Most rescues rely on their volunteer team to keep things running and at UK Spaniel Rescue, we’re no different. We do try to give our volunteers a positive experience because good volunteers are few and far between. We will support you whilst you volunteer with us and all volunteers who need to use their cars to help us will be able to claim a refund towards their travel costs. We do like our volunteers to use WhatsApp wherever possible as we may use this if we need to communicate with more than one person at once.
You can click on the links at the bottom of the page to read about the volunteering roles we have within UK Spaniel Rescue, along with a form to complete with all your details and one of our team will contact you.
What is a volunteer?
Helping your close friends or relatives isn’t volunteering. But doing something to benefit the environment (and through that, other people) is.
Volunteering is when someone spends unpaid time doing something to benefit others.
Volunteering can be formal and organised by organisations, or informal within communities. It should always be a free choice made by the person giving up their time.
What volunteers do
Volunteering is well established in the UK. Most charities and voluntary organisations involve volunteers in some way.
Who volunteers are
Everyone has the right to volunteer. Volunteers can be any age and from any background. They can be studying, working or retired.
They might be employees of a company given time off to volunteer. They might have a specific skillset – for example, they could be medically trained or a legal professional. They could be looking for work or seeking asylum.
Source: https://www.ncvo.org.uk/
Every volunteer has their own reasons for volunteering.
These include:
- getting experience to get into work or change career
- supporting a cause that’s meaningful to them
- meeting other people
- representing others, as a union rep for example
- contributing to the local community
- changing something for the better
- using their skills or experience to help others
- doing something completely different or new
- learning new skills
- continuing their professional development.
Volunteering is not employment
Volunteers aren’t employees and aren’t covered by employment law.
It’s important to keep a difference between paid staff and employees. (We do not have any paid staff at UK Spaniel Rescue. All our volunteers are just that – volunteers)
It should always be clear that:
- volunteering is the volunteer’s choice
- volunteer roles are not the same as employee roles
- volunteers are not a replacement for paid staff.
Please read our Volunteering FAQs for more information.
Home visitors are an integral part of the adoption process. Click on the button form more information
We often need help with transport either from or to and address. You will find more information by clicking on the button
Dog assessors help us to make sure we get the right new family for the dogs that come to us.
Read more by clicking on the button
It’s not always possible to families to travel long distances to meet their potential new member. See how you can help by clicking on the button
One of the most important roles within our rescue and sometimes the hardest. Get a feel for the role by clicking the button
We need people who can help us to get the message out there about who we are, what we do and how others can help. How? Click on the button to see
Of course, no rescue can run on fresh air. Read how you can help us to help the dogs by clicking on the ‘Fundraising’ button
“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” – Roger Caras