Family Fun Day Volunteer

1 week ago


Solihull, United Kingdom Acorns Children's Hospice Trust Full time

Volunteer with us at Pak Travel's annual Family Fun Day on Sunday 7th July

At Acorns we provide care and support for life limited or life threatened children and their families. We are a charity, and our fundraising is vital to enable us to continue providing care and support to the children: it costs around £11 million a year to run our care services.

Join us at the annual family fun day and cricket tournament event, hosted in aid of Acorns and taking place at Solihull School. The day will include:

- Raffle and auction for Acorns
- On-going cricket tournament throughout the afternoon
- BBQ and drinks
- Bouncy castle
- Tombola
- On stage music and entertainment

As a volunteer, you'll be provided with free BBQ food and you are welcome to bring your family along to the day.

**What's involved?**

We need several volunteers to help to:
Run the tombola and raffle stations
Collect admission fees at the entry point
Collect payment at the bouncy castle

**How much time will it take?**

The event runs from 10.30am - 5pm, so all day or anything in between

**Why volunteer at Acorns?**
- To help a local charity and make a different in your community
- Connect with likeminded people and make new friends
- Learn new skills to boost your CV
- Opportunities to progress to other roles
- Access to free online training courses
- Retail discounts
- Participation in our volunteer recognition schemes and rewards

**Job Type**: Volunteer

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 247125INDX



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