Give

Volunteer & Contribute

Giving your time, skills and passion as a volunteer is a wonderful way of meeting people and contributing to your community. When this type of active contribution is channelled towards preserving and celebrating our heritage and community, it plays a key role in enhancing our wellbeing. By investing in our local community, and its rich history, we not only ensure its legacy for future generations, but also nourish our own sense of belonging and self-worth. We can watch the ripple effects of our actions creating a strong sense of inner fulfilment. Through giving of ourselves, we blend ourselves into the community, this region, and become part of its heritage.

From one-off projects to regular roles, there are lots of opportunities to GIVE in Dunfermline and West Fife.

Restoring Heritage Sites, Gardens and Landscapes

GROW West Fife

Get involved in gardening and the restoration of stables and greenhouses with other volunteers at Blair Castle near Culross.
Visit the Blair Castle website

Inzievar Wood

Work began in 2021 to revitalise the woodland and the pond, led by a Project Co-ordinator and team of volunteers.
Visit the Inzievar Wood website

Valleyfield Estate

The Valleyfield Heritage Group and the West Fife Woodland Group have a variety of ongoing projects offering volunteer opportunities. Recent initiatives have seen volunteers repairing footpaths.
Visit the Valleyfield Estate website

Fife Coast & Countryside Trust

Numerous volunteer opportunities in conservation and habitat restoration are available with the trust.
Visit the Fife Coast & Countryside Trust website

Volunteering at Institutions and on Projects

Saline & District Heritage Society

The society’s museum in the old session house requires volunteers, in researching and setting up displays, and opening to the public. Visit the Saline & District Heritage Society website

Tombstones and Tales at Dunfermline Abbey Churchyards

Friendly community group who are currently looking for volunteers on their project gravestones project.
Visit the Dunfermline Abbey Churchyards website

Culross Palace & Garden

Volunteers are involved in admissions, guiding and conservation at the palace and there are sometimes opportunities to volunteer in the garden.
Visit the Culross Palace website

Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries

There are archive and oral history groups that meet at the library which are involved in varied and interesting projects and activities.
Visit the Dunfermline Carnegie Library website

Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum

The museum encourages volunteers, especially those involved in Duke of Edinburgh and school, college or university credit schemes.
Visit the Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum website

Scottish Vintage Bus Museum/ Lathalmond Railway Museum

The museums are operated by volunteers in all their aspects, front of house, conservation, events, and archiving.
Visit the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum website