Volunteer Wood Worker

4 weeks ago


Halifax, United Kingdom Happy Days Charity Full time

**Joiner / Woodworker**

**Details of the Project**:The Happydays Workshop provides residents with the opportunity to learn and practice woodwork skills in a workshop environment. The items produced are sold on our market stalls to help raise funds for the charity.

**Location**: Unit 6, Hanson Lane Enterprise Centre, Halifax

**Day/Time**: Wednesdays approx. 10am-3pm

**Volunteer Responsibilities**:

- Making items such as planters, bird boxes and benches for the charity to sell.
- Instructing and advising residents to help them produce these items consistently and to standard.
- Encouraging residents to develop their skills, confidence and team working abilities.
- Ensure equipment is handled safely and cleaned / stored correctly.
- Ensure Health & Safety standards are adhered to.

**Volunteer Personal Specifications**:

- Have good woodworking and DIY skills
- Be reliable, committed, and professional.
- Be approachable, compassionate, and patient; a relationship-focused person
- Be able to use power tools e.g., chop saw, angle grinder etc
- Have high standard of working practice especially health & safety
- Have a genuine interest in improving the lives of others.
- Happydays UK is a non-profit organisation based in Halifax aiming to bring an end to homelessness across the UK and empower people to live independent and purposeful lives. We provide safe accommodation, routine and structure alongside volunteering and employability skills in a community setting to create sustainable change in peoples’ lives. We also run The Gathering Place helping local people in crisis at their point of need, providing a food bank, support drop-in, free café, and winter shelter._
- Should you wish to learn more about our work,_

**Job Type**: Part-time
Part-time hours: 5 per week

**Benefits**:

- Free or subsidised travel
- Free parking

Schedule:

- Day shift

Work Location: In person



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