Join the team at your local shop
Make a real difference to disadvantaged children and young people by volunteering at your local Barnardo's shop.
You'll be one of 10,000 shop volunteers keeping our 700 shops up and running and supporting our work.
It's a great way to help vulnerable children and build your skills. We'll give you training and support - and you can choose how much time you volunteer.
Some volunteers give us two hours a week, others give us 20. They're all making a vital contribution to our work. We welcome children and young people as volunteers too – you just need to be 14 or over.
The benefits of volunteering
You will meet new people every day and have some fun for a good cause. You will also get to enhance your CV and learn skills that will boost your job prospects:
- customer service
- retail skills
- IT and administrative skills
- increased confidence
- teamwork
- problem solving
Some Barnardo's shops give you the option to take retail & customer service qualifications and other accredited programmes and courses.
What you'll be doing in the shop
Join us and you'll have the opportunity to:
- work on the till processing sales and returns
- prepare stock, including sorting, steaming and pricing
- create stylish window displays
- replenish stock on the shop floor
- stocktake and other administrative tasks
We give all our volunteers full induction and training.