Kirkaldy's Testing Works - Volunteer & Partnership Opportunities

Kirkaldy’s Testing Works is an entirely volunteer-run charity in Bankside, London, preserving and celebrating a unique engineering heritage. The organisation offers a range of ways to get involved: front-of-house and behind-the-scenes volunteer roles, working with schools and visitors to tell the story of Kirkaldy’s work, governance and trustee roles, and corporate partnership opportunities.

The page explicitly highlights engagement with schools and A-level students, including materials science and physics activities, and invites people to attend Open Days to find out more. Corporate volunteering and partnerships are promoted as ways for companies to support the charity’s mission, with tailored days, hands-on tasks, team challenges, virtual volunteering options, and the possibility of booking events or tours.

The charity seeks support-in-kind for development and business planning as well as longer-term partners to help deliver the 'Testing Works Revealed' project and make the site fit for schools and visitors. To get involved, the page directs interested people to email specific contacts for different types of involvement (volunteering, partnerships, corporate enquiries).

The organisation works with local schools and partners such as Dulwich College and encourages anyone with an interest in engineering, industrial heritage, or education to get in touch.