Volunteering with Oxfam in Hertford

Every week more than 20,000 volunteers give over 100,000 hours of their time to help run more than 750 Oxfam shops. Just four hours of your time each month could help buy bricks to build a school, it could help with projects to provide clean drinking water or with projects to establish agricultural resources for self sufficiency.

As a shop volunteer you get the chance to try a variety of tasks. You could serve customers, sort and price valuable books, manage stock, design window displays, price collectable items for possible Internet sale or deal with other customer enquiries. You choose what hours and days you want to work, and you get plenty of training and support, as well as getting to meet a great bunch of people of all ages from school students to seniors.

If you're interested in volunteering with Oxfam in Hertford, just call into the shop or, if you prefer, why not phone and ask for an application form to be sent to you?

Core Volunteer Policy : Oxfam and You

Oxfam's fundraising, communications and campaigning work in the UK is a partnership between volunteers and staff.

As a volunteer, your gift of time, skills and experience will extend Oxfam's capacity to overcome poverty and suffering.

By doing so, it is Oxfam's aim that volunteers gain satisfaction from this partnership and that the relationship is one of mutual benefit.

When you volunteer with Oxfam it is our aim that:

• You can make a difference to the lives of poor people throughout the world.
• Your gift of time, skills and experience will be used well.
• Your volunteering will be appreciated and recognised.
• You will be provided with all the information and guidance required for you to carry out your volunteering. You will be encouraged to develop in your volunteering role.
• You will be given opportunities to keep up to date with Oxfam's work
• You can expect Oxfam to seek your views on its work and on your volunteering.
• You volunteer in an organisation that is striving to be non-discriminatory and diverse.
• You volunteer in an environment that is safe.
• You will be covered by Oxfam's insurance policies.
• You won't be out of pocket.
• You can expect Oxfam to help you to resolve any difficulties you may have with Oxfam or your volunteering.
• You are free to stop volunteering at any time.

In order to meet these aims:

• Oxfam will ensure that managers are trained in and practice good people management.
• Oxfam expects everyone to carry out their volunteering within the Law and within the organisation's Policies and Procedures.
• Oxfam may request that an individual stops volunteering where the relationship has broken down.
• Oxfam will take up references for all volunteers, as part of the selection process.
• Oxfam will maintain a Database of volunteers' details. (Oxfam is registered under the Data Protection Act of 1998).
• Oxfam expects all volunteers to act within its code of conduct.

Thank you for extending Oxfam's capacity to overcome poverty