A thank-you for your farm museum volunteers: a photo of the old tractor by the barn in the autumn light as a jigsaw, with your note at the end

Published on October 20, 2026

Written by the team behind Puzzlify. Puzzlify is our product, so weigh what follows with that in mind. We've tried to make this useful even if you never use it. We're not affiliated with any farm museum, rural life museum, open-air museum, living history farm, heavy horse society, rare breeds group, vintage tractor club, agricultural society, farming union, landowner, estate, council, heritage body, heritage funder, sponsor, school or community organisation. Nothing here is legal, farming, animal welfare, horse handling, livestock, veterinary, zoonotic disease, biosecurity, hygiene, machinery, tractor, engine, PTO, workshop, hand tool, fire, work at height, water, slurry, building or object conservation, health and safety, first aid, safeguarding, copyright, photography permission, employment or data protection advice; check your own group's guidance on gifts, photos, the animals, the machinery, the farm, children and people's details.

It's nine o'clock on a misty Saturday at the end of October, and a retired dairy farmer called Alan is opening the yard gate at a small rural life museum on the edge of a market town. The museum lives on what used to be a working farm: a brick farmhouse, a long timber barn, a cart shed, a dairy, a forge and a field that runs down to the river. In the barn stand the wagons and the ploughs, the threshing drum and the chaff cutter, and a little grey tractor from the late 1940s that a team of volunteers has spent three winters bringing back to life. In the stable, two heavy horses are finishing their breakfast. In the orchard, the last of the apples are waiting to be picked for the museum's apple day.

Alan milked cows by hand as a boy, drove one of those grey tractors as a teenager and farmed for fifty years, until his knees and the price of milk told him it was time to stop. For the last nine years he has spent his Saturdays here, showing visitors how a hand plough was set, how a churn was scalded, why a horse was the most important worker on the farm until the tractor came, and telling children the story of the winter the snow came up to the bedroom windows and the milk lorry couldn't get through.

Alan isn't the only one. There's a former agricultural engineer called Sue who leads the team restoring the tractors and the stationary engines; two volunteer horsemen who look after the heavy horses under the museum's procedures; a smallholder who cares for the rare breed pigs, sheep and hens; volunteers who lay the hedges, prune the orchard and keep the cottage garden; volunteers who catalogue the tools, the smocks, the milk bottles and the sale catalogues; a volunteer who records the memories of old farm workers; an education volunteer who runs school visits; volunteers who look after the tearoom and the shop; and a committee who deal with the insurance, the lease, the animal licences, the leaking barn roof and the grant applications.

By half past four the light will be going gold over the field and then grey, the last visitors will have gone home with a bag of apples and a jar of honey, the horses will be rugged and fed, the tractor will be back under cover and the yard gate will be shut. That's a good moment to think about how to say thank you.

Who we mean

Farm and rural life museums keep alive the history of the work that fed everyone: the ploughs and the harvest, the dairy and the cheese room, the forge and the wheelwright, the heavy horses, the steam engines and the first tractors, the hand tools and the skills of the people who used them, and the everyday life of the farmhouse, the cottage and the village. Some are small volunteer-run museums on an old farm. Some are open-air museums with rebuilt buildings, rare breeds and many volunteers. Some are living history farms where volunteers farm the old way, in season, with horses and hand tools. When we say "farm museum volunteers", we mean people like:

the guides and demonstrators, including former farmers, farm workers and craftspeople, who show visitors how the work was really done;
the machinery and restoration volunteers, who restore and maintain tractors, stationary engines, threshing drums, wagons and implements, and keep them in working order under the museum's procedures;
the heavy horse handlers and grooms, who care for, work and show the horses, trained and signed off by the museum;
the livestock volunteers, who feed, muck out and care for the rare breed animals alongside the people responsible for their welfare;
the land, orchard, hedge and garden volunteers, who lay the hedges, prune the trees, keep the cottage garden and grow the old crops;
the collections and archive volunteers, who look after the tools, the clothing, the farm records, the photographs and the memories;
the craft volunteers, who demonstrate butter making, spinning, basket making, the forge and the wheelwright's shop;
the education volunteers, who run school visits, family days and harvest events;
the tearoom, shop, car park and events volunteers, who keep the visitors fed, welcomed and pointed in the right direction;
the trustees and the committee, including the chair, the secretary, the treasurer and the people who look after the insurance, the animal licences, the safety paperwork and the collection records;
the founders, who went to the first meeting because they couldn't bear to see one more barn of old implements go for scrap.

