Volunteer Furniture Upcycler

Are you great at upcycling furniture, if so you could help us by turning unwanted items into unique masterpieces for us to sell to make the most of every donation.

upcycled furniture - a photo on Flickriver

Some of the tasks you could be involved in:

  • Choosing items to upcycle that have been donated
  • Repairing items if need before upcycling
  • Upcycling furniture to sell in our stores

Benefits of volunteering with The Air Ambulance Service:

  • 25% discount on donated goods
  • Training & Development
  • Reasonable travel costs reimbursed
  • Improved mental health & well being
  • Learn new skills & meet new friends
  • Supporting a great cause within your community

Previous experience of upcyling & furniture repair would be great but as long as you have an artistic flair you’ll be provided with all the training and tools you need.

This role is very flexible, any time you can give helps us to fund our lifesaving missions. As the charity will invest time in processing your application and providing you with training to carry out your role, ideally we ask that you volunteer for a minimum of 4 hours per week.

Store Information

 

We are looking for volunteers to join the team in our Daventry Home shop to support in all areas including: generating stock, merchandising, processing donations, raising awareness locally, assisting on the shop floor or supporting behind the scenes with social media and online sales. 

The store is located at: 29, High Street, Daventry, NN11 4BG

The opening hours are: Monday- Saturday 9am-5pm  Sunday 10am-4pm

This is a great opportunity to become part of a great team, meet new people and gain retail skills. 

Volunteering in our shops is very flexible, you can either commit to set hours each week or join us on a more flexible basis. Any time you can give helps us to fund our lifesaving missions.

In return we will give you all the training you need to be successful in the role, support from store management, a staff discount of 25% and the opportunity to gain experience working for a national charity.

To find out more please look at the different volunteer roles below or contact us at volunteering@theairambulanceservice.org.uk

*We now require all Volunteers to complete a basic DBS check and provide two references, you will be contacted regarding these as part of the application process.