Volunteering with Home Basics can bring great benefits to both the organisations and to volunteers.

 

For Home Basics it provides a vital source of help and skills to supplement our small number of staff. We rely on volunteers to help with running the charity (all of our Board of Directors are volunteers) and to manage many of the day-to-day tasks including sales, organising, furniture restoring and sales.

As a volunteer we can offer you the opportunity to develop your employability skills, gain valuable employment experience, improve your CV, and provide references for employers. We understand that while some volunteers may want to use volunteering as a springboard to bigger things, many others just want to use their time constructively, meet new friends, or simply do something different.

 

We hope to cater for all types of volunteers, and aim to provide a friendly, effective volunteering experience for everyone involved.

In having two depots, one in Walkerburn and Hawick, Home Basics can provide volunteering opportunities at both.  We can meet all travel costs and provide expenses so that your volunteering won’t cost you a penny.  How to Volunteer? 

You can also download a copy of our recent advertising document here.