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Guide Dogs Scotland

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Guide Dogs Collection Box Coordinator Minimum age 18

Ongoing

We are Guide Dogs and we’re here to help people with sight loss live the life they choose. Our ambition is a future where every person with sight loss has the confidence and support they need to live their lives to the full. It costs £58,000 to support one single guide dog throughout it's life, so without our amazing fundraisers raising money for us, we wouldn't be able to provide our life changing services! As a Collection Box Coordinator, you'll be responsible for placing and collecting our iconic Guide Dogs collection boxes around local venues and businesses. Collection boxes raise a huge amount of income for us so it's a really important role. This is a great role for anyone who has never volunteered before as you don't require any prior knowledge or experience. You'll be able to learn new skills while giving back to the community and making new friends! You'll learn a lot about visual impairments too which is important knowledge you'll have for the rest of your life. It's also a great role for students as the time commitment required is flexible and the role can easily be incorporated into your daily life. “You don’t have to give loads and loads of time, you can give whatever time you can give and we'll still be really grateful" - Guide Dogs student volunteer and guide dog owner

What does the role involve?

Placing our iconic dog-shaped collection boxes in local venues, shops and businesses and counting up the funds every few months before paying them in to Guide Dogs.

Key responsibilities:

  • Identifying and placing collecting boxes in suitable locations.
  • Talking to the shop owner, receptionist etc. at the location about how the boxes will help Guide Dogs and what we do.
  • Emptying boxes every 3-6 months (as they get full) and banking the income through the paying in book provided. Give a receipt and letter of thanks to the hosts.
  • Keeping a written record of the location of all boxes for your supervisor, the dates they are emptied and the dates/ amounts banked
  • If boxes aren’t collecting much, you’ll decide to move them to a better location. Your supervisor may also ask you to remove boxes.
  • Reporting any stolen boxes to the local mobility team.

Contact Name

VolAttractNorth@guidedogs.org.uk

Benefits to self

Learning about visual impairments and breaking misconceptions about people living with sight loss. Valuable skills and experience for your CV, such as organisation skills, communication, and interpersonal skills. Opportunity to meet new people and make new friends in the local area.

Benefits to others

Learning about visual impairments and breaking misconceptions about people living with sight loss. Giving back to the community and supporting people living with a visual impairment. Ability to educate the public about sight loss and improve people's lives.

Location

Glasgow

Training available

We provide full training in the role as well as an induction to the organization. You will receive ongoing support from a designated member of staff.

Hours per week

1

PVG required

No

Support and supervision details

You will have a key staff contact for ongoing support.
  • TypeFundraising, Health and Wellbeing, Physical Disability, Welfare Rights, Widening Access

Employability skills

  • Administration 0
  • Personal Development 0

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