We currently have over 25 volunteers including the group trustees. We are a volunteer led charity with no paid staff, enabling all funds raised to go directly into our preservation efforts. Thousands of volunteer hours a year are needed to enable us to operate and preserve a production HST, from maintaining our powercars and coaches in mainline condition to operating railtours, providing catering or pitching up at events for merchandise sales and educating people about the history of the HST!
You don’t need any experience of working on a HST or even on the railway – we have volunteers from a range of backgrounds and lots of everyday skills translate over to supporting our efforts. We will work with you to find a role that fits. If you would like to contribute in a ‘hands-on’ way, we need dedicated people in the following areas:
- Engineering
- Operations
- Retail (Catering & Merchandise sales)
- Cleaning (Onboard and external)
- Back Office (such as Social Media, IT and Website)
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please complete the form below and one of the team will get back to you. Please note you will need to be a current 125 Group member while volunteering and some roles will require a medical or specific competencies.