Some farm museums open only in the summer. Others welcome visitors most of the year. Everything here works whatever the size.

Words first

The most important part of any thank-you is what you say. Farm museum volunteers often work out of sight. Visitors see the horses in the field and the tractor at the show, but they rarely see the volunteer who mucked out the stable at seven in the morning in the rain, or the engineer who rebuilt a magneto on the kitchen table, or the treasurer who found the money for a new barn roof. So be specific:

name the job: "every Saturday since 2016", "the tractor you brought back to life", "the school visit you led for my daughter's class", "the bag of apples I still think about";
name a moment: the first time the old tractor started after its rebuild, the day the heavy horses ploughed the field again, the afternoon you showed my son how to churn butter;
name what it meant: the first time you understood what your great-grandfather did on the land, the sheer hard work of a farming year before machines, the joy of standing next to a horse the size of a small car;
name the years: "nine years of Saturdays" means more than "thank you for all you do".

If you're thanking a whole group, try to name the people who never get named. The treasurer, the person who keeps the collection records, the volunteer who answers the museum's email, the one who mucks out on the coldest mornings and the one who washes up in the tearoom. They're the ones who keep a farm museum open.

A sentence like "the story of how this valley was farmed wouldn't be remembered without you" can sound like a big claim, but at a volunteer-run farm museum it's often simply true. If it is, say it.

Who it suits

A photo jigsaw with a note works best for someone who:

enjoys a small puzzle on a phone or tablet, or has grandchildren who'll help;
has a strong feeling for a particular tractor, a pair of horses, a barn or a stretch of countryside;
is stepping down as a guide, retiring from the restoration team or celebrating a long-service milestone;
has finished a long restoration and would love to see the tractor, the wagon or the engine they saved in a new way;
has moved away and misses the farm, the animals and the people;
has a partner or family who'd like to say thank you for all the time they gave.

It's less suitable for someone who doesn't use a phone or a computer at all, in which case a handwritten card may be better, or someone who would feel uncomfortable being singled out. For them, a quiet word by the yard gate at the end of the day may be best.

The farm comes first

A few practical rules before you send anything:

A working farm is a working farm. When volunteers are handling horses, moving animals, driving a tractor, running an engine or teaching a group, they're concentrating on the job and on everyone's safety. Never distract them, even with a thank-you. Wait until the work has stopped and they've washed their hands, or leave a card in the tearoom.
Horses are big, strong and easily startled. Heavy horses are usually gentle, but they weigh close to a tonne, and a sudden movement, a flapping coat, an umbrella or a camera flash can startle them. Only the handlers the museum has trained lead, harness, work or feed the horses. Never walk behind a horse, never go into the stable or the field uninvited, and keep children close.
Animals are not petting zoos unless the museum says so. Don't feed the animals, don't put fingers through fences, and don't climb into pens. Respect the signs about lambing, young animals and animals that need to be left alone.
Wash your hands. Farm animals can carry germs that make people ill, especially children, older people and anyone who is pregnant. Use the hand-washing points after touching animals, fences or gates, and before eating. Don't eat or drink while you're near the animals.
Biosecurity matters. Don't bring your own dog unless the museum allows it, keep to the paths, close every gate you open, and follow any rules about clean boots, especially if you keep animals yourself.
Machinery is for the trained. Old tractors, engines, threshing drums and implements have belts, chains, flywheels, blades and power take-off shafts that can catch clothing in a second. Only trained volunteers start, drive or work them. Stay behind any rope or line, and keep hands, scarves, lanyards and long hair well away.
Vehicles move in the yard. Tractors, trailers and carts reverse and turn. Keep to the visitor areas, especially on show days.
Sharp tools, the forge and fire. Scythes, billhooks, axes, the forge and the bread oven are for the trained volunteers who demonstrate them. Never pick up a tool from a bench or touch anything near the forge.
Water, ponds, slurry and heights. Farms have ponds, ditches, rivers, old wells, tanks, haylofts and stacked bales. Keep to the paths, never climb bales or ladders, and keep children close.
The collection is the collection. Tools, wagons, implements, clothing and household objects are often irreplaceable. Don't climb on the wagons, sit on the tractors or handle the tools unless the museum invites you to, and never take anything as a souvenir.
Paid staff. Some museums have paid managers, curators, livestock staff or education officers, and their employers may have rules about gifts. Keep anything for paid staff small and personal, and check with the volunteer coordinator if you're not sure.
The museum's money is the museum's. If you'd like to support the museum, donate directly, sponsor an animal or a restoration, or become a member. Don't use museum funds for a personal thank-you to a single volunteer unless the trustees agree. A personal gift from you is a different thing, and a modest one is fine.
Children and school groups. Many farm museums welcome families and school groups. Don't photograph children or single them out publicly without their parents' and the group's agreement.
Cash and people's details. Keep the volunteer rota, the feeding and medicine records, the visitor bookings, the training records, the membership list, the cash box, the keys and anyone's phone number out of everything you photograph or send.

