Julia’s House, the Dorset and Wiltshire Children’s Hospice is excited to announce that they will be opening a brand new shop in Swindon, located on Regent Street in Spring 2024, and the charity is seeking volunteers to help.

Our charity shops rely on volunteers throughout the week and are looking for support in the following roles :

• Sort room support - volunteers to help in our stock room to process donations that come in, steam, tag, and prepare them for the shop floor.
• Cash desk - volunteers to serve customers on the tills, keep them up to date with what is happening at Julia's House, and provide assistance to customers as required.

We are looking for support throughout the week, Monday - Sunday. Hours are usually :

AM Shift : Mon - Sat (9am - 1pm) Sunday (10am - 1pm)

PM Shift : Mon - Sat (1pm - 5pm) Sunday (1pm - 4pm)

However, please discuss your availability with us as we like to be as flexible as we can and even a few hours each week will make a huge difference.

Volunteering has lots of benefits from building confidence to reducing stress and is a great way to learn a new skill, make friends, and have fun.

You don’t have to have experience to be a volunteer at Julia’s House as we provide all the training you will require. You just need to be friendly, reliable, willing to learn, be able to work independently, and be part of a great team. It’s a wonderful feeling to be supporting your local community and it will make all the difference to the children and families we care for locally.

If you would like some more information or to register your interest please get in touch.

For more information or to apply please contact our Volunteer Manager by emailing [email protected] 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.