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Retail Stock Room Volunteer

  • VO90028

Description

If you’re a keen rummager and like things to be neat and tidy, then we have a role for you - helping in our retail stock room to sort the fantastic donations we receive behind the scenes. If you love a bit of ironing, then master the steamer and watch those wrinkles disappear (it’s surprisingly therapeutic!) or become a tagging extraordinaire, allowing customers to understand what item they are purchasing.

Whether you’re a lover of vintage clothing, films, books, vinyl records or stunning jewellery – or perhaps you just fancy the company of other friendly volunteers away from the shop floor whilst making a difference - our retail stock room role is the place to be behind the scenes.

Typical tasks include:

· Sorting out donated items and preparing them for sale

· Using a clothes steamer and tagging price labels on to clothing items

· Identifying unsaleable donations for recycling

· Keeping the sort room organised and tidy

· Looking after a certain department based on your interests alongside paid staff

· Acting as an ambassador for the British Heart Foundation

Organisation aims and objectives

To help raise funds for B.H.F. through donations given by local people of clothing, household, bricabrac, books, DVDs etc.Processing donations ready for the shop floor to sell as a retail shop to the general public

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Restrictions

We are unable to accept volunteers aged under 16 and we cannot accept volunteers with unspent criminal convictions or who are subject to criminal registers/orders.
Travel details: British Heart Foundation shop, 23-25 The Square, Kelso, Scottish Borders.
Minimum age: 16

Support

Expenses paid: Yes
Expenses details: Informal discussion with manager.
Taster available: Yes
Training details: Retail volunteer induction training to equip volunteers with the knowledge to carry out the role safely and legally.
Support: Named Contact For Volunteer

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