Volunteer sustainability champion
Gain skills and help raise vital funds by volunteering in your local community.
Minimum time commitment: 3 hours per week
Email our Volunteer Manager, Beth to find out more.
About your role
Here at Fight for Sight, we are committed to championing a more sustainable, ethical way of shopping. In recent years charity shops have come to represent a retail experience that has huge environmental and social benefits and as a result now makes up one of the fastest growing sectors in retail. If you are passionate about responsible retail and shopping to make a difference, there really is no better time to volunteer with us.
We are looking for volunteers who can help us to develop our sustainability messaging both within our shops and through our social media channels. If you fancy curating an upcycled fashion show, making a video tutorial on how to turn something old into something new or documenting the life cycle of a donated item, we would love to hear from you.
You don’t need special skills or experience to volunteer; a positive attitude and a friendly approach to chatting with other people goes a long way. We welcome anyone who is interested in retail and sustainable fashion, passionate about sight loss and supporting a charity, wants to learn something new, or is keen to meet people.
Where and when
You will be work around London, with visits between our charity shops across London. Supporting us for as little as three hours a week would have a huge impact on our work, but if you can spare more time that would help us even more. Let us know what hours and days suit you!
Skills you’ll gain
- Working as part of a team as well as leading projects related to sustainable retail.
- Stock processing, shop merchandising and window display.
- Producing social media content.
- Customer engagement with our sustainability Initiatives.
- Working within a disability charity.
Support you'll get
- Volunteer induction into Fight for Sight.
- Relevant training to do your role efficiently and safely.
- One to one support and regular catch ups with your manager.
- Agreed out of pocket expenses (if you have any).
- Reasonable adjustments to make the role accessible to you.
- A work-related reference.
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. Fight for Sight is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and wellbeing of children and adults at risk, whether receiving services or being staff or volunteers. It expects all trustees, staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Find out more about our charity and the work we do.
How to apply
Please email Beth, our volunteering manager, and include the role in the subject.