Retail Sales Assistant Volunteer

Say hello to the team:

Funding for researchers begins at your local charity shop. Now, more than ever, we are in urgent need of volunteers to enable us to continue our life saving research and help the 7.6 million people in the UK living with heart and circulatory diseases. This wouldn’t be possible without our fantastic volunteers.

Our team at our store in Stockport is welcoming and friendly, and we love meeting people from all walks of life.

Typical tasks include:

Helping customers on the shop floor & providing good all-round customer service

Promoting our campaigns and any instore sales to customers

Working on window and shop displays to make them look their best

Keeping the shop tidy, clean and well organised – some light housekeeping

Helping your fellow volunteers and staff with customer queries

You get a lot from volunteering too:

A chance to work in a friendly team, make new friends & meet a diverse group

The feel-good factor of helping the British Heart Foundation beat heartbreak forever

The time to develop your confidence and interpersonal skills, and socialise

The ability to gain valuable retail experience to add to your CV and learn new skills

Flexibility to fit with your lifestyle around your other commitments

Reasonable travel reimbursed in agreement with the Manager

25% volunteer discount on donated goods

Please note - we are unable to accept volunteers aged under 16 and we cannot accept volunteers with unspent criminal convictions or who are subject to criminal registers/orders

Here's a little bit more about us:

The BHF is here to Beat Heartbreak Forever. We are working towards a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases. By 2030, we want to see advances across the spectrum of heart and circulatory diseases; to prevent these conditions from developing and we want those with existing conditions to have better, longer lives.

COVID precautions:

We are COVID-secure, following current Government guidance. We provide sneeze screens at till-points, hand sanitiser, disinfectant and face coverings. We maintain a strict cleaning schedule and social distancing in our shops/ stores.