Collection Box Volunteer (21yrs & Over)

Love getting out and about in your community? Want a flexible way to make a real difference?

Derian House has collection boxes placed in businesses across Chorley and surrounding areas. These little boxes play a big role in raising vital funds and awareness for our children’s hospice services.

To keep this support flowing, our boxes need to be collected, replaced, and returned to our Fundraising Team on a regular basis.

We’re looking for friendly, reliable, and professional volunteers to help with this important fundraising and community facing role. You’ll be a local ambassador - building relationships with our collection box hosts and keeping them connected with the latest Derian news.

This is a perfect opportunity for an individual (or a pair of friends!) looking for a flexible role that fits around other commitments.

What you’ll do:

Look after charity collection boxes in local shops and venues

Build friendly connections with local businesses

Collect and replace boxes when they’re full

Help identify new locations where a box could be placed

What you will need:

Good knowledge of local areas to Derian House

Reliable, trustworthy and organised

Friendly, confident, and comfortable chatting with a variety of people

Ability to drive (full, clean driving licence)

What’s in it for you?

Gain experience working within our Fundraising Team

Know you’re making a real difference to our babies, children, young people and their families

Meet other Derian volunteers at events and make new friends

Every coin collected helps support babies, children, and young people who rely on Derian House.

Time commitment:

Monday to Friday - flexible hours available.

Training:

Full site induction & mandatory online annual training will be provided

Please note:

The minimum age for volunteering in this role is 21 years.

We ask all applicants to disclose, in confidence, any unspent criminal convictions in advance of a DBS check.

All volunteers are required to wear a uniform, which will be provided free of charge.

Interested? We’d love to hear from you! Help turn small change into life changing care.