Collection Tin Volunteer

As a Collection Tin Volunteer, you’ll play a vital part in supporting Momentum’s fundraising in your local community. This is a friendly, social role that gets you out and about on your local high street, building positive relationships with shop owners, café staff, and pub teams who support our charity or want to start supporting us.

You’ll commit a few hours each month to finding new local businesses to support our cause, as well as visiting existing business supporters to collect full donation tins and replace them with empty ones (at least every three months).

You will be responsible for handling and banking cash in line with the Fundraising Regulator and Momentum’s policies with training and oversight from the Community Fundraiser.

Your contribution helps raise essential funds while also spreading awareness of Momentum and the work we do for local families.

We are particularly keen to hear from volunteers able to cover the following areas: Addlestone, Ashtead, Barnes, Chertsey, Chessington, Cobham, Dorking, Effingham, Epsom, Leatherhead, Shepperton, Sunbury, Sutton, Teddington, Twickenham, and Worcester Park.

By volunteering as a Collection Tin Volunteer, you’ll not only make a meaningful difference locally, but also gain new skills, confidence, and social connections.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collecting full donation tins from local shops, cafés, pubs, and other venues
• Replacing collected tins with empty ones in a timely and professional manner
• Researching new areas and businesses for tins to be placed
• Building friendly, positive relationships with local business owners and staff
• Raising awareness of Momentum and its work to encourage new support
• Ensuring all collections follow Momentum’s policies and procedures
• Safely transporting collected tins and returning them as instructed
• Safely counting and banking cash collected in line with the charity’s policies

• Keeping the fundraising team informed of completed collections or any issues Hours Required Hours vary depending on your availability and assigned locations.

You can volunteer on a regular basis or on an adhoc basis, and there is no obligation to accept a collection or drop-off if you are unavailable.

What skills do I need?

What We’re Looking for in Our Volunteers We’re looking for people who are:

• Friendly, approachable, and enthusiastic about making a difference
• Trustworthy and reliable
• Comfortable chatting with members of the public and local businesses
• Well organised and able to work independently
• Empathetic and willing to follow policies and procedures, including safeguarding and confidentiality