Julia’s House is your local children’s hospice, looking after the most seriously ill children in Wiltshire and Dorset, who need 24 hour care for their complex and often rare medical conditions. Volunteers play a vital role in enabling us to be able to care for the child and be there for the family.
Julia's House rely on the public to raise 92% of our funding, which is why raising awareness in the community is vital. We are always on the look out for volunteers to help support our fundraising team in the community on an ad-hoc, flexible basis.
We are looking for support with the following:
Bucket collections:
1. Manage donations and chat with the public to promote Julia's House. Usually these collections are in either a supermarket or in one of the local towns. We provide buckets and a small literature pack to take out with you. This will either be on your own or with another volunteer/member of staff.
Collection cans:
2. Being responsible for 3 collection cans in your area. Liaising with the establishment they are placed at to check when they are full and replace the can as required.
3. Returning full cans to the hospice.
4. A very flexible opportunity that can work around you.
Flyering:
5. Distribute Julia's House flyers, as required, in your local area.
Sharing Julia's House events:
6. Help promote Julia's House events by sharing these on local social media groups and pages.
Additional information:
7. All necessary equipment / supplies that you need will be provided.
Skills and experience:
8. Friendly and approachable
9. Good communication skills
10. Polite and welcoming
11. Ability to work in a team
12. Reliable
Benefits of volunteering:
13. Learn new skills - full training is provided
14. Great experience for your CV
15. Improved wellbeing and confidence
16. Meet new people in the community
17. Having fun
18. Supporting your local community making the difference to the children and families we care for locally
You don’t have to have experience to be a volunteer at Julia’s House as we provide all the training you will require.
Don't want to over commit? We can also sign you up as a one off volunteer if there is a certain event that you would like to help at!
For more information or to apply please contact Volunteer Team by emailing volunteer@juliashouse.org or by completing our volunteer enquiry form.
Volunteer Enquiry form >>
Julia’s House is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our clients, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. Based on our current staffing profile, we have identified that there is an under-representation of: (a) individuals of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, so would especially welcome BAME applicants for any of our vacant positions; and (b) males, so we would welcome male applicants for any of our vacant positions and specially for any care and nursing roles.