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Pick & Pack Volunteer - sorting and packing donations of pre-loved items and passing them on to families who need them.
Our Pick and Pack team are based in one of our lively baby banks. Together we sort, check, and prepare pre-loved items for children. Volunteers create high-quality bundles of toys, clothes, and equipment to gift to families.
“You can’t imagine the happiness I saw on my little girl’s face when she opened box. She found beautiful outfits, books and toys. I’m forever grateful to people who put it together”
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Commitment
Weekends, Weekdays
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Onsite
Eligibility
Age 14-30
Your Role in Creating Change
Our Pick and Pack team are based in one of our lively baby banks. Together we sort, check, and prepare pre-loved items for children. Volunteers create high-quality bundles of toys, clothes, and equipment to gift to families.
“You can’t imagine the happiness I saw on my little girl’s face when she opened box. She found beautiful outfits, books and toys. I’m forever grateful to people who put it together”
Who is Little Village?
We are London’s biggest Baby Bank, helping over 7000 children per year. With love, we collect donations of pre-loved items to share with children living in poverty.
Volunteers are at the heart of Little Village and essential to everything we do. From supporting families face to face or on the ‘phone to sorting donations or delivering gifts.
At Little Village, you’ll meet local like-minded people, use your skills, and have fun. Most importantly, you’ll make a real and immediate difference to families facing tough times.
What will I do?
· Get to know each child using details we provide to select items they’ll love
· Create beautiful packages of clothes, toys and books with love and care
· Check donated pre-loved items, so that they are all of gift quality
· Organise checked items by gender, age, and type
· Make smaller gift packs e.g., underwear, socks, bibs and linen
· Safety check and clean buggies and cots, when needed
· Greet and thank people arriving with donations of pre-loved items
· Help loading and unloading gifts and stock for delivery
· Act in a non-judgmental, inclusive and loving way
What do I need for this role?
· Attention to detail
· Able to carry out light manual tasks (or chat with us about reasonable adjustments)
· A smile and a pair of comfy shoes
What’s in it for me?
· Meet new friends and like-minded people
· Experience within a high-profile London-based charity
· Travel expenses available
· Induction and regular training
· Written references on request
· Unique insight into baby banks and child poverty in the UK
About Little Village
Little Village makes a big difference to families with babies and young children living in poverty across London. Via our network of baby banks we pass on loved goods from one family to another – clothes, toys and equipment – so that many more babies and young children have the essential things they need to thrive.
Families either visit a Little Village hub, or items are packed with care and delivered to their home. But it doesn’t stop there. We also connect families into a wider network of support, helping them to build and extend their own ‘village’. And we raise our voices for change; sharing the stark realities of too many children’s lives in London.
Thanks to the generous donations of loved items, precious time and money, since we launched in 2016, Little Village has supported more than 32,000 children.
Our values of love, solidarity, thriving and sustainability are at the heart of everything we do.
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What to Expect After Applying
We will ask you to fill out some forms online and then we will be in touch to arrange a "taster" session. This will be like a trial shift to give you the chance to see whether volunteering at Little Village is the right thing for you. After this, we'll have a chat and if you're keen to volunteer regularly, there will be a last few bits of information to complete and we'll add to the rota!
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