Our volunteers have been critical in our success to date. This includes support in our workshop to refurbish donated bikes as well as advice to our work experience pupils from Furze Platt School, ride leaders for our organised rides, volunteer staff in our ‘pop up’ shops and our Board of Trustees.
To support our continued development, we are looking for some additional volunteers in several areas:
- Shop: staffing our town centre shop, showing customers our range of refurbished bikes, as well as parts and accessories, and providing information about local cycling. Some knowledge of/interest in cycling essential, but training will be given.
- Workshop: supporting our professional mechanics to refurbish donated bikes and make them ready to be ridden again by new owners. Some experience of bike mechanics is certainly helpful, but there will be opportunities to learn from our mechanics
- Marketing and communications: promoting our activities (eg rides, events) on social media and in the local paper, engaging local companies for Dr Bike and other corporate activities
- Back office: keeping our records (bikes refurbished/sold, ride participants) up to date and reporting on the positive impact our work is having
We are also looking for additional trustees to join our Board. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone with experience of income generation (from local companies or fundraising), IT (website, database) and HR, but broader experience of running a small charity or business would also be welcome. There is more detail in our Trustee job description here