Are you handy with tools? Do you have a bit of spare time and want to get out of the house a bit more in 2025 and meet new people? Volunteering to help construct flat-pack furniture to a high standard and carry out minor repairs in our Brislington BHF furniture store could be the answer!
Working with the warehouse team who will support you with any larger items, you’ll ideally have some experience with flat-pack building, working with tools, and be confident following detailed instructions. Tools and training will be provided and your work will be quality checked by the Warehouse manager. You'll be helping us build display models for the shop floor as well as customer orders and light repairs of donated items if you are confident.
The role can be very flexible - we can give you a message when we need things doing as and when, or you can come in weekly / fortnightly and we'll have things ready for you to crack on with.
This is a hands-on volunteer role that will have a big impact in helping us continue to fund lifesaving research into heart and circulatory diseases.
Typical tasks include:
- Following detailed build instructions for flat-pack furniture
- Safely assembling flat-packed furniture for display in store or delivery to customers and allowing Warehouse staff to quality check your work
- Working to time frames for customer assembly requests – flexible shifts are an option
- Maintaining an organised and safe toolkit and work space
- Alerting the Manager to any defects or spare parts needed when constructing flat-pack sets
- Carrying out minor repairs on donated items of furniture in agreement with the Warehouse Manager if you feel comfortable doing so
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 if you volunteer for 3 hours or more
- Refreshments available
- Volunteer certificates, references and long service awards provided
- Access to discounts with other retailers
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.