Collection Box Coordinators - Scotland
Volunteer Collection Box Coordinator
Why we need you:
The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign leads the fight against muscle disease. We provide free care and support for babies, children and adults affected by muscle disease, fund world-class research to find treatments and cures, provide grants towards equipment and campaign to raise awareness and bring about change.
As a Volunteer Collection Box Coordinator you will support the Volunteer Fundraising Manager in Scotland to raise awareness and funds for the charity by placing and managing collection boxes within businesses in your local community.
What will I be doing?
• Placing charity collection boxes in shops, pubs, etc in your area.
• Making follow up visits to businesses where boxes have been placed to empty contents and reseal boxes for further use
• Counting and receipting contents of each box emptied
• Maintaining accurate records of how much each collection box placed raises
• Ensuring boxes are clean and in good condition.
• Banking income and providing detailed report of income to Volunteer Fundraising Manager within agreed timescales
• We may also ask that you encourage traders to display posters from time to time to promote fundraising events in their area.
What skills and attributes do I need to have?
• Access to a vehicle
• Friendly and outgoing personality
• Good organisational skills and ability to maintain records.
How much time do I need to commit?
We encourage Volunteers Collection Box Coordinators to place as many boxes as possible within their community, ideally we would like volunteers to develop their area to an extent where they are able to manage at least ten collection boxes.
Once in place the time spent maintaining the boxes is an ongoing commitment but will differ between different locations they are positioned in and how soon they fill up. Ensuring collection boxes are well managed by emptying them regularly is very important.
On average allow an average of two to three hours per box, this time will include:
- maintaining contact with your key contact at the box location to agree date to empty the collection box.
- going to the collection box to empty and reseal
- counting the donations collected
- banking the donations
- reporting income to the Volunteer Fundraising Manager
- repeating this process on an ongoing basis as required.
Once ten boxes are placed it is probable that the amount of time needed will total in the region of a day each month – although you may decide to allocate two or three days every three months if you prefer to manage the boxes in this way.
What support will I be given?
A dedicated member of staff will guide and support you in your work plus you will receive supporting materials, a full induction to the charity and specific training, where appropriate, to help you get the most from your role.
Reasonable travel expenses will also be paid when incurred on charity business.
What benefits can I expect?
• The satisfaction of knowing you are making a valuable contribution to the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign and to supporting its vital work
• The enjoyment of meeting new people in your community and working as part of our skilled and friendly fundraising team
• The opportunity to develop new and existing skills in areas such as fundraising, marketing and communication
• The chance to gain experience of working with one of the UK’s leading charities.
Where will I be based?
You will be able to complete your tasks from home and in your local community. However, the role may also require you to travel to selected meetings with the Volunteer Fundraising Manager.
How do I apply?
Send a CV and covering letter to scotland@muscular-dystrophy.org or call 0141 558 2662 for more information.
