If would like to volunteer during your holiday in the UK, you can volunteer with us for a maximum of 30 days. When applying, please provide the UK address you’ll be staying at.

If you’re an international student studying in the UK, you are able to volunteer with us during the period you are enrolled at a UK university. Please provide the UK address you’ll be staying at.

You must always ensure that you do not have restrictions on your visa preventing you from volunteering whilst in the UK.

We welcome volunteers from 15 years old and above. We’ll send you an ‘under 18 parental consent form’ for your parent/guardian to complete and return to us.

There are several restrictions on when and where children are allowed to volunteer. Children are not allowed to volunteer:

•In places like a factory or industrial site during school hours

• Before 7am or after 7pm

• For more than one hour before school (unless local bylaws allow it)

• For more than 4 hours without taking a break of at least 1 hour

• In any work that may be harmful to their health, well-being or education

• Without having a 2-week break from any work during the school holidays in each calendar year Term time rules During term time children can only work or volunteer a maximum of 12 hours a week. This includes:

• A maximum of 2 hours on school days and Sundays • A maximum of 8 hours for 15 to 16-year-olds on Saturdays

Yes, anyone on benefits can volunteer without their payments being affected. As long as you continue to meet the conditions of the benefit you get. whichever benefit you receive, you should inform your benefits agency if you are doing voluntary work.

Yes, refugees with refugee status and asylum seekers are able to volunteer.

By volunteering asylum seekers can support their local community and this will also assist with their integration if granted leave to remain in the UK.

Yes we will provide a reference once you have completed your induction, training and at least 35 hours of volunteering with White Rose.

Volunteering is a great way to gain work experience and we often offer work experience placements where volunteers can gain experience in fashion retail.

We do not currently have the resources to provide formal qualifications for our volunteers. We do however offer informal training in a broad range of topics via Evolve our E-learning platform and on the job training dependent on the role in store or in the DC. We also provide a certificate upon completion of volunteering too.

Volunteers do not need to give notice if they want to stop volunteering, in the same way that an employee would have to. As part of setting the expectations and having good communication with your manager, we expect volunteers to have a conversation with us if they are thinking of leaving, ideally to give notice so that we are able to replace their support. However volunteers are under no obligation to notify us if they do not wish to.

Our stores are mistaken for regular high-street stores.

At White Rose, we pride ourselves on providing great quality preloved clothes. So why not use your free time to help a worthwhile cause in one of the trendiest charity shops?

Enquire

Complete the application form online or pop into your local store!

We'll be in touch

Once we have your application, we will be in touch to book you in for a taster session.

Meet the team

You will meet the shop manager, other staff and volunteers who will be able to answer any questions you may have.

Induction

All our volunteers complete an induction and training period where you get to know your role and understand the skills you will need to complete your volunteering role.

If there’s no response, we’ll leave a voicemail and then follow up with an email.

If you’ve not received contact from us within 10 days (please check your junk/spam folders) then please email us at volunteer@whiteroseshop.co.uk

All volunteers should receive an induction when joining White Rose. Volunteers should be made aware of the induction process, expectations and receive specific training for the role they are carrying out as well as health and safety and Aegis Trust training.

Yes, you can volunteer with a friend as long as you meet the requirements for the volunteering role you request.

Yes. We’d love you to get involved with us in different roles and will appreciate all the time you can give.

If you would like to help us to raise vital funds for the work of Aegis, please email fundraising@whiteroseshop.co.uk

Click here to read some of our amazing volunteer stories

All volunteers get something different from their volunteering experience. Some of the most common benefits reported are:

• Making a positive difference to peoples' lives

• Receiving high quality training

• Getting invaluable work experience and developing new skills

• Using existing skills and knowledge in a new environment

• Improving self-esteem, confidence and wellbeing

• Making friends and meeting new people from a range of backgrounds

• Feeling valued and part of a team

We will reimburse reasonable travel costs. Keep your bus/tram receipts and give a digital copy to the manager at the end of each week.

Every store and donation centre has lockers to keep your personal possessions safe during your volunteering shift.

We understand our volunteers have responsibilities and commitments outside of volunteering and sometimes things crop up when you are due to volunteers volunteering is flexible. Please contact the manager directly as soon as possible to notify them if you aren’t able to attend a shift.

After your induction, you will liaise with the manager in the store or distribution centre that you’ll be volunteering at. Let them know our availability each week.

There isn’t a set amount of time that individuals need to volunteer for. We advise volunteers that 3-4 hours a week is the average amount of time needed for us and them to gain mutual benefit from the experience.

There is no limit for how long you can volunteer for and you can volunteer for as long as you want to.

Yes volunteers are entitled to as many breaks as they wish as they are not an employee and it is up to them how much of their time they would like to give.

Volunteers are not employees and therefore do not need to request annual leave. You may encourage your team to let you know if they are planning on taking time off or a holiday period so that you can plan your Rota, but volunteers do not need to formally request time off.

We understand our volunteers have other commitments outside of volunteering that take precedence and we take a flexible approach to volunteering so that you may pause volunteering at any point and resume when you're ready to support again.