We provide compassionate care and support for people in our community with a life-limiting illness. Dorothy House focuses on quality of life, so patients can live well and die well.
We give care and ...
Volunteer Retail/eBay Assistants - Frome Clothes - various shifts available!
Practical details
Volunteering • Organisation role
Contact person
Sarah Kamphaug
Provided
#56275
Scan me or visit www.sparkachange.org.uk/o/Dorothy-House-Hospice-Care---Somerset/opportunities/Volunteer-RetaileBay-Assistants---Frome-Clothes---various-shifts-available/56275 to join
Our shops play a key role in our work. By volunteering as a retail/eBay Assistant, your contribution will have an impact far into the future.
Till Operators and Sorters
- Stock sorting: assisting in the sorting, preparation and presentation of goods donated for sale
- Researching: looking up items on the internet to identify them and set a suitable price
- Steaming: using the steaming process to help prepare donated clothes and fabric items for sale on the shop floor
- Customer service: being friendly and helpful to customers in order to increase sales
- Till-operating: serving and assisting customers, taking payment for goods and entering transaction into cash register
- Housekeeping on the shop floor and in the stock room
The skills you need
- An interest in the shop, and an enthusiasm for raising money through its work
- The ability to work as part of a team and get on with other volunteers in the shop
- Be able to provide a friendly, high-quality service to customers
- A willingness to help with a range of tasks in the shop, and to undertake tasks as requested
- Reliability and Punctuality
eBay Assistants -Mondays am/pm (other hours available)
We are also looking for volunteers who enjoy trawling the internet for information and can identify clothes and related items of value to be sold on eBay.
You could even do most of this role from home, so long as you can pop into the shop to take photos.
The role involves • Researching items online • Valuing items • Packing items
What's in it for you
- Help a local charity and give something back
- Access to qualifications with Derby college
- Learn new skills
- Gain more confidence
- Make new friends
- All training and induction to Dorothy House provided
- Out of pocket expenses reimbursed
We welcome applications from all sections of the community and of all ages (minimum age is 16 years - or 14 years if on Duke of Edinburgh scheme) Apply now by visiting our website.
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About Dorothy House Hospice Care
We provide compassionate care and support for people in our community with a life-limiting illness. Dorothy House focuses on quality of life, so patients can live well and die well.
We give care and support to patients and their families in Bath and north east Somerset and parts of Wiltshire and Somerset, whenever they need it; at home, in the hospice, or at one of our outreach centres. We respect the uniqueness of each patient and their family, and empower them to choose the type of care they receive.
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