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At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, our unique care provides a lifeline of compassion and support to patients, carers, and families facing progressive life-limiting illness.
We provide palliative ...
Donated stock processor - Berkhamsted and Moneyhill, Rickmansworth
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Summary
We are looking for volunteers with a keen eye to sort through donations and pick out those that would be best sold on ebay or Vinted to get the best price.Detailed description
Purpose of this role
Our team at our Retail and Trading Headquarters are always looking for ways to increase income to support our patients and their families. Bainbridge House in Berkhamsted has been set up as a donation point for people to drop their donations in one easy location.
We are looking for volunteers with a keen eye to sort through the donations and pick out those that would be best sold on ebay or Vinted to get the best price. Other donations will be distributed to our 32 shops to ensure that we make the most of everything we are given.
Main tasks
Sort through donations to identify
- Items that can be sold online
- those that are best suited to one of our boutique shops
- items for one of our community hub or reloved outlets
- items that can be sold for rags
What are we looking for?
- Someone who is organised and happy to work methodically
- Someone with an eye for the best items to be sold online -we can help provide guidance and training on this
- Happy to work in a team and be flexible about tasks that need doing
- Age 16+
What's in it for you?
- our team at Berkhamsted are friendly and supportive, so you will make great social connections
- you will be amazed at the things that people donate, and enjoy working out where is the best place to sell them
- you will be making an important difference to the care that we are able to provide to local patients and their families.
- some of our volunteers do go on to be successful in finding a job with us. If you would like to see our current job vacancies please visit our website and click on the Jobs button
What you need to know
- we will pay reasonable expenses, if you wish to claim them
- the building is not wheelchair accessible, but we're very happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments you may need - there will be a certain amount of lifting and moving heavy donation bags
- we welcome applications from young people, or anyone who may be looking for a short term volunteering experience
What we will provide to volunteers
💸 Reimbursement of costs🤝 Extra supportAbout Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care
We provide palliative and end of life care support, including bereavement services, within Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire and our patient services are available to adults, as well as patients transitioning into adult services (16 to 25 years.) Bereavement support is offered for all ages to families of patients and those around them, as well as throughout the community, in schools and workplaces.
We are proud to offer care in the place that best suits the individual’s needs, whether that’s at home, in a care home, in a short stay in our inpatient unit, out in the community, or in our purpose-built Living Well Centre facilities. As a hospice care charity, we have offered this support, free of charge, for over 40 years.