Volunteer: Wheelchair Care & Equipment Maintenance

If you like practical things like servicing and cleaning equipment, this is the role for you. You’ll make our wheelchairs clean and safe for people to get moving again after illness or injury.

Ideally you will live within 10 miles of the British Red Cross office Sheffield (S9 4LR).

We would like you to:

• Be available to volunteer on a regular basis.
• Minimum 1 day per week between 9am and 3pm (possibly some flexibility in the hours and working day).
• Be able to commit to volunteering for a minimum of 12 months.

Diversity is something we celebrate. We want you to be able to bring your authentic self to the Red Cross and feel that you belong.

We want volunteering to be accessible to everyone. As part of creating an inclusive space we have an expenses policy that prioritises volunteers not being out of pocket for expenses linked to your role. If up front costs are difficult, you can speak to your volunteering manager about this to find alternatives.

We welcome refugees, asylum seekers and others currently in the UK to volunteer with us.

We want volunteering to be accessible to everyone.

Health and Safety Statement

We take an individual approach to ensuring your safety. We may ask you to complete a simple risk assessment and will also have a conversation with you to discuss and identify any adjustments you may need.

Unfortunately, we can’t accept applications from 15 – 17-year-olds for this role. Please get in touch and we can support you to find another role in your area.

We need volunteers to clean and maintain our equipment. We believe that everyone who needs a wheelchair should get one and each year we hire out or loan over 75,000 wheelchairs to help people to get around after an injury or illness. You will be joining a friendly team and will have the satisfaction of ensuring that a clean, safe piece of equipment is ready for the next person.

What you will be doing

• Clean, maintain and service our wheelchairs and other equipment.
• Help to load/unload wheelchairs.
• Use a computer-based stock control system.

The skills you need

• Practical and able to undertake cleaning/maintenance tasks.
• Physically fit and able to lift/move wheelchairs.
• Able to commit to a regular weekly shift.
• A great opportunity to use your existing skills and gain new ones.

What\'s in it for you

• Meet new people and be part of a dynamic and inclusive team.
• A great opportunity to use your existing skills and gain new ones.
• An opportunity to be part of the world’s largest humanitarian organisation and the knowledge that you are making a difference to people’s lives.
• All training and induction for the role.
• Reasonable pre-agreed travel expenses for the role including for attending training.

Acres Hill Lane, Sheffield, S9 4LR, United Kingdom

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