Please attend the Customer Service Skills Training Course on April 13th from 10-12.30
You will develop valuable skills in Customer Service from dealing with enquiries to complaints!
The training session will be at UNISON next door to Volunteer Centre Oldham (where the Visual Merchandising Training was!)
Monday, 14 March 2011
Welcome to New Students Who Shop Volunteers
We would like to say a big welcome to Kinzaa Durrani and Maryam Bibi who will be volunteering at Age Concern Charity Shop in Hollins!
Lauren's experience so far at Age Concern Charity Shop in Failsworth...
When I started at Age Concern Charity shop I was greeted by Katherine (Age Concern Charity Shop Manager) who is such a lovely person to work with, and who got me stuck into the work straight away. You have to root through all the bags of things people donate and decide which is best to keep, which will sell, etc. Obviously there is only so much room out in the shop so you have to go about looking at the tags which we put on, to see which has been out on the shop the longest, which we then bring to the back and is collected.
Whilst there I have worked on the till which is challenging having to do on the spot maths! But it is enjoyable and I feel content every time I make a sale.
There are a few different areas in the shop containging different items. In the centre is clothing, there is an area for home furnishings, plenty of books and childrenswear and toys also. Everything is kept well in order and on my second day there I did a window display for mother's day in which I put some womens books on, cd's, make up bag, body lotions, photo frames etc.
I have really enjoyed my time there so far, it's such a rewarding experience.
Whilst there I have worked on the till which is challenging having to do on the spot maths! But it is enjoyable and I feel content every time I make a sale.
There are a few different areas in the shop containging different items. In the centre is clothing, there is an area for home furnishings, plenty of books and childrenswear and toys also. Everything is kept well in order and on my second day there I did a window display for mother's day in which I put some womens books on, cd's, make up bag, body lotions, photo frames etc.
I have really enjoyed my time there so far, it's such a rewarding experience.
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Volunteering at Cancer Research UK Charity Shop
Today Arfana and Saliha visited the Cancer Research UK Charity Shop in Oldham town Centre. They met with the lovely shop manager Anne.
They are both very excited as they will start volunteering next week at the shop so watch this space for more information on what they get up to....
They are both very excited as they will start volunteering next week at the shop so watch this space for more information on what they get up to....
(Image above: Saliha, Anne and Arfana in the Back Room of Cancer Research UK Charity Shop)
Visual Merchandising Course....
Today students taking part in the project participated in an introductory course to Visual Merchandising. It was a lovely training session and students were able to gain an insight into what it is like to develop a career in creating visual displays, marketing and shop branding.
Students also experimented creating visual displays using props provided. They thought up thier own themes for the displays and completed this excersise in pairs.
(Image above: Ruqqia Badran (Freelance Artist and Visual Merchandiser)
Their were fun interactiove elements to the course and students developed their own mood boards to express their ideal display in their ideal shop.
Finally, all of the students were presented with a certificate. Everybody who attended enjoyed the course!
Watch this space for further comments about the training session!
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Students taking part...
We have 11 lovely talented students taking part in the project including:
(From left: Anmol, Saniya)
- Anmol Sabir (Blue Coat Sixth Form)
- Saniya Abid (Blue Coat Sixth Form)
- Anisa Zeb (Oldham College)
- Ely Nana
- Hira Tariq (Kings College of Management)
- Rashida Islam (Oldham College)
- Arfana Imtiaz (Oldham College)
- Lauren Beeney (Oldham Sixth Form College)
- Saliha Shipa (Oldham College)
- Danielle Riley
- Melissa Amy Ball
Hello and Welcome to the Students Who Shop Blog...
Students who Shop is a project delivered by Volunteer Centre Oldham and is part of the Student Volunteer campaign. It is an exciting opportunity for students who want to develop a career in retail or business. Students taking part in the project will volunteer for ten weeks with a charity shop in the Oldham borough.
The charity shops are:
This blog will document the journey of the students volunteering in the charity shops and I hope you are able to follow them along their way.
If you would like more information on Students Who Shop please contact Alia on 0161 633 6222 or alia.ullah@vaoldham.org.uk
The charity shops are:
- Age Concern Charity Shop in Failsworth
- Arthritis Care UK
- RSPCA Shop
- PDSA Shop
- Cancer Research UK
This blog will document the journey of the students volunteering in the charity shops and I hope you are able to follow them along their way.
If you would like more information on Students Who Shop please contact Alia on 0161 633 6222 or alia.ullah@vaoldham.org.uk
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