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Helping hands Around 61,000 volunteers work for the National Trust, in more than 500 different roles

Amy Page, 18, gardener at Standen, an Arts and Crafts house, East Grinstead

‘I started here two years ago, as a work placement to support my horticulture studies at Plumpton College.

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