Flexible opportunity to come in and help out with sorting donations, organising a specific area (books, DVD, toys etc) and general help on the shop floors. Volunteers are asked to let Morag know when they are coming in and to log their hours on the app.

Tayside Re-users receives donations from many sources and often these need to be collected - from our Hub, recycling centres, businesses and members of the public. Sold items also need to be delivered to the customer. As a Van & Warehouse Assistant, you help the Van Driver by collecting items from donors and making deliveries to customers. This involves handling heavy items such as furniture or white goods either on or off a van, into storage or into the sales area while keeping areas safe and tidy. You will need a good level of fitness for this role.

Working as part of our Warehouse Team you will be based in our central warehouse (at Crown St, Ayr) where you will receive, process and sort the wide range of donated goods given by the general public to our shops. You will identify quality goods suitable for onward re-sale and will sort these into relevant product categories. Selecting from these product categories, you will then support the fulfilment of stock requests for individual shops. You will need to: → Process mixed bags of donated goods and sort these into the different types of products → Assess quality of goods and determine which goods are – suitable for re-sale; unsuitable for re-sale but suitable for recycling; suitable for disposal only → Review all incoming donated goods to identify potential specialist or ‘high value’ items → Prepare goods suitable for re-sale to ensure they have a good standard of cleanliness, labelling and presentation → Transfer processed goods to relevant categorised storage racks and bins for onward distribution → Respond to stock requests from individual shops and pick relevant goods to make up and fulfil the orders → Collect and package goods suitable for recycling into batches and prepare for uplift by recycling agents → Ensure donated goods are stored safely and securely within the warehouse in the correctly designated bays → Dispose of un-saleable/damaged stock according to retail policies and guidelines. Transfer items for disposal into the waste bins at the warehouse ensuring that no hazards are created from damaged goods → Comply with Health & Safety procedures, the Volunteer Policy and any other relevant policies and retail guidelines

As a yard/warehouse assistant you will participate in a variety of tasks including loading/unloading vans, getting deliveries organised for the driver, moving stock within the warehouse, sorting and de-nailing reclaimed timber, keeping the warehouse area tidy and ensuring stock levels on the shop floor are maintained. This is quite a physically active role and will involve the use of sack trolley’s and pallet trucks to move most items. Training and PPE will be provided. All volunteering opportunities in the warehouse/yard are during the week only. If you are interested, please click "Apply", and we'll be in touch to arrange a chat and a visit to the centre. If you have not heard back after 5 working days, the first step is to contact the organisation with the contact details provided. You could also check your junk/spam folder on your emails just in case the response is there. If that doesn’t work out then please feel free to contact Volunteer Glasgow on info@volunteerglasgow.org.