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About Us - Volunteer Vacancies
Online Shop Volunteers
“We urgently require volunteers to support the St Clare Hospice Online shop” For full details of this exciting opportunity and a full Role Description please download the pdf below or contact Chris Crump Voluntary Services Manager on 01279 773722 for further details.
Complimentary Therapist volunteer
We are looking for Complimentary Therapist volunteers to join our Day Therapy Team – For full details of the Role description please download the pdf below or contact Chris Crump Voluntary Services Manager on 01279 773722 for further details.
Complimrntary Therapist Volunteer Role Description
Volunteers urgently needed at:-
Dunmow Shop – Thursday and Saturday afternoons.
Debden Shop – Saturday AM or PM
Epping Shop – A volunteer needed to float on different days as and when needed.
Saffron Walden – Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons.
Fundraising Volunteer
We are looking for volunteers to join our busy fundraising department as street collectors all over our area from Harlow to Saffron Walden
We will call you on occasions throughout the year and ask if you could spare an hour to hold one of our collecting tins.
We are struggling to fill all our slots at the moment which means that we are missing out on vital funds for the hospice.
Please call us if you are able to help on 01279 773750 or you can e-mail the Fundraising Team
Retail volunteer opportunities
A few hours a week can make a real difference, can you help?
Harlow shop
Sunday stock sorting volunteers
Weekday stock sorting volunteers AM and PM
Retail Gift Aid volunteers
Contact Richard on 01279 639760 or email: harlow.shop@stclarehospice.org.uk
Bishop’s Stortford bookshop
Saturday – sorting and sales volunteers
Contact Jeff on 01279 755990 or email: stortford.shop@stclarehospice.org.uk
Scarlet – Buckhurst Hill
Saturday – fashion sales volunteers
Contact Helena on 0208 505 5110 or email: scarlet.shop@stclarehospice.org.uk
Shop Volunteers – Promoting Gift Aid at Harlow Shop.
You will work under the guidance of the Shop Manager and the Retail Sales Officer and as part of a team of volunteers that will be promoting Gift Aid, duties will include:
approaching donors bringing goods into the shop explaining how Gift Aid works.
Obtaining and checking signed Gift Aid declarations from donors where appropriate
Processing Gift Aid donations by labelling the goods and helping to sort them
Keeping daily statistics of donors/donations
Entering donor declarations and daily statistics on to our computerised database.
No experience is required, as full training will be given. We are looking for confident, friendly, reliable, hard working, adaptable people who are willing to learn and happy to work as part of a team.
A minimum commitment of 4 hours (one shift) per week, with the flexibility to work additional shifts.
Please contact Chris Crump – Voluntary Services Manager on 01279 773722 or Shelia Gregory – Retail Office Manager on 01279 454596
Volunteer Driver
Why we need you:
To be part of a team that assists the Fundraising department in achieving its main objectives and helping the Hospice raise awareness in the local community by placing our collection tins and annual Sunflower boxes and Christmas bell badges in local shops, schools, doctors etc.
What will I be doing?
Providing support to the Fundraising department by delivering and collecting our Sunflower badges boxes and Christmas bell badges to local shops, schools, doctors etc. You will be given a list of where the boxes will need to be delivered, and will be responsible for the collection of the boxes.
You will be required to collect and return the boxes to the hospice.
Undertake any mandatory training which is in line with St Clare Hospice policies and guidelines.
What skills will I need?
You will be able to communicate effectively and efficiently.
You will have a reliable and mature attitude.
You will also need your own transport and a full drivers license
How much time do I need to commit?
With regards to the Sunflower and Bell boxes ideally we would like you to commit to four days a year, (one day in May to deliver Sunflower boxes, one day in June to collect, one day in October/November to deliver our Christmas bell badges and one day in December to collect).
We may also need you to come to the hospice for half an hour before the boxes are due to go out to run through the process.
With regards to the collection tins we would require your help as and when the tins are full and need collecting.
What support will I be given?
Members of the Fundraising team will be on hand to offer support and advice.
What benefits can I expect?
The opportunity to develop new and existing skills.
The chance to be at the heart of your local community, meet new people and be part of an enthusiastic team.
Where will I be based?
We need drivers to deliver boxes in areas across our patch which borders West Essex and East Hertfordshire. Ideally we would give you an area which is close to where you live and that you are familiar with.
How do I apply?
Contact the Voluntary Services Manager on 01279 773722. You will be asked to complete an application form, provide two referees and to attend an informal interview. If appropriate you will be asked to complete a Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure.
