At a Glance
- Tasks: Encourage local communities to donate unwanted items and build relationships with businesses.
- Company: Join the British Heart Foundation, a charity funding vital heart research.
- Benefits: Enjoy discounts, training opportunities, and support while making a difference.
- Other info: Flexible hours, friendly environment, and great for building your CV.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in your community and help fund lifesaving research.
- Qualifications: Open to anyone over 17 with a passion for community engagement.
The predicted salary is between 22000 - 25000 £ per year.
Our charity funds around £100 million of research each year into all heart and circulatory diseases and the things that cause them. Heart diseases, stroke, vascular dementia, and diabetes are all connected, and they're all under our microscope. Our volunteers help us fund lifesaving science to improve the lives of families and loved ones living with heart and circulatory disease.
Volunteering with us is easy, flexible, and inclusive. If you can spare a few hours a week, or a couple of hours occasionally, we’d love you to join our volunteer team.
Could you encourage your local community to recycle their unwanted items by donating them to your local British Heart Foundation shop? Could you help to build and maintain friendly relationships in the local community and talk to local businesses about surplus stock they could donate? Join your local BHF shop in this flexible and unusual volunteer role that will have a big impact, helping us continue to fund lifesaving research.
Just so you know, we are unable to accept volunteers aged under 17 or with unspent criminal convictions. Please note this is an unpaid voluntary position in a friendly charity shop.
Typical tasks include:
- Promoting stock donation campaigns in your shop
- Giving out donation bags in your community
- Arranging collections of stock donations
- Contacting local businesses & hotels when refurbishing
Volunteering with British Heart Foundation comes with plenty of benefits too:
- A 25% discount on donated goods and 10% discount on new goods in our shops
- Unlimited, free, and confidential support by Retail Trust
- Access to training and development
- Reasonable travel expenses reimbursed
- Refreshments available
- Volunteer certificates, references, and long service awards provided
- Access to discounts with other retailers
Community Stock Donation & Outreach Volunteer (Flexible) in Dunfermline employer: Camerontoll
The British Heart Foundation is an exceptional employer for those looking to make a meaningful impact in their community while supporting vital research into heart and circulatory diseases. With a flexible volunteering schedule, a friendly work culture, and numerous benefits such as discounts on shop goods and access to training, volunteers can enjoy a rewarding experience that fosters personal growth and community engagement. Join us in making a difference and be part of a team dedicated to saving lives.
