Bookshop Volunteer – Clapham Kids Books

Why We Want You

We are recruiting for a friendly, approachable, and customer-orientated Book Volunteer to join our FARA Clapham Kids Books Charity Shop team as soon as possible. You will join a vibrant, and busy charity retail environment where no two days are the same and the local community is at the heart of everything we do.

By volunteering in one of our shops, you will help the team process donations from the community more effectively which will help FARA raise as much money and awareness as possible for our work. You will also help us make sure the items FARA can’t sell find the right home, maximising our contribution to a sustainable economy.

FARA has 40 Charity Shops in London and 30 years of experience in Charity Retailing. Our charity shops are tailored to each local community and we aim to respond to our customers’ needs by providing excellent customer service, a pleasant shopping experience, great value for money, a very creative stock display, and visual merchandise. All this can only be possible with the help and dedication of our fantastic teams, from Volunteers to Shop Managers who bring into their everyday roles unique and amazing skills.

The Role

The role will be but not limited to:

· Sorting book donations

· Pricing books

· Identifying valuable and collectible books

· Some lifting of books onto shelves

· Book displays

· Greeting and assisting customers

The Volunteer

· Someone who has a passion for books and is perhaps in a book club

· Someone who is friendly, approachable and enthusiastic

· If you have worked with books before that is a bonus

What’s in it for you

Our shops are run by friendly, collaborative teams where everyone works together. You will gain experience volunteering with a team that supports each other to develop, challenge and celebrate their contributions with FARA.  Full training will be provided.

Working times

• Location: FARA Clapham Kids Books,  SW11 6HG
• Shop Opening Hour: 09:30– 17:30
• 4 hours per week