Book fair volunteer
Raise funds to deliver services
Help collect, sort and sell books in your annual local community book fair.
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Role description
If you love books and want to support New Zealand Red Cross, sign up to help out at your local Red Cross book fair. Volunteers are essential to the success of our annual book fairs.
Your tasks
Volunteers work in a team so it is a great social activity.
Your volunteer role will include:
- Event set up and pack down.
- Selling books and helping customers.
Volunteer training and requirements
We'll give you all the training you need and it will take between 1 and 4 hours.
Information on our book fairs and book shops
Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW)
- Make sure your actions (or lack of actions) don’t harm your health, safety and wellbeing, or harm anyone else.
- Take part in a HSW induction, training, programmes and activities.
- Follow all instructions given to you about health, safety and wellbeing
- Follow all NZRC HSW policies, standards and procedures about health, safety and wellbeing.
- Make sure you have the right training for any activities you are doing.
- Use personal protective equipment (PPE) for any work activities that may need it to stay safe.
- If you spot a hazard, or you are involved in an incident or near miss, report this straight away.
Commitment required
Short-term
Shift duration
6 hours
Shift time
Morning,
Afternoon
Min age
All ages with a parent or guardian present
Training
1 to 4 hours
Learn more:
“The Book Sale has hundreds of volunteers, it’s just amazing. And people love it, they come back year after year after year."
Jill Spicer, book fair volunteer
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