you can spare us time on a Tuesday or Thursday to
help either with a specific job or with general maintenance tasks, we'd love to
hear from you at volunteers@burwellmuseum.org.uk or on 01638
605544.
