GIVE YOUR TIME
St Austell Donation Centre Volunteers
Mount Edgcumbe Hospice, Porthpean Road, St Austell, PL26 6AB
What does a St Austell Donation Centre Volunteer do?
A St Austell Donation Centre volunteer’s day is super busy and has a real impact. If you want to make a genuine difference to Cornwall Hospice Care in your local community while surrounded by brilliant people, apply now to volunteer with us!
Every single hour of time you gift to us as a volunteer helps us to provide excellent free care for the residents of Cornwall at both our hospice in- patient units. Your time really matters to us.
St Austell Donation Centre volunteering will include sorting all the hundreds of donations we receive daily from the general public, getting items ready for our shops to sell and engaging with our great donators. You might work on the front desk welcoming people who are donating, help us to recycle items that cannot be sold, support colleagues and volunteers across our donation centre operation to be efficient and effective at supplying our retail shops with excellent stock. You will be moving around our warehouse and sorting stations throughout your shift.
What you do to help us as a volunteer in our St Austell Donation Centre may vary in relation to the time you are available to offer us, so if you are looking to volunteer in a friendly team and welcoming, busy warehouse atmosphere, come along and meet us and see what volunteering could mean for you. We are really keen to add you to our existing local team.
St Austell Donation Centre Volunteering can include
- Welcoming and helping our donators.
- Serving on the front desk.
- Sorting stock to be sold in our stores.
- Moving stock, boxes, bas and storage cages around our warehouse space.
- Encouraging people you meet to become volunteers.
- Promoting our Cornwall Hospice Care Lottery.
- Helping us to improve our customer experience.
- Being part of our friendly, local team.
- Enhancing and sharing your existing skills and experience.
St Austell Donation Centre Volunteer commitment
We are keen to recruit new St Austell Donation Centre volunteers for Every day of the week in both mornings and afternoons.
Volunteering hours would be 9.00am -1.00pm or 1.00pm-4.30pm.
However we offer a flexible and responsive volunteering environment and would be delighted if you can help us in our warehouse. We can be flexible to suit you, however an ideal commitment is weekly or fortnightly, but do just talk to us about the time you can offer.
Training and Induction
St Austell Donation Centre volunteers are asked to attend training and induction activity prior to beginning their volunteering. There are some mandatory training sessions to complete with our support.
Volunteering with us
What you can expect from Cornwall Hospice Care
- To be valued and respected
- To give back to your local community
- To build your self confidence
- To have a great time
- To meet new people
- To receive appropriate induction and training
- To have adequate support and supervision
- To have a safe working environment
- To learn new skills and share what you know with others
- To be reimbursed for reasonable out of pocket expenses
Induction and Training
We ask all new St. Austell Donation Centre volunteers to attend an induction session which includes introduction to our code of conduct, health and safety procedures, confidentiality policies, fire evacuation procedures, infection prevention and control measures as well as other important and relevant information and core training.
Volunteers will also be asked to complete some mandatory training sessions and relevant courses to keep up to date with organisational and legal regulation changes.
We hope that each shop volunteer maintains regular contact with the Volunteer Services team, and takes responsibility for positive communication regarding their role and responsibilities.
New volunteers will be asked to attend a first conversation to discuss the role with staff at our St Austell Donation Centre.
For more information or help contact our Volunteer Services team by email at volunteer@cornwallhospice.co.uk or call 01726 65711.
