Volunteering Opportunity: Cats Protection North Hertfordshire Branch
| Published: 2nd July 2008 10:53 |
The North Herts branch of Cats Protection is looking for commited cat-loving volunteers to help in the following areas:
- Publicity Officer. An enthusiastic cat lover is needed to join the team and help spread the word about the branch's activities via the local media, publications and any other means possible! You will be computer literate, enjoy talking to people and be good at writing. This is an ideal opportunity for someone to develop PR skills for their career or own satisfaction.
- Home visitors. Such a rewarding role, having a key part in the rehoming of cats and kittens by visiting potential owners in their own homes.
- Fostering a cat or kittens for a short time until a new home is found. A really hands-on job which can be done in a spare room or cat cabin in your garden.
- Rescue work: Helping unwanted, stray and abandoned cats and kittens, as well as neutering work with farm cats. Lots of contact with real, needy cats and kittens.
- Manning the telephone line, taking phone messages and passing onto colleagues
- Collecting / Sorting Bric a Brac. If you like a rummage and have wheels, this could be the ideal role for you!
- Helping at events. We always needs people to help set up and staff stalls at events. It's a great opportunity to meet like-minded people and have some quality cat chat!
- Poster updaters. Help find new homes for cats by advertising at work or on local noticeboards.
- Have a collecting box at work and/or home and collect all that spare change to help fund our voluntary branch.
- Car booters: Do you love car boot sales and fancy doing some for our branch (with our goods)? We're ready to go if you are!
Of course, it's up to you how much, and when, you help...
The qualifications that Cats Protection asks for, apart from the love of cats, are that you have a sense of humour and can work as part of a team. You will have to remain calm and logical in difficult situations and not let your heart rule your head.
Most of the work is done at weekends with some in the evening, too. You can work and volunteer - most of us do!
The main benefit from volunteering for Cats Protection is job satisfaction. You will meet some interesting people and gain a sense of achievement from doing your bit to assist the poor, sick and needy cats in the North Herts area.
Please contact Cats Protection on 01438 228877 if you're interested in joining its enthusiastic team!
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