St Helena has 24 shops across north east Essex, each relying on volunteers to keep them running. New volunteers are needed year-round and right now the charity would like to hear in particular from people able to volunteer a few hours regularly in its Magdalen Street furniture shop in Colchester, its Walton-on-the-Naze shop, or its Frinton-on-Sea clothes shop.

Volunteers are also urgently needed in St Helena’s donation centre in Stanway to help sort and prepare stock that has been generously donated by the community for sale in its charity shops.

Sally Hedman, donation centre manager at St Helena, said: 

“We’re so fortunate to have the support of our local community donating items to stock our shops. 

“We would love to introduce more wonderful volunteers to work alongside the Donation Centre team sorting bags of donated toys, clothing and other items. The more quality stock we process, the better we can feed our shops with the appropriate stock to continue to raise vital funds for our essential organisation.

“Volunteering with St Helena’s retail team offers a fantastic opportunity to make new friends, learn new skills, and support people who face incurable illness and bereavement across north east Essex.”

Visit www.sthelena.org.uk/volunteer for all volunteering opportunities and for more information about volunteering with St Helena or call volunteer services on 01206 931 466.