When to send it

Good moments to thank a farm museum volunteer:

at the end of the open season, when the animals go onto winter routines and the machinery goes under cover;
after a big open day, a harvest weekend, a ploughing day or an apple day;
when a restoration is finished and a tractor, an engine or a wagon works again;
on an anniversary of the museum, the farm or the founding of the group;
when a volunteer is signed off to handle the horses or drive the tractor, or steps down after many years;
at the museum's annual general meeting, when everyone in the room is thanked;
in the depths of winter, when the museum is closed but the animals still need feeding every single day;
in memory of a volunteer who has died, with their family's agreement.

There's no wrong time to say thank you, but late October is a good one. Apple Day, the celebration of orchards held in many places around 21 October, falls this week, and the clocks go back this Sunday in the UK, Ireland and much of Europe. The harvest is in, the evenings are drawing in, and the long season of winter feeding, hedge laying and restoration in cold barns is about to begin.

Why a jigsaw can fit

A farm looks like one thing, but it's hundreds of pieces. A field is a patchwork of furrows, a hedge is a weave of laid stems, a barn is a frame of timbers pegged together, and a farming year is a long chain of jobs, each one depending on the last: ploughing, sowing, lambing, haymaking, harvest, threshing, hedging, feeding. A farm museum is pieces too: the guides, the engineers, the horsemen, the livestock team, the hedgers and gardeners, the archivists, the tearoom volunteers, the trustees. A jigsaw of the old tractor by the barn, the horses in the field or the orchard in autumn, with a note that appears when the last piece goes in, echoes that rather nicely.

It's private, it's small, and it doesn't add to the clutter in someone's house, which, if they're a farm museum volunteer, may already be full of old tools, sale catalogues and tractor manuals. And unlike a framed print, it can be sent from anywhere: from the family who visited once and still talk about the horses, from the volunteer who moved away, from the great-grandson of a farm worker who lives on the other side of the world and found his family's name in the museum's farm records.

For the guides and demonstrators

Guides and demonstrators make the museum come alive, and in many farm museums the best of them once worked on the land. They explain how a hand plough was set, why a farm kept a cat in the barn, what a hiring fair was and how much a farm worker earned in a week. They answer the same questions ("did you really do all that by hand?", "where did you go to the toilet?") with patience every time. A note to a guide might mention the story they told about their own farm, the butter you churned with them, or the way they made the past feel close. A photo of the old farmhouse kitchen or the barn doors open to the yard, taken with permission, suits them.

For the machinery and restoration volunteers

Bringing an old tractor, a stationary engine or a threshing drum back to life is skilled, patient work. The restoration volunteers strip, clean, repair and rebuild, make parts that can no longer be bought, hunt for manuals at autumn auctions and keep machines that may be the better part of a century old running safely for the visitors. It's oily, cold, often frustrating work, and when an old engine coughs and catches, there's nothing like it. A note might mention the first time the tractor started after its rebuild, the engine that ran at the open day, or the winters they've given. A photo of the restored tractor by the barn, gleaming in the low autumn sun, suits them.

For the heavy horse handlers

Working heavy horses takes years of learning, and the handlers carry a big responsibility for the horses' welfare and everyone's safety. They groom, feed, harness and work the horses, care for their feet with the farrier, and know every mood of every horse. On open days they plough, harrow or pull a wagon, and the visitors stand and stare. A note might mention the day the horses ploughed the field, the way they let your daughter stand at a safe distance and watch, or the early mornings they've given. A photo of the horses at the gate in the evening light, taken from the visitor side of the fence and only when the handlers are happy, suits them.

