We have recently taken over an amazing local baby bank and are looking for volunteers to help facilitate it's smooth operation.
Duration: Ongoing
Start date: 13th February 2023
When can volunteers volunteer? Weekly, Fortnightly, Monthly, Quarterly
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Tasks the volunteer will be required to do: We need volunteers to:
• Clean and make safety checks on our baby equipment, for example, prams, buggies, high chairs, etc. We will provide you with a safety check sheet to follow.
• Clean and check the functionality of toys ensuring they are complete and safe.
• Check and clean shoes.
• Wash, iron, sort and pack clothes into the baby bundles (we will try and arrange delivery and collection to your home if you don’t have access to transport) and you are under no pressure to have the items ready immediately.
• Drivers who can pick up and deliver donated Items where the donor has no transport. We will make sure we keep your driving distance to a minimum by using the best placed driver closest to the pick up.
• Act as collection points where people can drop off their donated items. This would be a pre arranged day and time to suit you. We would keep this to a minimum and you can stop at any time.
• Raise funds to allow us to provide a better service.
• Help us at fundraising and marketing events
Training:
Skill and Qualifications Required: Volunteers should be willing to help with either the preparation and organisation of donations, or in our fundraising and marketing campaigns
Areas of Interest: Families, Foodbanks, Marketing, Public events, Social Welfare
Opportunity suitable for: Employee Volunteers, Indoor, Older people, Short term commitment, With friends, 18 and over
What activities will the volunteer do? Driving, Fundraising, Lending a helping hand
Skills gained in this role: Cleaning and tidying, Organising, Teamwork
Home based opportunity? No
DBS Check Required: Yes
Opportunity Accessibility: Step free access clearly signposted into the building
About the host organisation
Hosted by: Home-Start Oldham, Stockport & Tameside
Organisation Profile: We are a local, independent charity operating in Oldham, Stockport & Tameside - one of 269 Home-Start schemes operating in the UK.
At the heart of each Home-Start’s work are our home-visiting volunteers. Volunteers help families with young children deal with the challenges they face by providing regular one-to-one emotional and practical support tailored to each family.
A child’s early family life is vitally important in their development, and has a strong influence on their future life chances. Children who are raised in a stable, loving, family environment are more likely to have a positive and healthy future.
Home-Start works because our volunteers are parents. They understand how hard it can be. They work alongside parents, in their own homes, to help them learn to cope with the stresses and strains of life and make sure they have the skills, confidence and strength they need to nurture their children.
We also support families in groups, hold day trips and Christmas parties and help them to access local services, as well as lots of other support.
Charity number: 1135838
