Event Management Volunteer
Event Management Volunteer
Posted for Newbury and Thatcham Repair Cafe
Posted by Volunteer Centre West Berkshire
You will be redirected to the Volunteer Centre West Berkshire website to express your interest.
- Welcome visitors at the main door
- Help the visitors register items on forms, including a description of what is broken
- Weigh the item so we can calculate how much waste is saved at each event
- If the item is electrical, direct the visitor to the PAT (electrical safety) testing area
- When a visitor leaves the Repair Cafe, ensure that PAT testing has been completed on exit and that the registration form has been completed and returned
- Host the visitors including queue management if busy, taking them to a suitable repairer when available and after the repair is finished, directing them back to PAT testing if needed and then to the 'exit' table to leave their completed form.
- Prepare tea and coffee etc and serve visitors from a hatch
- Take tea and coffee to volunteer repairers
What skills do I need?
- Being a good communicator
- Enjoy meeting new people and willing to chat to visitors
- A calming influence is useful when the café gets busy!
- A sense of humour when things don't quite go as anticipated!
- An eye for detail if you are in the reception area or on the exit table (e.g. if the item is electrical, checking that PAT testing is done on entry and checking if it has been done again before exit)
Details
- Accessibility
- DBS check required
- Equal opportunities policy
- Expenses reimbursed
- Ongoing support
- Safeguarding policy
- Suitable for under 18s
- Training provided
- Volunteer induction
- Volunteer policy
- Volunteers covered by insurance
- Written role description
When is this role available?
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Events run about once a month on a Sunday afternoon 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., alternating each month between Newbury and Thatcham. There are no events in August and December. Events run for 2.5 hours. Volunteers are asked to be at the venue 30 minutes before the start time to help set up tables, chairs, equipment, the café kitchen etc, and are also asked to help clear up at the end. The commitment for any particular event is about 3.5 hours. Volunteers are not required to be at every event, but we'd love it if you were available as much as possible!!
Location:
Newbury Methodist Church Hall
Northbrook Street
Newbury
Berkshire
RG14 1AN
Frank Hutchings Community Hall
Bradley-Moore Square
Thatcham
Berkshire
RG18 4QH
You will be redirected to the Volunteer Centre West Berkshire website to express your interest.
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