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Gorleston, Holywells and Martlesham Warehouse volunteers – donation sorting and van driving

Do you have a few hours to spare to volunteer at one of our Retail Centre Warehouses? We have a variety of roles available and are now recruiting drivers. Come and join the team!

Our Retail Centres in Gorleston, Martlesham, and Holywells Road, Ipswich receive many donations each day and these donations are processed and distributed among our shops.

We are currently looking for volunteers drivers based at Holywells Road to support the retail team there.

We are also looking for assistance on our other vans –

Gorleston – driver’s mate only

These roles help deliver and distribute the donations to our shops throughout the East Suffolk and the Great Yarmouth & Waveney area and does require a degree of manual handling, as donations come in all shapes and sizes!

We are also looking for volunteers to help sort these donations.

We have a variety of shifts for all the above roles, across the week Monday to Saturday.

St Elizabeth Hospice has a volunteer mileage/expenses policy which allows volunteers to claim expenses and mileage incurred whilst carrying out their role for the hospice.

So come and join our friendly team, meet new people and learn a new skill.

You can find further details of the roles below in the vacancy descriptions.

Find a full role description for van drivers here

Find a full role description for driver’s mates here

Find a full role description for retail, including donation sorting, here

If you are interested, please call us on 01473 707939, or email the Volunteer Team at volunteer@stelizabethhospice.org.uk

Details
Position Van Driver
Closing date Sunday 12 October 2025
Location East Suffolk, Great Yarmouth, Waveney
Volunteer Vacancy Type Retail