Volunteer

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with us.

Our volunteers are a crucial part of the Hospice service equation. In any given year we have about 400 volunteers helping us out across over 40,000 work hours.

Without these volunteers Hospice would not be able to provide the free palliative service it offers across the Otago Region.  

SHOP VOLUNTEERS

We are always looking for volunteers in our hospice shops, especially Wānaka, Milton and the Vogel Street basement shop (Dunedin).

Shop volunteers keep the Hospice shop stocked with all our valued donations, provide great customer service and help keep the shop looking great. They are a critical part of our fundraising efforts.

If you have three hours a week to spare (or fortnightly on the weekends) we’d love to hear from you.

For the Wanaka Hospice Shop please contact manager, Jo Baynes, at jo.baynes@otagohospice.co.nz

For the Milton Hospice Shop please contact manager, Wendy Gidney, at wendy.gidney@otagohospice.co.nz

For Vogel St Basement Shop please contact manager, Jenny Paddon at jenny.paddon@otagohospice.co.nz

Alternatively you can fill out the registration form below and someone will be in contact in the new year (Please state what shop you are interest in volunteering in).

SHOP VOLUNTEERING IN GENERAL

OCH offer a valuable and rewarding volunteering experience, within a great team, and provide ongoing training, education and support.

There are just a few rules and requests you need to know before you apply.

1. We ask that volunteers commit to a regular weekly three hour shift (10am- 1pm or 1pm-4pm). If the shift is a weekend shift it can be weekly or fortnightly.
2. Volunteers must be 16+ years old and make a minimum commitment of six months.
3. Our volunteers and staff are not able to shop while rostered on their shift nor on-sell items they buy from our shops.
4. We also ask that our volunteers do not work with any other charity shop when they are volunteering for Otago Community Hospice

OTHER VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES

We will be recruiting for other volunteers early to mid-2025 for Hospice – Weekend cleaning, patient biography service and kitchen.

If you are interested in any of these roles please email volunteer@otagohospice.co.nz or fill out the form below (please state what role you are interested in volunteering for)

Someone will be in touch in the New Year to give you some more details.