A range of GMDT volunteer opportunities are available as follows, please click on the role descriptions for further information and next steps:
a. Supporting the GMDT Board
- Treasurer / Financial adviser – support the GMDT board and its trustees in keeping its accounts in good order – adviser role only
Role description: GMDT-Treasurer-Finance-Officer
- Minute Taker / Secretary – support the GMDT board and its trustees in capturing minutes at key meetings and prepare Agenda
Role description: GMDT Minute Taker / Secretary
- Heritage Interest Group Director – Lead on the Heritage Interest Group – Director role
Role description: GMDT Heritage Director
b. Supporting GMDT’s Projects
Do you have some time free? can you help us by stepping forward to get involved by taking on any of the roles below?
- Office Administration Support – support the office administrators with tasks associated with the interest groups and other ongoing projects.
Role description: GMDT Volunteer – Office Administration Support
- Social Media Assistant – knowledge of multiple social media channels (eg. LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok), and understand their target markets. Admirable writing skills to produce written content for posts on social media, blogs and websites. Ability to produce creative campaigns, thinking outside the box.
Role description: GMDT Volunteer – Social Media Assistant
- Communications role – Would you like to be a reporter? Could you help in leading on GMDT Communications including producing a quarterly newsletter to all volunteers and liaising with our Social Media volunteer and our Web site administrator.
Role description: GMDT Volunteer – Communications lead
- Community Cinema – help provide all customers with an enjoyable & safe experience during their visit to our monthly community cinema film screenings.
Role description: GMDT Volunteer – Community Cinema
- Accounting Support role – Do you have accountancy skills/knowledge, would be great if you had Sage skills. Can you help an hour or 2 now and then to provide general advice, advise on specific points such as VAT, and generally keep us right.
Role description: GMDT Volunteer – Accounting
- Building Maintenance role – Do you have general property maintenance skills. If yes you could help us greatly in maintaining our Heritage 150 year old Railway station.
Role description: GMDT Volunteer – Building Maintenance
c. Environment Section – Volunteer opportunities.
We are always looking for volunteers to help us on the following projects:
- Tree Planting
- Morpeth Library Garden Project – Adopt a bed
- New Initiative – Adopt a Sign : plant beds of flowers around signposts.
- Removing Tree Guards
- Litter Picking – Street Blitzes
- Litter Picking – Adopt a street
- Information Board curation
- Maintaining border areas at rear of the Railway station
Anyone interested in the above please contact our Environment Director Dai Richards email address: Dai_Richards@btinternet.com
d. ARTS and CULTURE Section – Project Lead opportunities.
WE NEED YOUR HELP: January 2026 – the very popular Picnic in the Park is in jeopardy – is anyone available to Project lead on getting this event delivered in July 2026?
Anyone interested in the ensuring this event is delivered please contact us by emailing your interest to INFO@GMDT.ORG
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