Open House Festival is a huge annual celebration of London’s neighbourhoods, and the people and communities behind them. During the festival, hundreds of sites across all 33 London boroughs open to the public for tours, events and open days so that everyone can explore and learn about them.
Open House Festival would not be possible without the amazing community of volunteers who help steward the festival. 97% of our volunteers say they would recommend it to a friend as it’s such a rewarding experience filled with opportunities to learn about London’s architecture and heritage, and meet like-minded people.
As an Open House Festival volunteer you will get to know one or more of the amazing sites in the festival programme; meet new people; develop skills in stewarding and enjoy a fun day or evening out in a stunning London location. You will also get priority entry to many buildings across the wider festival programme.
You can find out more about what it’s like to be an Open House Festival volunteer here.
“Volunteering at Open City has given me the opportunity to delve into London’s architecture along with the people and community groups that add to its landscape.”
— Iona
Year-round volunteering opportunities
There are a large variety of other year-round volunteering opportunities available at Open City, the charity that stages the Open House Festival. Further details about year-round volunteering can be found here.
If you enjoy the Open House Festival and would like to support us to keep staging it, please donate generously when booking tickets and consider becoming a Friend of the Charity.
Open City, the charity which stages the Open House Festival, relies on support from people like you keep staging the Open House Festival and creating life-changing educational programmes for young people from under-represented communities to pursue studies and careers in architecture and design. Everyone who signs up as a friend gets access to an exclusive programme of tours and events throughout the entire year, plus discounts on books and tickets, and thank you presents in the post including advance access to each year’s Open House Festival guidebook.
The Open House Festival attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors. We work with leading private and public sector organisations including most London boroughs and the Greater London Authority to engage large audiences with built projects and brands.
If you are interested in becoming an Open House Festival partner, please get in touch by writing to chiefexec@open-city.org.uk.