Volunteer Opportunities List

Activity Description Frequency Charity Shop Assistant: Birstall, Melton, Wigston or Loughborough Sorting and pricing stock, using the till, serving customers, displaying stock and other general duties. Weekly, hours to suit. *No Under 16’s Home Visitor Visiting people in their own homes to check the suitability of accommodation before animals are re-homed. You cover the area local to you, unless you are happy to travel further a field. Training provided. As required. The Home Visiting Co-ordinator will contact you to arrange a convenient time for the visit. *No Under 18’s Van Driver or Donations Collector Van Driver: Collecting goods from peoples’ homes for delivery to our charity shops, transporting equipment to and from events, house to house drop off/collections of RSPCA donation bags, collection of food/money donation boxes from supermarkets. Van provided. Donations Collector: Visiting shops/supermarkets in your own car, replacing small donation tins and returning full tins to Woodside. Negotiable *No Under 25’s Kennels/Cattery Assistant Cleaning out animal pens, feeding animals and other general duties as required. *Waiting list for interviews *No Under 16’s Dog Walker Taking kennelled dogs for a walk within Woodside boundaries, under the guidance of the Dog Walking Co-ordinators. *No under 18’s In-Store & Flag Day Donations Collector Collecting change from the public on behalf of Woodside and promoting awareness of the Animal Centre. Collections are often held during the course of a week in supermarkets and other selected locations. Minimum of 1 hour on any day during collection week *No Under 18’s Events Assistant Gate Marshall: collecting entrance money from visitors Parking Attendant: allocating parking to visitors/managing car park Fundraising Stall Assistant: manning a fundraising/tombola stall of fundraising goods, handling money and serving the public Refreshments Assistant: helping with food & refreshments - either to sell to the public or for other volunteers Runner: to oversee the event, making sure everything is running smoothly and to report back to the event co-ordinator accordingly General Assistant: assist with the manual set-up of the event (tables, gazebos etc) and/or clearing away at the end. Could also include manning a registration table for sponsored activities/dog shows etc or any other general duties as they arise. Generally for the duration of the event. Choose which events you would like to participate in from the fundraising calendar. *No Under 16’s

Junior Activities Helper Woodside holds annual activities days at the Centre for RSPCA Junior members, exploring themes such as “Canine Capers” and “Exotics”. Junior days are fun, educational and practical, and run from 1.45 – 5.00pm on selected Sundays throughout the year. Helpers are needed to assist with small group activities and practical tasks. Come and help for a day – see what you think! *No Under 18’s Woodside Shop Retail Assistant Retail Assistant: Helping to run the on-site shop alongside the Shop Manager. Serving the public, pricing stock, handling deliveries, displaying goods, taking orders and other general duties. Hours to be arranged with the Shop Manager *No Under 16’s Administration Assistant Preparing the Woodside Newsletter for mailing, data entry, help with bulk mailings, preparing reservation/re-homing packs, photocopying, faxing, and any other duties as required. As required *No Under 16’s Your Skills! If you can offer your skills or interests to Woodside, then more probably than not, we can make use of them! For example: ·Web design / I.T. ·Graphic design or illustration ·Photography ·Catering/baking – maybe you could help to supply food for an event, or make cakes/biscuits to sell ·Administration ·Complementary therapies – e.g. massage, reflexology ·Copywriting or journalism ·Animal grooming ·Arts & crafts ·Gardening or general maintenance ·Entertainment – comedy, face painting, dancing, singing, circus skills - in fact, anything! ·Organising your own fundraising event with support from Woodside If there is any way that you think you may be able to help, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. As and when you would like to offer your services – to be arranged with the fundraising & events co-ordinator *No Under 16’s

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please download our Volunteer Questionnaire and post it to:-

Jayne Brookes
Woodside Animal Centre
190 Scudamore Road
Leicester
LE3 1UQ

or email Jayne Brookes with your completed application.