Volunteering Opportunity: e-Bay Volunteer with Peace Hospice Care

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Peace Hospice Care provides high quality, specialist care for patients, and their families, facing life-limiting illnesses across South West Hertfordshire and the wider area. We help people manage their conditions and offer support at end of life too. We need to raise over £6m each year to deliver our services, all of which are provided free of charge, both in the community and in the Hospice

Opportunity Type: Long-term Commitment

District: Watford

Start Date: 16/06/2022
End Date: 31/12/2023

Location: Indoor

Time of day: Weekday Mornings, Weekday Afternoons

Practical Considerations: Personal Skills and qualities that you will need

• Experience and knowledge of uploading to online market places
• Computer literate
• Able to work as part of a team
• Reliable and punctual
• Ability to work using own initiative

Suitable for: 16 – 17 year olds, 18 – 25 year olds, Aged 26 and over, School students, University students

Suitable for volunteers interested in: End of Life, Bereavement & Hospices, Health and Wellbeing, Older People

Does this opportunity provide wheelchair access?: No

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Full Description:
Time: Flexible – Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri. 3-4 hours am or pm shift
Frequency: Flexible, to suit you
Duration: Minimum of 6 months
Purpose of this role
Our friendly team are looking for volunteers to help research, list and package items for eBay. If you’re able to do any one of the three things below, and can spare a few hours every week, we’d love to hear from you:
Main tasks for the role
Researching the value of donated items online by using the internet, with an eye for unusual or popular items that sell well on eBay including clothing, coins, stamps, toys, books or cameras.
Listing donated items on eBay
To list methodically and quickly, with good attention to detail. An understanding of eBay/online sales, and familiarity using technology, computers and cameras would be useful.
Posting and packaging
To assist us in packaging items sufficiently so they don’t get damaged in transit.