Volunteering Opportunity: Shopper (Micro Volunteering) with Redbourn Community Group
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• Shopper • Deliverer and collector
• Assistant at event
• Litter picker
These roles offer a different type of volunteering for those who may not be able to commit too much time, but may feel this is a good way to make a contribution as it fits in with their personal, domestic and work commitments. Example of opportunities include helping with shopping, collections and deliveries, assistance at an event or picking litter in a group and/or in your locality. It is a great way to make a difference
in a short time.
Opportunity Type: Micro-volunteering
District: St Albans
Location: Outdoor
Time of day: Casual or Intermittent
Practical Considerations: N/A
Requirements: Will require a criminal record check (DBS)
Suitable for: 18 – 25 year olds, Aged 26 and over, Older People
Suitable for volunteers interested in: Health and Wellbeing, Isolation & Loneliness, Older People, Voluntary & Community Action
Does this opportunity provide wheelchair access?: No
Full Description:
Summary of role
This involves shopping for people who may not be able to do this for themselves.
Key responsibilities
• Contact with the client/person in need, compilation of their shopping list, ensuring they have all the essentials they need to get them through the following week, adding and taking away items from their standard list as necessary.
• Purchase the items, on behalf of the client, as near as possible, depending upon availability, ideally from the clients preferred shop or similar by agreement.
• Deliver the shopping to the client’s doorstep at a mutually agreed time (this needs to be convenient for both the client and the volunteer).
• Copy the receipt, then give to client who will ideally pay using the electronic card reader, whilst submitting the receipt via an expenses claim for refund. Cash should only to be exchanged in special circumstances.
Specific skills:
• Good communication skill.
• Honesty, integrity and kindness.
• Ability to follow guidelines in a timely manner.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality about individuals supported during volunteering activities.
Capabilities:
• Understanding of confidentiality.
• Empathy, patience and sensitivity.
• Reliability and integrity.
• Flexibility.
• Understanding of the local community.