For the livestock volunteers

Rare breed animals need care every day of the year, whether the museum is open or not. The livestock volunteers feed, water and muck out, check on the animals, help at lambing and farrowing and work with the people responsible for the animals' welfare and health. It's muddy, early, unglamorous work, and the animals don't know it's Christmas. A note might mention the piglets your children saw, the frosty morning you found them breaking the ice on the troughs, or the years they've given. A photo of the sheep in the orchard or the hens in the yard, taken from the path, suits them.

For the land, orchard and garden volunteers

The land volunteers keep the countryside of the museum looking the way it once did: laying hedges, pruning and picking the orchard, mending fences and gates, growing the old crops and keeping the cottage garden full of the vegetables and flowers a farm family would have grown. A note might mention the hedge they laid, the apples you took home from the apple day, or the cottage garden that made you think of your grandmother. A photo of the orchard in autumn with the apples on the trees, or a newly laid hedge in the low sun, suits them.

For the collections, archive and craft volunteers

The collections volunteers look after the memory of farming life: tools and implements, smocks and boots, milk bottles and churns, farm accounts and sale catalogues, photographs of harvests and hiring fairs. The archive and oral history volunteers sit with old farm workers and record what it was like to bring the harvest in with horses. The craft volunteers keep the forge, the wheelwright's shop, the dairy and the spinning wheel working. A note might mention the photograph they found of your great-grandfather's farm, the recording they made with your grandmother, or the spoon they taught you to carve. A photo of a wall of old hand tools or a row of milk churns, with permission, suits them.

For the education volunteers

The education volunteers bring farming to children who may never have seen a cow up close. They run school visits on where food comes from, family days where everyone grinds a little flour by hand, and harvest events where children see how a sheaf of corn becomes a loaf. A note might mention the school trip your son still talks about, the butter your daughter made, or the day the class finally understood why the farmer was always up before dawn. A photo of a row of wellies by the barn door or a basket of eggs on a table, taken without any children in it, suits them.

For the trustees and the founders

The trustees carry the responsibility: the lease or the ownership of the land, the insurance, the animal licences and welfare, the safety management, the collection records, the grants, the volunteers, the accounts and the long negotiations with landlords, councils and heritage bodies. The founders went to the first meeting and wouldn't give up, even when the collection lived in a borrowed barn and nobody knew where the horses would go. If the museum exists because of them, say so. A photo of the farm as it is now, or a carefully chosen then-and-now pair, suits them.

If you live with a farm museum volunteer

Partners and families give up a lot: the Saturdays, the open days, the muddy boots by the back door, the tractor parts in the garage, the committee meetings and the holidays planned around lambing. If you live with a farm museum volunteer, a jigsaw from you can say something they might not hear from anyone else: "Thank you for all the time you give. I know what that old farm means to you, and I'm proud of you." A photo of the tractor they restored, or the horses they love, suits this.

When a long-serving volunteer steps down

When someone leaves after many years, the museum often gives them a card, a framed photograph or a small piece of history, such as a horse brass, a hand tool or a bottle of the museum's own cider. A jigsaw from the group can sit alongside that. Pick a photo that sums up their years: the tractor they restored, the horses they handled, the hedge they laid, the tearoom they ran. Ask everyone to add a line to the note, or keep it short and let the card carry the longer messages.

In memory of a volunteer

Some museums plant a tree, name a gate or a bench, or name a foal in memory of a volunteer who has died. If a volunteer has died, a jigsaw can be a gentle way for their family or the group to remember them, but only with the family's agreement. Choose a photo they loved, avoid anything that might upset, leave the leaderboard off, and keep the note simple: "In memory of Alan, who knew every furrow in that field."

For farm museum volunteers elsewhere

What we've written applies in many places where farming heritage is cared for by volunteers:

in England, Wales and Scotland, where farm museums, rural life museums and open-air museums are often supported by volunteers, many of them former farmers and farm workers;
in Northern Ireland and Ireland, where folk and country life museums, heritage farms and threshing groups keep alive the history of small farms, the creamery and the turf;
in the United States, where living history farms, agricultural museums and pioneer villages are kept going by volunteer farmers, docents and heavy horse teamsters;
in Canada, where pioneer villages and heritage farms show the work of settler families, the barn raising and the threshing day;
in Australia and New Zealand, where pioneer and settler museums, farm parks and machinery clubs care for tractors, shearing sheds, dairies and the history of farming in hard country;
across Europe, where open-air museums, from the Nordic countries to the Netherlands, Germany, France and Spain, keep old farmhouses, mills, barns and animals with the help of volunteers.

