GIVE YOUR TIME
St Austell Furniture Shop Volunteer
What does a St Austell Furniture Shop Volunteer do?
A St Austell Furniture shop volunteer’s day is varied, busy and has a real impact. If you want to make a difference to Cornwall Hospice Care in your local community while surrounded by brilliant and quirky furniture finds, 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 Furniture shop volunteering will include the thrill of selling and engaging with our great customers. You might work on the till, welcome our customers into the shop and help us to assemble furniture to display in store.
What you do to help us as a volunteer in our St Austell Furniture shop 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 retail 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 Furniture Shop Volunteering can include
- Welcoming and helping our customers.
- Serving on the till.
- Assembling furniture to sell in store.
- Keeping the shop displays fresh and interesting.
- 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 Furniture Shop Volunteer commitment
We are keen to recruit new St Austell Furniture shop volunteers for every day of the week in both mornings and afternoons.
Volunteering hours would be 9.30am -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 shop. 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 Furniture shop 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 Furniture shop 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 Truro Furniture shop.
For more information or help contact our Volunteer Services team by email at volunteer@cornwallhospice.co.uk or call 01726 65711.
