Maintenance / Gardener Volunteer (Leicester)

We are the RSPCA and it's our vision to live in a world where all animals are respected and treated with compassion. Our volunteers are incredible, they play an essential role in helping us carry out our important animal welfare work every day.

Much of our direct animal welfare work is carried out through our branches. These separately registered charities across England and Wales are run by volunteers who are unstinting in their work for animal welfare.

This volunteer opportunity is provided by an RSPCA branch, which is a separate registered charity to the RSPCA National Society. Please visit the Branch’s website www.rspcaleicester.org.uk for more info and to view a copy of the branch's privacy policy. www.rspcaleicester.org.uk

Are you good at DIY, or maybe a keen gardener? We're looking for volunteers who can help us with maintenance and gardening tasks around out site. Tasks include painting, carpentry, weeding, pruning and general maintenance of centre and garden areas. You'll also help us set up for open days and other events on site

You will be interacting with visitors where appropriate, while promoting the RSPCA and supporting other ad hoc events when necessary. You must abide by all health and safety guidelines as some heavy lifting will be involved. So before you can start you'll need to attend the appropriate training courses as directed by the Centre if required.

For this role we'd like you to have some knowledge and experience of basic gardening. You'll be part of a team who like to get stuck in and have a willingness help out and get their hands dirty. You should be happy to work out doors in unpredictable weather.

If you want to keep active, make new friends, or use your skills to help others this role might be perfect for you. We are happy to reimburse you for any agreed travel costs that you may incur whilst volunteering with us.

Our Volunteer Gardeners play an important role in keeping our Animal Centres looking smart, and this gives a great impression to members of the public visiting our site. You're time will free up the time of our staff, who can focus on looking after the animals in our care.

If this sounds like the role for you then click the 'apply' button now.