Heritage volunteer survey

Overview

Calling all people who volunteer with history, heritage, culture and nature organisations in Scotland - we want to hear from you!

This survey is for people who volunteer with:

• Archives or libraries

• Archaeological digs

• Civic trusts

• Development associations

• Heritage associations

• Historic sites or monuments

• Historic landscapes or gardens

• Museums or galleries

• Nature organisations or environmental charities

• Parks or greenspaces

• Zoos

• Or other history, culture and nature organisations!

Make Your Mark, a campaign that supports everyone in Scotland to volunteer with heritage organisations, has developed a survey to better understand volunteers’ experiences. The survey was also developed in collaboration with Volunteer Scotland and Our Past, Our Future, Scotland’s national strategy for the historic environment.

The survey is mostly multiple choice and should take approximately 10-20 minutes to complete. There’s also a final section about your demographic information - this is completely optional.

The survey will close for responses on 3 June.

All survey results are anonymous and will be stored on a secured Microsoft Teams website to which only Make Your Mark and Historic Environment Scotland’s (HES) National Strategy Data Analyst have access. Analysed and summarised survey results will be shared in reports to Make Your Mark's funders and through Our Past, Our Future and may appear in our annual reports.

Why your views matter

Your responses will inform the support we offer to volunteer-involving heritage organisations, and help us make volunteering accessible, inclusive and enjoyable for everyone.