Shelter Furniture Shop Volunteer (Preston)
Create a free account to applySort stock, serve customers and create window displays in a busy charity shop, helping raise funds for work against homelessness and bad housing. Choose a flexible commitment from around an hour a week, with full training, induction and ongoing support provided.
Shelter’s Furniture Shop in Preston is a volunteering opportunity in a busy charity retail setting. Volunteers help raise vital funds for Shelter’s work fighting homelessness and bad housing, while supporting a friendly local shop team and contributing to the wider community.
There are a few different ways to get involved. Retail volunteers may sort stock, serve customers, handle till transactions, create window displays, and help keep the shop floor organised. Other roles may involve supporting deliveries and collections in the local area, or helping to supervise the shop and coordinate volunteers.
The role is flexible, with involvement often for just an hour a week or more depending on your availability. Full training, induction and ongoing support are provided, and Shelter says you do not need previous shop or volunteering experience.
Volunteers also receive a handbook, insurance cover, and reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses.
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- Suitable for under 18s
- A basic criminal record check is required for some roles, but not for the retail volunteer role
- DBS check required for Supervisor role or Van Driver’s Mate role
- Van Driver’s Mate role requires the ability to lift heavy items
- People with lived experience of bad housing or homelessness are particularly welcome
Out-of-pocket expenses are reimbursed in line with Shelter’s volunteer expenses policy.
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