Oxfam reviews

There was no interview: I just filled in a form and then brought it back to the shop and the Deputy Manager called me after few days, asking me to come to the shop for a chat. She simply asked me why do you want to volunteer with us? I said that I had a lot of free time, because I was looking for a job, and I wanted to do something more useful than staying at home all day waiting for e-mails. She said "Bored? I understand." So she offered me to volunteer there twice a week, on Saturday morning and Thursday afternoon (4 hours per shift). Later you can choose freely (but considering when there are few volunteers) which days and hours you want to work. Relaxed and friendly atmosphere, no pressure, you can always ask someone, they accept you even if your English is not very good. There is always someone else around if you have doubts or problems. Some volunteers are very nice and one gave me advice on how to find jobs or more exciting volunteer experiences. After maybe 4 times I got a chance to stay at the till and speak to customers. You can pick up a section you are interested in and you know something about (e.g. history books) and change items on display, decide what to keep etc. I asked the Manager if I could use him as a reference and he said yes.

free lunch, flexibility with hours