Volunteer With Us
Volunteers provide a fantastic support to our organisation through their time, skills, experience and enthusiasm.
Volunteer Roles Available:
Retail Volunteers
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Greeting customers
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Helping customers with any item queries
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Tidying clothes rails and general shop
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Sorting through donations
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Pricing items
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Using the cash register.
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Accrington
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Bacup
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Colne
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Haslingden
Join our team of volunteers in one of our charity shops across East Lancashire. Learn retail skills, meet new people and support our charity helping unpaid carers across East Lancashire. No experience needed, full training provided.
Cafe Volunteers
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Greeting customers
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Helping with food prep in the kitchen
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Making hot drinks
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Serving customers at the café counter
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Using the cash register.
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Washing up
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Accrington
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Mon - Friday
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9am - 3pm
Join our team of volunteers in our busy Accrington café. No experience is needed as you will receive full training for the role including gaining a food hygiene certificate. This role is a fantastic way to gain confidence, meet new people and learn new skills in a busy kitchen environment.
Fundraising Volunteers
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Plan and carry out fundraising activities and events
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Promote fundraising events
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Gain teamwork and event planning skills
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Commit to meeting regularly
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Accrington
Join our new fundraising group volunteer role where you will organise fun events and activities to raise funds for our charity supporting unpaid carers across East Lancashire. No experience needed.
Connecting Communities Volunteer (Befriending)
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Various times and days available across East Lancashire.
Join us as a Connecting Communities Volunteer with our Befriending service, the Volunteer role involves visiting a cared for person to allow their unpadi carer a break
F.A.Q's
Will I receive training in my volunteer role? Yes, you will receive full training for your role.
Do you pay travel expenses? Yes, we pay travel expenses for travel to and from your volunteer role. We will refund you 55pence per mile and refund of bus / train tickets.
Will I need a DBS to volunteer with you? Yes, we carry out a basic DBS check for all of our Volunteers, which we will pay for.
Will I receive a reference? Yes, we can provide you will a reference after you have volunteered with us for six weeks.
How much time do I need to give? Any time you can offer for retail shops and fundraising, and for befriending we would ask you to commit to 2 hours per week.
Is there an age limit for volunteering? Yes, we can accept applications for volunteering from anyone 16+ for our retail volunteer roles, and 18+ for our kitchen / café and Befriending roles.