We are always looking for new volunteers and supporters to help us in our day to day work. Volunteering with us is really worthwhile and rewarding, and it doesn't have to take up lots of your time – whatever time you can give, is a fantastic boost for us and can offer you a wealth of employment and life experience. All our volunteers receive lots of help, support and training where required to ensure that both they and the charity get the maximum rewards from their time and efforts.
We need help in all areas of our work, and you may be surprised at the many different ways you can help. And if you REALLY want to, you can wear the cat suit...
Want to work directly with cats?
We desperately need to recruit new fosterers. Because we do not have the funding for a single animal sanctuary within Wolverhampton the only way we can look after cats is through our fosterers, who care for cats in their own home. Each fosterer can have between 1 and 3 cats to look after, and full support is provided, including food, litter and equipment. All you really need to become a fosterer is a safe home, and time to care for the cats. You can even foster if you already have a cat, as long as you have separate areas for your cat and the foster cat, and they are kept apart.
If fostering isn't for you, we also need lots of help with welfare and cat care - cleaning out cat pens and socialising with foster cats. If you can drive, we need people to help transport cats to and from foster homes and vets, and trapping and transportation of ferals and strays to and from the vet. If you're happy meeting lots of new people, we need volunteers to make homing visits to assess potential new owners and their homes for suitability.
Are you a born organiser?
We need help with organising and managing fundraising events and you could be involved with almost anything! How about thinking up new fundraising methods, investigating new ideas, following up suggestions, sourcing and booking venues, liaising between suppliers, volunteers and our National Cat Centre staff? Or maybe you'd like to be involved with coordinating publicity campaigns to raise awareness of our public profile and our work?
Are you outgoing and bubbly, a real people person?
We need volunteers to help us with our street collections, to promote us through our stalls at local carnivals, fairs and shows. In particular we'd love to have a dedicated Volunteer Officer on our committee to really help boost our volunteer numbers and to coordinate all those people.
Love sales, retail or promoting?
We always need volunteers to work in our shop at 54 Warstones Road, Penn. The staff there are all full of beans and love working there, and they could do with a few more hands on deck to make sure that we raise as much money as possible to support our work. If you can spare a few hours a week on a regular basis, get in touch today!
If the shop's not for you, then what about helping with promoting our work and generating funds within the local area, for example with gaining support from local businesses and maintaining links with other charities.
Love writing? Or graphic design? Or both?
We need help with designing and producing our quarterly newsletter, The Scratching Post. We also spend lots of time designing and producing promotional material for events, posters and leaflets for use in our shop, writing articles or updates for this website, for Facebook and Twitter. And then there's all the thank you letters we send to our supporters!
Love photography or videography?
We'd love someone who had a bit of time to help with getting great pictures and/or videos of cats in our care. And then we always need pictures of event to promote in our newsletter, in printed materials, and online.
Computer geek?
Do you have experience of dealing with the public?
We need help with manning our telephone support line – this is something you can do from your own home. It does require someone with experience of dealing with people in all kinds of circumstances, and you'll need a firm yet fair telephone manner, with the ability to inform and direct people and be calm and clear at all times.
None of the above?
If none of that sounds quite like you, just let us know how much time you can give us and tell us what you're comfortable doing. Sometimes we just need help with cleaning out our lockup, or preparing things to take to our events – we once spent an afternoon bagging up sweets to sell on our stall at a carnival! And if you've got a skill you can offer us, then we can always use your skill. Maybe you're good at fixing things – can you put up shelves for us in our shop or make minor repairs to our cat pens? Or maybe you can sew or knit – how about making some items for us to sell? Whatever you can do, you can be sure it will help us out.
If you'd like to volunteer for us, we'd LOVE to hear from you today. Please get in touch and let us know what you're interested in or how you'd like to help. Please complete the form below, call 01902 651173 or message us through our
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