The rules about access, gifts, photos, animals and safety vary from place to place. Check your own group's guidance, and keep the thank-you personal and modest.

The best photos for a farm museum thank-you are often the simple ones, taken from the visitor areas or during a quiet moment, with permission. Some ideas:

the restored tractor by the barn, in the low autumn sun;
the heavy horses at the gate in the evening light, from the visitor side of the fence;
the orchard in autumn, with the apples on the trees;
the barn doors open to the yard, with the wagons inside;
a wall of old hand tools, or a row of milk churns;
a newly laid hedge, or the cottage garden in its last flowers;
a basket of eggs or a box of apples on the tearoom table.

Things never to photograph, or to keep out of the frame:

volunteers handling horses, moving animals or working machinery, unless they've clearly agreed, and never in a way that distracts them or startles an animal;
visitors, at any time, unless they've clearly agreed;
children and young people, including school groups and young volunteers, without their parents' and the group's agreement;
the feeding, medicine and movement records, the volunteer rota, the visitor bookings and any page with names, addresses or signatures;
sick, injured or newborn animals that are being cared for, unless the people responsible are happy;
the keys, key safes, gate codes, alarms and any security features, including where the tractors and tools are kept;
private homes, neighbouring farms, their yards, their animals and their machinery, around the museum.

If the photo has people in it, ask them first. A photo with no people at all, just the tractor, the barn, the horses in the field or the orchard, is often the easiest and best choice.

Getting the JPG right

Puzzlify works from a JPG. Most phone photos are already JPGs, or can be saved as one. A few practical tips:

switch the flash off near the animals and in the barns: it can startle a horse and it flattens the old timber and paint;
barns are dim inside, so keep the phone steady against a post or a gate, and let the light from the open doors do the work;
the low autumn sun is beautiful but harsh, so stand with it behind you or to one side, and wait for a little cloud if the shadows are too dark;
dark horses can turn into one dark shape against a bright sky, so tap on the horse to brighten it, or move so the light falls on its coat;
polished paint and chrome on a restored tractor reflect everything, so try a slightly different angle if it's all glare;
animals move, so take several photos and keep the sharpest one;
landscape images usually make the most comfortable puzzles on a phone turned sideways;
step back so the whole tractor or the whole barn fits with a little space round it, rather than cutting off the top;
timber, brickwork, hedges, apples and rows of tools make wonderful puzzles, because every piece has a little detail;
large areas of plain sky, a bare field or one flat colour of paint are tricky, so crop them or pick fewer pieces;
if your phone saves photos in another format, such as HEIC, change the camera setting to "most compatible" or export a copy as JPG;
remove location data from the photo before you upload it, especially if it was taken near someone's home or a neighbouring farm. On most phones, you can switch it off in the share options or the camera settings.

Privacy and an optional PIN

The puzzle is private: it's shared as a link, not posted on a public board. You can add an optional PIN so that only someone who knows it can open the puzzle, which is useful if you're sending it to the museum's volunteer email list. Even so, treat the photo as if it might be forwarded, and keep people who are working, visitors, children, records, security features, neighbouring farms and anyone's details out of it. Puzzlify doesn't use your photos to train AI or share them with third parties.

Say it's from you

Museums and their volunteers get a lot of unexpected messages, from fake invoices to "your account will be closed" scams, and volunteers are rightly wary of unexpected links. Say who it's from and what it is in the message itself: "This is a little jigsaw of the old tractor you spent three winters rebuilding, with a note at the end. It's from me, and it's safe to open." For someone who doesn't use email much, print the link as a QR code inside a card, and leave it in the tearoom for them.

Piece counts

Pieces	Photo idea	Best for
24	a single horse brass or an old milk churn, close up	a quick solve, or a first puzzle
48	the restored tractor against the barn wall, simple and bold	one clear subject, a relaxed solve
80	the heavy horses at the gate in the evening light	a busier image with lots of detail
130	a wall of old hand tools, or the wagons inside the barn	a detailed photo for a keen puzzler
252	the whole farm, with the barn, the yard, the orchard and the field	a long, slow solve for a long-serving volunteer
48 or 80	the orchard in autumn, with the apples on the trees	a cheerful thank-you after apple day

If you're not sure, 48 or 80 pieces suits most people on a phone. Plain sky and bare fields get tricky at high piece counts, so start lower if the image has large areas of one colour.

