We are currently looking for Lead Retail Volunteers. Would you like to develop your management skills and work with our fantastic team of volunteers? We are looking for a friendly and organised person, who works well with others and can manage a team of volunteers. Our Lead Charity Shop Volunteers are shop volunteers who have additional responsibilities of opening and closing the shop and helping to ensure our volunteering team are confident and supported in their role. Full training will be provided so if you are looking to learn new skills and meet new people, please come and join our friendly team. In doing so you will help us raise vital funds for CHAS. Every pound raised makes such a difference to children and young people with a life-shortening condition.

We are looking for friendly and enthusiastic volunteers to help us in our Charity Shop. If you love meeting new people, want to improve your skills or have an interest in fashion then this could be the ideal opportunity for you. Our shops help us to raise money so that we can support terminally ill patients and their families in the community. Your main tasks will be- Sorting through donated items, keeping an eye out for any hidden gems. Processing items for sale in the shop. Serving our customers and making them aware of social distancing measures in store. Serving our customers on the till. Keeping the shop tidy and helping out with other related tasks like window displays.

We welcome volunteer to become involved in our work and have a variety of tasks they can help with: Stock room – this is where volunteers sort, price, steam clothes and clean homewares. Serving customers – our volunteers welcome our customers, answer queries and serve on the till. Displays – our windows and interior display are constantly being renewed. Drivers – can help collect donations, thanking those who give so generously. We are happy to train volunteers to help them help us.

As a cash desk assistant, you’ll be the face of PKAVS Pop Shop and help ensure that our customers receive a warm welcome. Retail or relevant cash handling experience would be beneficial. This role involves completing till transactions, interacting with the public and promoting sales. Your support will help us raise funds for over 5,000 local people for more information on PKAVS work please visit: https://www.pkavs.org.uk/ Volunteering provides great personal benefits and career developments such as specialised retail skills and an increase in confidence. The time you donate will help support over 5,000 people in your local community, including adults with mental ill health, young and adult unpaid carers and minority communities.

Remake is a community reuse charity based in Crieff and run by volunteers and staff. Our main outlet is a Scrapstore located at the Crieff Visitor Centre in Perthshire. It is from this base that we promote the reuse of materials, donated by the community, for the benefit of the community. Volunteers are vital to our operations and quite simply we would not be able to operate without them. We currently have Volunteering vacancies for Scrapstore Assistant. This role is a very social one and involves many different tasks from dealing with customers to processing the unique and varied donations we receive from our community. We are an enthusiastic team who thrive on connecting with the community and embrace the challenges of the day ….no two days are ever the same and therefore the Scrapstore Assistant tasks can change depending on what is happening. We ask that you commit to 2 hours per week, although not limited to that! If you would like to join us we would be delighted to welcome you.

We're looking for volunteers to join us in our busy Elgin PDSA shop, both on the shop floor and back sorting room. Duties would include serving customers, cash handling, sorting donations, and restocking our shop floor. No previous experience required. Minimum commitment 3-4 hours per week. We have both long and short term volunteering opportunities available – so perhaps if you are on furlough and keen to make the most of your time off, or you are between roles or looking to build your skills and CV to help move into a career in retail then volunteering with PDSA could be a great opportunity for you. We’re hugely proud and appreciative of the incredible contribution of our volunteers – over 6,000 people volunteer their time to PDSA every year helping us to not only save pets but also to change people’s lives. Last year we treated over 470,000 pets bringing peace of mind to their owners – and we wouldn’t have been able to provide this fantastic service without the income raised by our incredible team of volunteers. We provide full training, support you with ongoing coaching and help you thrive in a fun and challenging environment. Our people are our top priority and we have put in a number of additional safety measures to do everything we can to make our shops as safe as possible for our volunteers, employees and customers. We welcome volunteers with a variety of skills and from a variety of backgrounds, who are aged 18 and above. If you’re interested, please apply through our PDSA website.

If you like to keep active and stay in shape, volunteering in one of our local furniture store warehouses could be the answer you’re looking for. We need helpful and active people to help keep our stock moving from the van to warehouse and onto the store and from store back to the van for delivery! This role involves keeping active but it’s not just moving furniture. There are other opportunities to help our warehouse team such as booking in and checking over stock for sale, putting together our flat packed furniture and testing electrical items. For more information please contact Ian Marlow, Volunteer Manager at email: marlowi@bhf.org.uk or tel.: 07384 256675.

Volunteers can help out by serving customers on the till, sorting through donated stock, steaming and hanging stock, pricing items, window dressing and generally keeping the shop floor tidy. It is a great way to meet new people and raise money for Cancer Research UK. This is also a great opportunity for anyone who wishes to gain retail training and experience.

Learning new skills. Helping a charity whilst having fun at the same time. Development of talents that we value such as communication skills, numeracy, teamwork and taking responsibility.

Volunteering is a great way to meet new people and gain new skills. Whatever skills you’d like to gain or use we would love to have you on board. Volunteering opportunities come in all shapes and sizes depending on what you want to get out of the experience. Whether you’d like to meet other people, use existing skills or gain new ones, we want to empower you with the right tools to make a difference. If you have a few spare hours every month or a day each week, we have a number of volunteer roles within the charity shop suitable for all abilities and interests.