Volunteer Telford

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In this role, you will be providing a puppy with a vital foundation for its future role as a guide dog. This is a full-time volunteering opportunity as a puppy will live with you in your home for around 12-16 months.

What you’ll be doing

We rely on volunteers like you to help us improve the lives of people with sight loss. In this role your support will include:

- Following Guide Dogs Puppy Raising for Excellent Partnerships (PREP) programme, to raise and prepare a puppy to become a guide dog.

- Using our guidelines to care for your puppy e.g., providing sufficient exercise.

- Familiarising a puppy to a wide range of environments.

- Teaching a puppy to be alone by gradually building up from a few minutes to a maximum of 4 hours.

- Attending regular puppy classes.

- Meeting regularly with Guide Dogs representatives to discuss your pup’s development.

- Completing regular on-line questionnaires to help us monitor puppy progress.

You’ll get

Volunteering is a two-way street, so in return for your time you will get a dedicated volunteer manager/key contact who will help you settle in and support you during your time with us. You’ll also get:

- The satisfaction in knowing you are supporting people with sight loss to live actively, independently, and well.

- The challenge and reward of seeing a puppy develop in your home.

- The opportunity to learn and develop your understanding in dog body language, learning theory, the human animal bond and the life of a guide dog.

Training and support

This role has 13 hours of training and then you’ll be ready to go! These modules include:

- Our bespoke Puppy Raising for Excellent Partnerships (PREP) training to support you at every stage of the puppy’s development.

- Ongoing training both virtually and face to face as part of the role.

If you have questions about the training requirements, we can answer these at your interview along with any other support or accessibility needs you may have.

Volunteering for Guide Dogs should never leave you out of pocket. We’ll make sure we pay any expenses related to your volunteering with us in line with our policy.

Oxfam Wellington is recruiting!

Located at 2a Duke Street, we are looking for shop volunteers to join our amazing team led by Shop Manager Sarah Pember.

Oxfam retail volunteers make a real impact every shift and help us work towards a world where everyone has the power to thrive not just survive.

Our shops sell donated items to raise funds for Oxfam's work, as well as reducing waste by giving items a second life.

As a Shop Volunteer you will learn all about what goes into making our fantastic shop thrive. You’ll develop skills that boost your confidence – improving your communication skills serving customers on the till and embracing your creative flair to develop stylish window displays!

You can keep busy in the stockroom sorting and checking donations or be on the shop floor, putting stock out on sale – the opportunities are endless!

Dealing with face-to-face, phone and online enquiries, supported by the team.

Reception and front of house duties, helping around the cashier desk.

Completing administration procedures accurately.

Arranging collections of donations via our local van teams.