Pelican Parcels takes pre-loved and new item donations for babies and children up to age 12 and redistributes these to families facing financial hardship via various existing family services in Brighton & Hove and Sussex.
We are looking for volunteers who are passionate about wanting to help local families. Our warehouse hours are from Monday to Thursday, 10am till 2pm.
Volunteer tasks vary but may include:
- Quality checking clothing, bedlinen, toys, books and other donations.
- Cleaning and safety checking prams, beds and highchairs.
- Greeting people bringing their donations and family service staff when they come to collect an order during course of duties.
Skills
Role requirements:
- Positive can-do attitude
- A reasonably good level of fitness
- An good understanding of the English language
- Ability to work with other volunteers
- Ability to listen to and follow instructions
- Attention to detail in quality checking donations
- Passionate about helping local families experiencing financial hardship
- Appreciation and respect of the confidential nature of information that may be acquired.
Benefits
- This role will give you the opportunity to meet new people.
- This role provides a valuable service to the community.
- The knowledge that you've contributed to helping families facing financial hardship.
- Training will be provided.
Practical Considerations
Our address is Unit 9, Industrial House, Conway Street, Hove, BN3 3LW. We are close to Hove Station and other public transport.
Our hours are 10am till 2pm from Monday to Thursday. We ask that volunteers give at least 2 hours a week during these hours.
We require our volunteers to have a reasonable level of fitness. We are on the second floor so it will be necessary to take the stairs to our floor. Occasionally there are heavy bags to carry and other items such as beds and mattresses. This is for when we bring items out to our referral partners, when they collect these for the families they support, and when we bring donations in from downstairs (we use the lift for this). We use small step ladders to reach items that are on high shelves. There are online safety courses that all our volunteers need to undertake but if any of our volunteers have any prior injuries or medical conditions that prevent them from undertaking certain tasks then they can be excused from these particular tasks.
We provide basic DBS check for volunteers, otherwise we require volunteers to bring in their existing DBS certificates.
When do I need to be available?
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Where does this role take place?
Unit 9, Industrial House
Conway Street
Hove
East Sussex
BN3 3LW
- Interests
- Children
- Civic Responsibility and Communities
- Families and Parenting
- No specific interest
- Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Migrants
- Womens Issues
- Young People
- Activities
- Sorting and organising items
- Details
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Disabled Access
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Equal Opportunities Policy or Statement
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Expenses
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Health and Safety
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Induction
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Insurance Cover for Volunteers
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Other
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Suitable for 13 - 16 years
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Suitable for 16 - 18 years
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Suitable for a group of volunteers
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Suitable only for (e.g. 18+, LGBT, BAME, Women only)
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Support on Offer
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This role is adaptable for different abilities
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Training