VOL - Community Activity - VIC Retail Stores - Corporate Volunteers

• One-off corporate volunteering opportunity
• Weekdays
• Various Dates
• Location: Various Locations
• Time: 10am-4pm

Why Choose to volunteer with Red Cross?

• You can help improve lives and create a positive impact in your community.
• It’s an opportunity to enhance your skills & knowledge & gain new experiences.
• You’ll be helping Red Cross to support vulnerable people across Australia.

Role Summary
Volunteer at any of our Red Cross Shops, helping to sort new donated and recycled merchandise and give back to the community.

The Program
Red Cross Shops sell new and donated clothes, accessories and homewares to raise funds to help people in need. Each year, we rescue 2750 tonnes of clothing from landfill, give opportunities to 5000 volunteers, and generate funds to help Red Cross support vulnerable people in Australia and around the world. The proceeds from the sale of items support the vital everyday work of Red Cross, providing relief in times of crisis and care where it's needed most.

The Opportunity
Our Red Cross shops are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to assist with store operations. With this volunteer day you’ll get the opportunity to:

• Provide customer service and process sales.
• Create window and visual merchandising displays.
• Sort donations and price products for sale.
• Contribute your skills and help us raise money for those in need.

No experience is necessary, and all training is provided.

Red Cross is an inclusive organisation and welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds and experience levels, so if you have some spare time and want to give back to your community, we’d love to hear from you.

The Impact
Through volunteering with Red Cross your contribution will help us procure quality donations which help to raise funds which bring care and comfort where it’s needed most. By volunteering you will also receive access to other opportunities to contribute within the world’s largest humanitarian network.

Further Information
To find out more about this opportunity please contact Serena Hansen at [email protected]

Wellbeing, Health & Safety

It is our vision to be harm free and committed to providing and maintaining a safe and healthy environment for volunteers, members, staff, contractors, clients, customers, and others who may be involved in our work. Our Wellbeing Health and Safety direction is aimed at building a ‘safety mindset’ into our daily work, assessing and reducing risk, reporting hazards and incidents, and providing Red Cross people with a positive, healthy workplace.

• Identify and understand the current and future risks involved in undertaking your role and service delivery activities, then competently manage those risks so that everyone is safe.
• Comply with the Work Health and Safety management system.

Our Commitment

At Australian Red Cross we:

• Adhere to the 7 fundamental principles of Red Cross
• Act at all times in accordance with Australian Red Cross Code of Conduct (Our Code) and Child Protection Code of Conduct and applicable policies
• Strive to create a safe and inclusive culture with wellbeing at its centre. We embrace diversity and welcome Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people with different lived experiences, abilities, gender, ethnicity, age, and sexual orientation. We are a child safe organisation with zero tolerance of any harm to children. Our vision is to be trusted as the leading humanitarian organisation making a genuine difference in the lives of people and communities.