Online Shop Listings Volunteer (Beeston)

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OFFERED BY:
British Heart Foundation Charity Shops
Location(s): Outside of Nottingham City
Address where volunteering takes place: 91 High Road Beeston NG9 2LE
How many places are on offer? Several
Purpose of Role:
Do you know your way around EBay & Gumtree? Could you develop an interest in unusual or sought-after collectables? Then join our volunteering team. Come and be amazed at some of the items that are donated to our local store and strike gold with those rare finds.
ROLE DESCRIPTION:
We’ve got dedicated eBay resources to help and assist you with this unique volunteering role. Research the interesting items; package them in our eBay boxes and send them off to be sold at our eBay HQ. Every week we’ll send updates about the most unusual and exciting finds we’ve managed to sell though our stores, will your find be the next eBay headliner?

Say hello to the team
Funding for researchers begins at your local charity shop. Now, more than ever, we are in urgent need of public support to enable us to continue our life saving research and help the 7.4 million people in the UK living with heart and circulatory diseases. This wouldn’t be possible without our fantastic volunteers.
Our team is welcoming and friendly, and we love meeting people from all walks of life.

Typical tasks include:
• Photographing items for listing on online selling sites
• Researching donated items, to gather as much information on unusual items before listing them online.
• Getting involved in uploading information about goods for sale
• Packing and posting items to be sent to our Ebay HQ
• Handling online queries from customers

You get a lot from volunteering too:
• A chance to work in a friendly team, to make new friends and meet a diverse group of people
• The opportunity to make an invaluable contribution to British Heart Foundation goal of beating heartbreak forever
• The time to develop your confidence and interpersonal skills
• The ability to gain valuable work experience to add onto your CV and to learn new skills
• Flexibility to fit with your lifestyle
• The chance to gain valuable retail experience

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; we want to prevent these conditions from developing and we want those with existing conditions to have better, longer lives.
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:
It would help if you are fairly used to using computers and know your way around online selling sites. But we will provide plenty of training and support.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Are there age restrictions for this opportunity? No
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Are there gender restrictions for this opportunity? No
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Is the opportunity accessible to disabled people? Yes
Disability restrictions:
Please talk to us about your access needs
How long before volunteer can expect a response?
We will try to respond to volunteer enquiries within one week
How long to complete training and recruitment?
A couple of sessions
Volunteer Expenses offered? Yes
Induction and Training offered? Yes
Support and Supervision offered? Yes
Has a risk assessment been carried out? Yes
DBS Disclosure required? No

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