Do you want to gain warehouse experience, keep fit in 2023 and help raise funds that will save lives? Volunteering in our Kingswood British Heart Foundation furniture shop warehouse could be the answer!
We need volunteer warehouse assistants to keep our stock moving by hand from the vans to the warehouse and shop floor, and back to the vans for delivery as items sell.
This role is physically active as it involves carrying furniture by hand but it’s not just a good workout that keeps our shop trading! There are other opportunities, such as booking in and pricing stock using tablets, building flat-packed furniture, and testing donated electrical items – full training is provided for all roles and you can try different things in the shop. This is a great way to gain experience in a professional but informal warehouse environment.
Say hello to the team:
Funding for researchers begins at your local charity shop. Now, more than ever, we are in urgent need of volunteers to enable us to continue our life saving research and help the 7.6 million people in the UK living with heart and circulatory diseases. This wouldn’t be possible without our fantastic volunteers.
Our Kingswood team led by Luke, Jack and Bill are a friendly bunch, and we are looking forward to welcoming new volunteers to the growing warehouse team in 2022!
Typical tasks include:
· Ensuring the warehouse is always kept clean, safe and organised
· Safely lifting and carrying (by hand) a range of furniture items, big or small – it all helps!
· Dealing with van deliveries to the shop and preparing deliveries for customers
· Building flat-pack furniture for display purposes, carrying out light furniture repairs if confident alongside the Warehouse Supervisor
· Re-stocking furniture on the shop floor as items are sold
· Acting as an ambassador for the British Heart Foundation
You get a lot from volunteering too:
· A chance to work in a friendly team, make new friends & meet meet new people
· The feel-good factor of giving back to a cause whilst keeping fit - get some endorphins!
· 25% volunteer discount on donated furniture and electrical goods as a thank you
· The time to develop your confidence and interpersonal skills
· Gain valuable warehousing experience to add to your CV and learn new skills
· Flexible shifts to fit with your lifestyle - 4 hours once a week when you can is a huge help!
· Reasonable travel reimbursed in agreement with the Managers
Please note - we are unable to accept volunteers aged under 16 and we cannot accept volunteers with unspent criminal convictions or who are subject to criminal registers/orders
Here's a little bit more about us:
The BHF is working towards a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases. We want to ensure those with heart conditions have better, longer lives and the money we raise powers researchers and medical care to help people with heart disease.