Holiday Helper

Wham! Bang! Kerpow!

February half term is one of our busiest weeks at the Royal Armouries Museum Leeds. The Museum comes alive with superheroes everywhere! From ticketed shows to drop in have-a-go activities, superhero meet and greets to our bustling craft space. This year we are excited to also introduce a superhero obstacle course and face painting.

To help us facilitate all these amazing activities, we are looking for volunteers who like to interact with our visitors, who are confident working with a family audience and love a bit of superhero fun. From encouraging visitors to take part, managing queues and helping to make our donation ask, our volunteers play an integral role in ensuring our visitors have a fantastic visit.

This is brilliant opportunity would suit those who want to help us improve our visitor experience, those who want to gain some experience and confidence being part of a large and busy event and those who want to gain an insight into how the forward-facing museum teams operate.

Applicants must be happy to work in a busy and noisy environment where we are expecting large numbers of visitors with small children. You will also be stood up for most of the day.

DATES: Saturday 14 February - Sunday 22 February 2026

TRAINING: Tuesday 27^th January 2pm – 3.30pm

 or Wednesday 28^th January 10am-11.30am

Training is mandatory for all new volunteers. These are the only training sessions we will be running. Please make sure you are available for one of them before accepting the challenge.

SHIFT TIMES: AM Shift (9.30am - 1pm), PM Shift (12:30pm - 4pm) or ALL DAY (9.30am - 4pm)

LOCATION: Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds

This challenge requires a minimum of one full volunteering day commitment and attendance at a training session. 

You must be over 18 to participate in this activity.  

What's involved?

Welcoming visitors, Queue busting and Marshalling Show spaces

Offering a warm welcome and general wayfinding for our visitors, helping marshall our show spaces and support queueing, ticket checking and re-directing visitors to other activities during busy periods.

Donation support

Some of our activities include a suggested donation, you may be asked to support the collection of this donation using a contactless device. 

Signposting

Helping to facilitate the Superheroes’ trail, signposting visitors to the trail points and pointing out the Superhero links to cased collections objects. Explaining what activities and shows are on and encouraging visitors to join in.

Craft Activities

Assist in keeping the superhero craft activities stocked and tidy and encouraging visitors to ‘have a go’

Why get involved?

• Be a part of the Royal Armouries biggest event of the year
• Meet the teams, make new friends and get to experience shows from a unique perspective 
• Help our visitors have a fun and meaningful experience
• Grow your confidence and gain experience interacting with our different audiences
• Learn new skills and knowledge that could be applied to a future career 

How to get involved?

Step 1) Register on Volunteer Makers as a volunteer and accept the challenge. 

Step 2) Send us a brief statement about your background, relevant skills and interests, if you have any experience of volunteering elsewhere and what interests you about the role.

Step 3) Attend the induction event, where you can find out more, ask any questions and think about your availability.

Step 4) Enjoy your experience and log your hours.

Step 5) Leave feedback with us so we can improve future volunteering opportunities.