Volunteer in our West Norwood Donations Hub

Fight for Sight's donations hub on East Place is an excellent place to volunteer for people who love treasure hunting. Help out in our fun and hub shop to learn new skills, boost your CV and meet new people.
An exterior view of the Donations Hub, a brick warehouse that has been painted blue. Two people stand outside pointing at the Fight for Sight logo above the door and grinning.

Why volunteer in West Norwood?

Being a Fight for Sight volunteer at our Donations Hub puts you in the invaluable position of being able to help out across all fourteen of our shops without ever leaving West Norwood! Volunteers at our Donations Hub help out with all sorts of tasks, from sorting donations into categories, seasons, and shops to identifying treasures for our online platforms. Our friendly Donations Hub team will help you make the most of your skills, at the same time as picking up new ones.

Our West Norwood team includes people of all ages and backgrounds. Some of our volunteers help out to meet new people, some are keen to build their CVs and get a reference for paid employment. Whatever your reason for volunteering, you'll get a warm welcome at our Donations Hub.

Volunteering at our West Norwood Donations Hub can help you...

  • Give your CV boost

    As well as being sociable and a feel-good thing to do, volunteering at our East Place hub is fantastic for giving your CV standout or getting you on the right path if you've just graduated from school or college. The training opportunities we offer in our West Norwood hub will impress prospective employers and we offer references to our volunteers too. Our volunteering roles enable people to:

    • Learn to categorise donations.
    • Build skills in logistics and communication.
    • Work within a tight team that helps facilitate a much larger operation.
    • Understand Gift Aid, which an increasing number of charities are signed up to.
    • Train on safeguarding, which is really valuable for understanding how organisations look after each other.
    • Benefit from online training in subjects like IT, retail and management skills, which we’re offering as part of our volunteering roles.

    Apply to volunteer in West Norwood

  • Give back to your community

    If you have any time you can spare and are looking to do something sociable and rewarding, our West Norwood Donations Hub is the place. Our Donations Hub team are a social lot, and the volunteers who work with us (we also have 14 shops across London) love that they get to:

    • Meet new people
    • Mix with volunteers and staff of different ages
    • Learn new skills
    • Take an active role in the community
    • Embrace the flexibility we offer, to work around existing interests and commitments.

    Apply here

  • Get work experience

    We're here to support the community in West Norwood, including anyone who's keen to acquire work experience. From teenagers looking for school work experience, to adults who are keen to try something new.

    Please do follow the link below to apply or get in touch directly via volunteering@fightforsight.org.uk to talk through the type of experience you're looking to get.

    Apply to volunteer in West Norwood

  • With team-building, through a corporate volunteering day

    Our corporate volunteering days are designed to give you and your team a chance to get out of your usual working routines and try something new together! If you're local to West Norwood, then this could be a great option for you; unlike some corporate team-building activities, helping out at our West Norwood Donations Hub will give everyone involved a genuine sense of purpose and achievement. You will be helping us to Save Sight. Change Lives.

    Email our team to get things rolling

How you'll help out in our Donations Hub

  • Sorting donations by season and type
  • Pricing merchandise
  • Curating donations for specific shops
  • Hunting for treasures for e-commerce
  • Helping us to deliver our mission to Save Sight. Change Lives.

The skills you need

  • Positive outlook
  • Willingness to help
5 young women wearing high-vis vests sorting through bags of clothing in our donations hub.

Address:
11-13 East Place, London, SE27 9JW

Telephone:
020 4515 3028

Opening hours:
Mon – Fri: 09:00 – 17:00

Email:
warehouse@fightforsight.org.uk

Team Building at our West Norwood Donations Hub

Is your business local to West Norwood? This friendly hub just happens to be one of the places where we run corporate team-building days.

This is a corporate away day that doesn't just build camaraderie and connection, but helps make a difference in the process. And the competitive 'Shop Wars' element is proven to be a massive hit with the teams who have rolled up their sleeves to get involved. 

Find out more about our corporate volunteering days >

 

 

Fight for Sight Corporate Volunteering a group of people smiling outside our Kensington Charity Shop

A bit more on benefits for Donations Hub volunteers...

Find out more about the benefits of volunteering at Fight for Sight by visiting out Volunteer Benefits page or watching this video, courtesy of our Volunteer Lead.

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