Broadstone retail volunteer

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Do you have a few hours to spare? Julia’s House, the Dorset and Wiltshire Children’s Hospice charity is seeking volunteers to help out at its friendly shop in Broadstone, Dorset.

Our charity shops rely on volunteers throughout the week and are looking for support in the following roles:

  • Sort room support - volunteers to help in our stock room to process donations that come in, steam, tag, and prepare them for the shop floor. Shifts available on a Tuesday or Thursday afternoons
  • Cash desk - volunteers to serve customers on the tills, keep them up to date with what is happening at Julia's House, and provide assistance to customers as required. Shifts available on a Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon (1pm-5pm) or Friday morning (9am - 1pm) or afternoon (1pm-5pm)
  • Steaming - Volunteers to steam the clothes ready to present on the shop floor - various availability throughout the week (except a Monday afternoon).
  • However, please discuss your availability with us as we like to be as flexible as we can and even a few hours each week will make a huge difference. 

    Volunteering has lots of benefits from building confidence to reducing stress and is a great way to learn a new skill, make friends, and have fun.

    You don’t have to have experience to be a volunteer at Julia’s House as we provide all the training you will require. 

    Skills and experience:

  • Friendly and approachable
  • Good communication skills
  • Polite and welcoming
  • Ability to work in a team
  • Reliable
     
  • Benefits of volunteering:

  • Learn new skills - full training is provided
  • Great experience for your CV
  • Improved wellbeing and confidence
  • Meet new people in the community
  • Having fun
  • Supporting your local community making the difference to the children and families we care for locally
  • Thank you for considering to volunteer with us. It’s a wonderful feeling to be supporting your local community and it will make all the difference to the children and families we care for locally. 

    If you would like some more information or to register your interest please get in touch. 

    For more information or to apply please contact Volunteer Team by emailing volunteer@juliashouse.org or by completing our volunteer enquiry form.

    Volunteer Enquiry form >>

    Julia’s House is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our clients, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. Based on our current staffing profile, we have identified that there is an under-representation of: (a) individuals of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, so would especially welcome BAME applicants for any of our vacant positions; and (b) males, so we would welcome male applicants for any of our vacant positions and specially for any care and nursing roles.

    Location:
    Broadstone
    Job Type:
    FullTime

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