At a Glance
- Tasks: Create eye-catching displays and prepare donated homewares for sale.
- Company: Join the British Heart Foundation, a charity dedicated to heart health.
- Benefits: Enjoy discounts, training opportunities, and support while volunteering.
- Other info: Flexible hours and a friendly team await you!
- Why this job: Make a difference in heart health while gaining retail experience.
- Qualifications: Passion for homewares and creativity; must be 17 or older.
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 are 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 would love you to join our volunteer team. Interested in collectibles, homewares, and bric-a-brac? If this sounds like you, then this could be your perfect volunteering role.
Get involved in creating exciting and eye-catching displays of collectibles and homewares in our store. You will also be involved in selecting and preparing donated homewares to get them ready for sale. This is an opportunity to share your skills or to get a taster of a career in retail while helping us create a world free from the fear of heart disease.
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:
- Following our display guidelines and using your creative skills to maintain attractive displays of homewares in our charity store
- Keeping our homewares department fully stocked with fresh items
- Sorting out and cleaning donated ornaments, collectibles, and pictures
- Following our guidelines to value and price donated ornaments, collectibles, and pictures
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
Homewares Department Volunteer in Motherwell employer: Camerontoll
The British Heart Foundation is an exceptional employer for those looking to make a meaningful impact while gaining valuable experience in retail. Our inclusive and flexible volunteering opportunities allow you to contribute to lifesaving research while enjoying benefits such as discounts on goods, access to training, and support from the Retail Trust. Join our friendly team and help us create eye-catching displays in our charity shop, all while being part of a mission to improve lives affected by heart and circulatory diseases.
