At Prospect Hospice, we provide outstanding, personalised and compassionate care for everyone in Swindon, Marlborough and the surrounding areas affected by a life-limiting illness, completely free of charge. For more than 40 years, we’ve been a dedicated, non-hospital, end-of-life care service for patients and their loved ones - around the clock, every day of the year. Our mission is to ensure that anyone can access the best possible expert care whenever and wherever they need it – whether at the hospice or in their own home. As a charity, we only exist because of the generosity and support of our amazing local community.
Find out about the range of end-of-life care services that we offer to patients and their families. These delivered free of charge and are designed to provide compassionate, personalised support during every stage of a life-limiting illness in every kind of care setting, to anyone who needs it.
We couldn’t do what we do without considerable support from our local community. Find out all the different ways in which you can support Prospect Hospice, including fundraising, volunteering and purchasing from our shops. All contributions are greatly appreciated and enables us to deliver care that is free of charge to our patients and their families.
Our café sits at the heart of our hospice in Wroughton and serves a range of delicious home cooked meals to suit all tastes. Whether you're looking to catch up with friends over lunch or relax with coffee and cake, our Heart of the Hospice café has you covered.
Whether shopping with us in person or online, or donating your pre-loved goods, we thank you for supporting us through our shops where you help to raise around £2million a year for Prospect Hospice.
We pride ourselves on being a great place to work and we're always looking for outstanding people to join our team at the hospice across all areas of the charity.
Prospect Hospice is the leading provider of education and training for end-of-life care in Swindon and north Wiltshire. Working closely with you, our colleagues within partner organisations, we want to ensure that the very best care is available to everyone facing the end of life. This is why we provide education and development opportunities, all of which aim to encourage learning and build confidence in end of life care and support.
Title: Books and media sorter
Managed & supervised by: eCommerce Manager, eCommerce Assistants
Volunteer Hours: 4 hrs per week or more, between 8am and 4pm Monday to Friday
(Flexible hours)
Department: Retail – eCommerce, based at the Wroughton Distribution Centre
Role summary
In this role you will help to raise funds to support the work of Prospect Hospice in the local community by sorting, valuing and processing donated books, music & DVDs. These will be sold on eBay, traded in or sent to our recycling company.
Role responsibilities
Skills and qualities required
Essential
Desirable
X
Training will be provided for all relevant aspects of this role, and support will be given by the eCommerce Manager and relevant colleagues. In addition, volunteers will be required to attend a core induction day at the main Prospect Hospice building. Reasonable out of pocket expenses (e.g. mileage) will be paid on receipt of an expenses claim form.
Health and Safety at Work Act
Under the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), it is the responsibility of every volunteer to take care of his/her own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by his/her acts at work. This includes cooperating with the organisation and colleagues in complying with health and safety obligations to maintain a safe environment and particularly by reporting promptly any defects, risks or potential hazards to a member of staff.
Please note
This role description will be reviewed periodically and may be amended according to the changing requirements of the organisation.
If this sounds like a volunteer role you’d be interested in helping us with then we’d love to hear from you. Call us on 01793 816193 or click below to email the team.