Volunteering

New shop volunteer

For St Wilfrid's Hospice

Register your Interest

We are opening a brand new charity shop in Arundel and would love for you to get involved from day one.

Our aim is to open the shop June/July 2026.

What you could be doing:

• Welcoming customers to the shop
• Assisting customers, or directing them to the team who can help with enquiries and donations
• Assisting with ensuring the shop is clean and tidy
• Ensuring a safe working environment at all times (doors and fire exits are kept clear)
• Serving customers and taking responsibility for the processing of sales accurately (cash / credit card / cheques / charity gift card)
• Offer customers a receipt with every purchase
• Offer to wrap or bag purchased items
• Keep the till area, tidy, safe and secure
• Any returns, discounts and price negotiations will be handled by an employee
• Accepting donations: ensuring donations are items that we accept and in a saleable condition and asking for their Gift Aid details (including signing up new customers to Gift Aid)
• Sorting donations: selecting suitable items for sale, including hanging garments and pricing items using the guidance given by the Shop Manager
• Moving and handling donations using relevant Personal Protection Equipment as instructed
• Ensuring the sorting area is safe at all time

Can you help assist the shop team in a variety of tasks during the shop day, ensuring customers and donors are welcomed?Come help us make a difference in the community!

Skills

We are seeking volunteers who are friendly, reliable and willing to work hard to make our shop a success raising vital funds to support the hospice.

No previous experience is required, full training and support will be offered.

About St Wilfrid's Hospice

St Wilfrid’s Hospice is much more than a building. We provide tailored end of life care both in the community and at our Hospice, supporting our patients living with a terminal illness, and their family and friends.

All our vital services are provided free of charge, thanks to the generous support of fundraisers and donors.

St Wilfrid’s employs around 250 people across its clinical, retail, fundraising, and other support service teams. More than 560 people give their time to St Wilfrid’s as volunteers, including on the in-patient unit, in shops, at events, in the café, in the community, and as trustees and committee advisers.

Details

• No - DBS check required
• Yes - Equality and Diversity Policy
• Yes - Expenses reimbursed
  Prior agreement with Shop Manager
• Yes - Health and Safety Policy
• No - Is it fully accessible
  Stairs to basement and facilities (toilet/kitchen)
• Yes - Ongoing support
• Yes - Suitable for physical or sensory impairment
• Yes - Suitable for Under 18's
• Yes - Training provided
• Yes - Volunteer induction
• Yes - Volunteer Policy
• Yes - Volunteers covered by insurance
• Yes - Written role description

Availability

Variety of days and times available, to be agreed with Shop Manager.

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