I volunteered at Age UK in St Austell last year and it truly was an amazing place and team to be apart of The staff were lovely and answered any questions I had and listened if I had an idea when they were changing things around the store They really do
It was good to see how the charity worked in real life day to day running I really enjoyed being trained and being responsible for a few daily tasks this helped me to feel confident I particularly liked going to a couple of the physical charity shops
Everyone was very kind and helped me learn the ropes pretty quickly The work felt very worthwhile and I learnt a lot about working with older people and generally about working in a team Organisational skills were also a must for the work and I have mu
Due to the nature of the work and my age at the time i was unable to do anything to help the service users and therefore spent most time reading magazines
