Volunteer Role:          Finance

About the hospice:

Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice offers care for children and young people in South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, North Lincolnshire and North Derbyshire. Our highly specialist care team look after children and young people with a vast range of complex medical needs. We support the whole family on their life journey offering respite care, day care provision, community support, 24 hour urgent response and end of life treatment and care. Sibling support is also at the heart of our work; as well as counselling and bereavement services, hospice at home and befriending.

 About this role:

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to assist the finance team with basic administration and support.

Key tasks for Fundraising Support volunteers:

We require you to assist with some or all of the following tasks dependent on your skills and experience:

• Receipting of income
• Counting and reconciling donations
• General accountancy support
• Updating of the donation system,
• Communicate positively with members of the public, staff members and other organisations, always aiming to build relationships and present Bluebell Wood in the best light.
• Support the finance teams by carrying out some basic administration tasks, eg data input, making phone calls, sending letters.
• Receipting for donations.
• At all times respect confidentiality, in particular the confidentiality of electronically stored data in line, with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.
• Any other reasonable duties that maybe designated by the Volunteer Lead

What we are looking for:

Ideally you will:

•  be comfortable working with money and numbers
• be flexible
• be friendly
• be willing to be part of a team
• be able to cope well under pressure
• be able to operate basic office equipment, under supervision
• have a confident telephone manner
• communicate well

 What we offer:

•  The opportunity to develop new and existing skills
• The chance to be at the heart of your local children’s hospice
• Meet new people
• Be part of an enthusiastic team

 General

 All Bluebell Wood volunteers are asked to:

• Be a minimum of 16 years
• Have a current enhanced Disclosure & Barring check (DBS) generated by the hospice
• Attend Induction Training if required
• Abide by the Health & Safety at Work Act
• Display an identification badge at all times (if applicable)
• Respect confidentiality applying to all hospice areas
• Comply with the hospice no smoking, alcohol and substance misuse policy
• Adhere to hospice policies and procedures
• Comply with the hospice no smoking policy
• Participate in and contribute to team meetings (if applicable)
• Co-operate and liaise with colleagues.

Additional Information

Please be aware that if you do not have your own transport, or live locally, the hospice is very difficult to get to by public transport. If in doubt please check buses etc to see if it is feasible for you to volunteer here. We are over one mile from the nearest bus stop.

Bluebell Wood is committed to safe volunteer recruitment practices. Enhanced DBS checks will be sought where appropriate and references taken.

t: 01909 517360 | m: w: www.bluebellwood.org   

Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice | Cramfit Road | North Anston | Sheffield | S25 4AJ

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Do you have a few hours per week free? Want to build your skills or add to your CV? We are proud to support Bluebell Wood and currently have several vacancies available for volunteers to join their core team of volunteers across South Yorkshire. Details are available on our vacancies page or you can contact Terry Lowell direct on the details.

Terry Lowell, Volunteer Coordinator | Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice

 t: 01909 508116  w: www.bluebellwood.org   e: terry.lowell@bluebellwood.org

Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice | Cramfit Road | North Anston | Sheffield | S25 4AJ

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We’re proud to support Rotherham Hospice and the work it carries out for the people of South Yorkshire and were pleased when Anne Giblin, came to the office to present us with our award and collect a cheque for £350.

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Yesterday we continued our fundraising efforts for the Rotherham Hospice Big Fundraising Challenge. Staff, tenants and visitors to Moorgate Crofts Business Centre joined us for mince pies, mulled wine and hot chocolate around the Christmas tree to raise money for the Rotherham Hospice and to give people another opportunity to drop of a gift for the Hallam FM Mission Christmas campaign.

We are proud to have raised another £75.50 for our Fundraising Challenge; taking the kitty to £215.50!

Thanks to everyone who supported us including; the Carlton Park Hotel for donating lunch for 2 at the hotel; Lloyd Catering Equipment, BJs Cafe Canklow, Moorhead Savage, Car Assistance Ltd and Voyage Care.

Our next event will take place in January; we will be holding a birthday networking event on Friday 15th January to celebrate our 3rd birthday and to ensure you kick start 2015. Join us along with Westfield Health, Jill Thomas current President of Sheffield Chamber of Commerce and Footprints Accountancy as we kick start your 2016 focussing on Health, Wealth and Success. Tickets are free however a charity donation is suggested. You can book your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/health-wealth-success-2016-kickstart-tickets-19927162680

Thank you to everyone who has supported us this far. We look forward to seeing you in the New Year!

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