Shop Assistant

Join one of our retail teams

We have shops in and around Milton Keynes and always need an extra pair of hands to help us! Typical tasks will include serving customers, operating the till, sorting donations, pricing and preparing goods for sale and keeping the shop looking clean, interesting and attractive.

Shop volunteers receive on-the-job training, ongoing support and further development opportunities if desired, including cashing up and performing opening and closing duties.

Hours available

Shifts can be flexible to suit you but are usually 4 hours, weekdays and weekends between 9am and 5pm.

A trial session can be arranged for you.

How to register

If you are 16 years or older (14 if completing a DofE award), let us know you are interested by completing the form below. If you would like more information, email volservices@willen-hospice.org.uk or call 01908 308701. 

Volunteering for Willen Hospice

  • (If you don't have a home phone please repeat your mobile number)
  • How would you like us to contact you about volunteering? You can select more than one.

  • If you are interested in volunteering in a shop, choose from the locations listed below, and list them in your order of preference.

    Ampthill, Bletchley, Stony Stratford, Stony Stratford Bookshop, Buckingham, Kiln Farm Furniture Shop, Leighton Buzzard, Leighton Buzzard Bridal Boutique, Newport Pagnell, Off The Record music shop, Olney, Towcester, Woburn Sands, The Point or The Point Coffee Shop, The Hangout. Willen Hospice Select

  • We promise to look after the information you give us, and it will only be used to manage your expression of interest about volunteering. If you would like to know how we collect, process, and store your personal information, our Privacy Notice is available on our website. Your ongoing support helps our patients and their families, and we look forward to keeping in touch by post and phone to share our news with you and other ways you can get involved. Would you also like to hear from us by:

  • Any past preferences you have stated with regards to post and phone will be maintained. If you would rather not hear from us, or would like to change how we contact you, please let us know here by emailing supportercare@willen-hospice.org.uk or call 01908 303050.
In a typical year...
£11.23
our cost, per minute
11,000
phone calls to patients at home
600
fabulous volunteers
700
patients cared for at home
3,200
home visits
300
patients at the hospice
18,000
of cups of tea
290
counselling sessions
We can only provide the care we do thanks to the incredible generosity of our community, through their continued volunteering, fundraising and donations throughout the year. Your donation will enable us to continue providing care and support to those facing a life-limiting diagnosis, and to support their loved ones.