Roles available in our shops
All of our shops are different, with lots of different volunteer roles available! Whether you have a flair for fashion and fancy yourself on the shop floor, or can see yourself helping behind the scenes as a volunteer van driver, PAT tester or eBay administrator, we can't wait to welcome you to our shops team.
We Urgently Need Volunteers for the following roles:
The Old Bank Cafe - Cafe Assistant
Saturday 10am-12.30pm and 12pm-2.30pm
At The Old Bank Cafe, volunteers will be serving customers, preparing food such as sandwiches, paninis and beverages and ensuring the cleanliness of the cafe.
Furniture Plus - Retail Assistants
Saturday and Sunday - AM and PM
As a Furniture Plus volunteer you'll be helping on the shop floor, meeting and greeting our customers, and marketing and selling donated items.
PAT tester volunteer
Flexible Days/Hours
Based at Furniture Plus, our volunteer PAT testers help to test every electrical item for safety and function before they're sold in one of our shops.
Ebay Wrappers
Mondays / Wednesdays & Fridays
As an eBay wrapper volunteer, you'll help wrap sold items and package them up ready to ship to our customers! Hours are flexible, so if you love wrapping and could spare any time please get in touch!
Ebay Listers at Furniture Plus
You'll be identifying online goods at the furniture plus shop to be listed on our eBay store and helping to prepare them for selling. An understanding of selling goods & buying on eBay would be an advantage but no experience is necessary!
Horwich Shop - Till Operative
Saturday 10am-1pm
As a till operative volunteer you’ll help with selling donated items to our loyal customers, and sorting stock on our shop floor.
Farnworth Shop - Retail Assistant
Saturday AM or PM
As a retail assistant volunteer you’ll help run one of our charity shops; sorting stock, replenishing the shop floor, marketing items and serving our loyal customers. No experience is necessary and training is provided!
Little Lever Shop - Retail Assistant
Saturday AM or PM
As a retail assistant volunteer you’ll help run one of our charity shops; sorting stock, replenishing the shop floor, marketing items and serving our loyal customers. No experience is necessary and training is provided!
If you can help with any of these urgent roles, please complete the application form, email us or give us a call on 01204 663 066. Thank you!
If you'd like to volunteer with us but are unsure which role would be the best fit, please get in touch with us to discuss the different opportunities in more detail.
Email volunteer@boltonhospice.org or call us on 01204 663066.
More Volunteer Roles
Shop volunteer
As a charity shop volunteer you’ll help run one of our charity shops; sorting stock, replenishing the shop floor and selling donated items to our loyal customers.
Furniture Plus volunteer
As a Furniture Plus volunteer you'll be helping on the shop floor, meeting and greeting our customers, and marketing and selling donated items.
Warehouse volunteer
Warehouse volunteers are vital to the smooth running of our Furniture Plus shop, helping behind the scenes to process and sort donated items.
PAT tester volunteer
Based at Furniture Plus, our volunteer PAT testers help to test every electrical item for safety and function before they're sold in one of our shops.
eBay volunteer
As an eBay volunteer you’ll support our online eBay shop by logging donations to be sold online, researching goods, adding listings, and assisting with postage once sold.
Van driver volunteer
Our volunteer van drivers and van drivers' mates collect donated items from across the borough of Bolton and deliver them back to our shops to be sold.
The Old Bank Cafe volunteer
At The Old Bank Cafe, volunteers will be serving customers, preparing food such as sandwiches, paninis and beverages and ensuring the cleanliness of the cafe.