How to send it

Upload the photo, pick a piece count, write your note and preview it. When you're happy, publish the link and send it by email or message, print the link or a QR code inside a card, or ask the volunteer coordinator or the museum secretary to pass it on. Start at Puzzlify's photo puzzle maker.

If you're sending one puzzle to a whole restoration team or a group of guides, the optional leaderboard lets everyone see who finished first. Some groups enjoy the rivalry, a little like the old competition between farm workers over who could plough the straightest furrow; others would rather solve it quietly. For a puzzle sent to one person, or after a bereavement, leave it off.

Note examples

"To Alan: nine years of Saturdays, and every child who came through that gate went home knowing where their milk comes from. Thank you."
"To the restoration team: I'll never forget the cough and the cloud of smoke when the old grey tractor started again. Thank you for bringing it back."
"To Sue: thank you for the three winters. Grandad would have been so pleased to see that tractor running."
"To the horse team: thank you for every early morning, every cold yard and the day the horses ploughed the field again."
"To my wife: thank you for the open days, the muddy boots and the proudest hedge layer in the county."

(Change the names, and keep anything personal or identifying out of a puzzle that may be shared.)

Honest pricing

Making and previewing a puzzle is free in your browser. You only pay when you publish the link to send it: one credit is EUR 3.99, three credits are EUR 8.99, and Plus is EUR 14.99 a year for ten credits, which can make sense if you want to thank the guides, the restoration team and the horse team separately. The person you send it to doesn't need an account or an app; they just open the link in a browser.

This is a digital jigsaw you play on a screen. It isn't a cardboard puzzle in the post, a printed product, a raffle prize or a public puzzle board, and it isn't connected to any farm museum, farm, agricultural society or heritage body. It's also not puzzlify.io (a chess site), Puzzlit, Puzzly or Puzzify, which are different things.

Ideas that are not a puzzle

Honestly, some of the best thank-yous for farm museum volunteers cost nothing at all:

a handwritten card, left in the tearoom or at the ticket desk to pass on;
a thank-you in the museum's newsletter, the local paper or the parish magazine, naming the restoration team, the horse team, the livestock volunteers, the hedgers and gardeners, the archivists, the tearoom team and the treasurer as well as the guides;
nominating a volunteer or the museum for a local volunteering or heritage award, if your area has one;
joining the museum, paying the membership, or sponsoring an animal, a restoration or a length of new hedge;
sharing family photographs, farm accounts, old tools or sale catalogues with the collection, if you have them and they'd be welcome;
sitting down with the oral history volunteer to record your own memories, if you or someone in your family once worked on the land;
offering your time: a shift in the tearoom, help in the car park or a hand at the apple day, once you've joined properly and done any training the group needs;
a cake or a tin of good biscuits for the volunteers' mess room, handed over when the animals are fed and the hands are washed, which never fails.

If a photo puzzle feels right as well, choose the tractor by the barn, the horses at the gate, the orchard in autumn or a wall of old tools, take it from the visitor areas with permission, keep people who are working, visitors, children, records, security features, neighbouring farms and anyone's details out of the frame, pick a piece count that suits them, and write the note in your own words. You can make a free preview here and decide later whether to send it.

Whatever you send, the most important part is the sentence that sounds like you, written to the person who still remembers bringing the harvest in, who kept an old grey tractor running long after the farms moved on, and who walked out to the stable in the dark every winter morning, so that next spring, when the gate opens and the first child of the season stands at the fence, two great horses come walking slowly down the field towards them, and the whole of the old farming year begins again.

Written by the small team behind Puzzlify (info@puzzlify.app). Not legal, farming, animal welfare, horse handling, livestock, veterinary, zoonotic disease, biosecurity, hygiene, machinery, tractor, engine, PTO, workshop, hand tool, fire, work at height, water, slurry, building or object conservation, health and safety, first aid, safeguarding, copyright, photography permission, employment or data protection advice. Check your own group's guidance on gifts, photos, the animals, the machinery, the farm, children and people's details.