Press Release

Information volunteers

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has a small team of Information Volunteers who are currently based at the Information Desk in Victoria Plaza where they answer visitors' many and varied queries and process Friends' Memberships. We would now like to expand this programme and, in order to do so, are inviting more volunteers to join us.

We are looking for people who enjoy interacting with the general public, have an interest in the work of Kew and have home access to the internet and email. Induction training will take place every day during the week of January 21 to 25, 2008.

Information Volunteers will be part of the Guiding Programme at Kew. They will receive ongoing training, have internet and intranet access at the Desk and be kept updated on all new developments at Kew. This is a pilot project which, if successful, will become permanent.

For an application form, please email tours@kew.org or check the Kew website: http://www.kew.org/aboutus/volunteers/index.html

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For an application form, please email tours@kew.org or check the Kew website: http://www.kew.org/aboutus/volunteers/index.html.

For press enquiries please contact Catherine Owen , Bryony Phillips or Anna Quenby in the Kew Gardens Press Office on 020 8332 5607 or email pr@kew.org.

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Kew Gardens is a major international visitor attraction and its 132 hectares of landscaped gardens attract over one million visitors per year. Kew was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in July 2003 and represents over 250 years of historical landscape. The site houses over 40 listed buildings and other structures including the Palm House, Temperate House, Orangery and Pagoda as well as two ancient monuments, Queen Charlotte's Cottage and Kew Palace. RBG, Kew is a world famous scientific organisation, internationally respected for its outstanding living collection of plants and world-class herbarium as well as its scientific expertise in plant diversity, conservation and sustainable development in the UK and around the world. www.kew.org.

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