Volunteers appeal at St Barnabas Hospice shops in Skegness

Lincolnshire palliative and end-of-life care  charity St Barnabus Hospice is appealing for volunteers for its two shops in Skegness.

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00:00 So my name's Louise, I'm a shop manager for St Barnabas Hospice charity shops. I run the

00:11 two shops in Skegness. We're in our Drummond Road shop today and we also have a shop down

00:16 Lumley Road.

00:17 Now, we've come along because you've got a special appeal, haven't you?

00:23 We have. We would like to appeal to the lovely local residents of Skegness and the towns

00:29 and the villages around, asking if we could possibly find some more volunteers to help

00:35 us in our two shops here.

00:37 Now, what kind of work would that entail?

00:41 There's various different roles, depending on what you're happy doing and what you're

00:45 comfortable with. We have till work, we have sorting stock out that comes in donated from

00:52 residents around here, steaming. So there's various different things that people are able

00:57 to put their skills towards.

01:00 Now, it's all for a good cause, isn't it? Can you explain what the St Barnabas charity

01:04 is all about?

01:05 So, St Barnabas Hospice is a local county-based charity. We're very proud of our charity.

01:11 We help support over 12,000 people within the county each year. We have inpatient units

01:19 where we have end of life care and we also have nurses that go out to residents' homes

01:25 and look after them within their own home setting as well.

01:29 So you look like you've got a well-stocked shop, but how about donations? Do you need

01:33 more donations too?

01:35 Donations are always welcome. That's how we keep our shop running, that's how we help

01:38 our lovely nurses and all the other people that help the hospice run. So yes, donations

01:45 are always gladly accepted, either at Drummond Road or Lumley Road.

01:49 Now, for anyone who's interested in volunteering, how would they go about it?

01:53 They can either walk into the shop at Drummond Road or Lumley Road and speak to whoever's

01:57 behind the till. We have volunteer torms they can take away with them and fill out a few

02:02 details or they can look on our hospice webpage and they will see details on how to apply.