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....

(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.

(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.

 

Students also experimented creating visual displays using props provided. They thought up thier own themes for the displays and completed this excersise in pairs.

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!

Students taking part...

We have 11 lovely talented students taking part in the project including:

• 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

(From left: Arfana, Saliha, Anisa, Rashida, Danielle, Hira, Ely, Lauren)

                                         (From left: Anmol, Saniya)

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:

• Age Concern Charity Shop in Failsworth
• Arthritis Care UK
• RSPCA Shop
• PDSA Shop
• Cancer Research UK

Alongside volunteering, the students will be able to undertake retail related training including Visual Merchandising and Customer Service Skills.

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