Our inspirational team is the beating heart of Alex TLC. Becoming a volunteer is a highly rewarding way to show your support for our charity.

We are always on the lookout for people with skills and experience in retail, office administration, communications and fundraising. You don’t need to have prior experience of working in the charity sector to get involved, just a warm heart and the drive to make a difference.

Our Trustees play an important role in governance and decision making at Alex TLC. Please click here for more information.

To apply please email a CV and covering letter to info@alextlc.org.

Retail Assistant:

As a volunteer Retail Assistant, you will play an important role in the smooth running of Alex TLC’s charity shops in south east London.

Who can volunteer at Alex TLC?

Anyone aged 14 or above, who is looking for a new challenge, can volunteer. You must have a desire to learn new skills, want to meet new people and be willing to work as a team. You do not need to have any experience or qualifications as we will train you.

What can Alex TLC offer you?

We believe in supporting volunteers to fulfil their potential and will help you to learn and develop through continuous hands-on training. We will also enable you:

• To acquire transferable skills such as customer services and team-working.
• To improve your numeracy and literacy skills.
• To develop interpersonal and communications skills so that you grow in confidence.
• To enter a new environment, meet new people and make friends. Alex TLC will also pay travel and lunch expenses (your Alex TLC retail manager will give you the details).

What will you be doing?

You will support shop staff to meet Alex TLC’s daily retail target by:

• Using the till to serve customers and by answering queries.
• Preparing and sorting donations for sale – this includes washing bric-a-brac, steaming clothes and carrying out quality control checks on donations.
• Displaying/restocking items for sale and ensuring that the shop window displays are regularly updated.

How to apply?

Please send a CV detailing your experience, contact details and two references and send it to info@alextlc.org.

If you have any queries about volunteering, please telephone 020 7701 4388.

ABOUT THE ROLE
We are looking for volunteers, preferably with experience of grant fundraising, to:

• research potential grant making trusts for relevance to our specific objectives
• send applications using existing templates
• update our systems with details of applications

This is a wonderful opportunity to develop your existing skills within a unique arena, learn about the difficulties facing those with rare disease, and give vital and tangible support to sufferers of leukodystrophy. We need help to give hope and support to people affected by leukodystrophy – could you be that help?

ABOUT YOU
Candidates should be able to demonstrate the following:

• an interest in ALD Life and the work that we do
• basic understanding of the complexities of leukodystrophy
• excellent written skills
• excellent computer skills, particularly Microsoft Word and Excel
• excellent organisational and administrative skills

We are flexible and the role can be home based or at our Peckham, London SE15 office.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for volunteers, preferably with experience of community engagement and networking, to:

• Research and develop a database of local authority websites
• Research and develop a database of other charities and support organisations, who may support individuals affected by leukodystrophy
• Request for Alex TLC to be added as a support organisation to the above resource lists
• Improve awareness of the charity and leukodystrophy within local authorities, other charities, and support organisations
• Research ways that we can improve our outreach to yet-to-reach groups within the community

This is a wonderful opportunity to develop your existing skills within a unique arena, learn about the difficulties facing those with rare disease, and give vital and tangible support to sufferers of leukodystrophy.

We need help to give hope and support to people affected by leukodystrophy – could you be that help?

ABOUT YOU

Candidates should be able to demonstrate the following:

• an interest in Alex TLC and the work that we do
• basic understanding of the complexities of leukodystrophy
• excellent written skills
• excellent communication skills
• excellent computer skills, particularly Microsoft Word and Excel
• excellent organisational and administrative skills

Alex TLC are flexible and the role can be home based or at our Peckham, London SE15 office.

To apply, please follow the link: Charity Job Advert

Anyone aged 14 and over can apply for work experience in one of our charity shops or office team. Please get in touch to apply.

If you’re under 16 you’ll need to ask your parent or guardian to complete a consent form.

Why is this role important?

Being a bucket collection volunteer not only helps raise money for Alex TLC but also helps to raise awareness for the charity. By having regular collections across your local area people will start to recognise Alex TLC and learn more about leukodystrophies.

The role may include:

• Booking collections in your local area
• Attending collections in superstores, football clubs, etc that have been arranged by Alex TLC
• Counting and banking the money after
• Recording details of the collection and informing the charity

Time Commitment

•  As much or as little time as you can give with enthusiasm and willingness to get involved and become part of our team.
• You may need to work some evenings and weekends, depending on the collection times

Location of Volunteering

• In your local area

Are travel expenses reimbursed?

• Reasonable travel expenses will be reimbursed on production of a valid receipt or equivalent.

Training

•  Volunteers will be given a full induction once they have registered
•  There will be mandatory training which includes health and safety, safe guarding and GDPR.

Personal Requirements

• Passionate about helping those affected by leukodystrophy
• Enthusiastic
• Good communication
• Confident to talk about the charity to new people

What are the benefits to me?

• Meeting and working with new and inspiring people across the community
• The ability to volunteer around your own commitments
• Learning new skills whilst having fun!
• Adding to your CV
• Getting more involved in and making a difference to your local community
• Helping those affected by leukodystrophies

For more information and to apply for any of our volunteer roles, please contact us.