At St Giles Animal Welfare, every role is essential in caring for our animals.
We’re currently looking for reliable, organised, and caring individuals to join us as Voluntary Laundry Assistants.
It may not be the first role that comes to mind when people think of volunteering at a rescue centre – but it’s one of the most important behind-the-scenes jobs we have.
If you’d love to support our work but can’t be hands-on with the animals, this could be the perfect role for you. Fresh, clean bedding and a tidy environment are vital to keeping our animals healthy, comfortable, and stress-free. By helping with laundry, you’ll make a real, positive difference to their daily lives.
Plus you get the amazing view of our enrichment garden from the laundry room!
Key Duties
Washing and drying bedding
Folding and storing clean laundry
Keeping the laundry room clean and organised
Hours
9am–12pm or 1–4pm
One set day per week (we kindly ask volunteers to commit to a regular day, so we know who to expect each week)
If you’d like to make a real difference and play an important role in the smooth running of our rescue centre, we’d love to hear from you.
Please email volunteer@sgaw.co.uk and we’ll be in touch to arrange a chat.
Thanks to Slee Blackwell Solicitors LLP Taunton for joining us on site last week for a tour and a meet and greet with some of our animals. Everyone enjoyed themselves but our beautiful Barney the kitten stole the show!
A year ago I picked up these two furballs on a Foster with a view to adopt.
Devastated by two failed rescue attempts previously I was so anxious about trying again and some friends and family questioned my judgement.
Now known as Pebbles and Bam Bam, these two bring me joy every single day. Pebbles comes with some unique behaviours that I am working on…. along with my own. We are both a work in progress
There can be a lot of pressure to adopt not shop. I myself subscribe to the theory that it is better to give a home to a dog that doesn’t have one, than to buy a puppy and perpetuate an irresponsible breeding culture that is seeing our rescue centres overwhelmed.
Having said that it can be incredibly hard to take in a rescue and my personal circumstances of where I lived, living alone and working full time conspired against me when trying to meet the needs of Lenny and Domino (despite it appearing to be a good match on paper).
I cannot thank St Giles Animal Welfare enough for listening to my concerns and suggesting foster to adopt and for their patience whilst the kids and I sussed out if we were right for each other.
St Giles Animal Welfare would like to invite you all to our very first ladies pop up shop and fashion show! An afternoon of entertainment followed by clothing, accessories and shoes to browse, try on and purchase. All to raise money for the animals in our care. We do hope you can join us!
Our rescue dogs asked me to put an appeal out for them as they are running low on dog treats, they have asked if anyone can kindly donate some tasty snacks to keep them happy.
Do you have any unwanted gifts that could make a fantastic raffle prize? We are desperately in need of items for our raffles, tombola, craft stalls etc for the coming events season. Bottles also gratefully accepted from those taking part in Dry January, and chocolates from those who are kicking off a healthier start to the year!
Please consider donating them to us at St Giles Animal Welfare to raise vital funds. Your generosity will assist us in raising funds for the animals in our care.
You can drop them off at the centre or alternatively we have donation bins at Sainsbury’s Hankridge Farm and also the Town Centre.
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A huge thank you goes out to a group of volunteers we had this week from LV=. They got to see what we do here and help with dog walking, cat cuddling and also did some painting for us! A good day had by all.
If any businesses would like to come and help us for the day, please do get in touch with our volunteer coordinator to find out more – volunteer@sgaw.co.uk
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Key Duties
Hours
Please email volunteer@sgaw.co.uk and we’ll be in touch to arrange a chat.
Thank you for supporting our animals!
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Dates:
Morning session: 10am–12pm
Afternoon session: 1pm–3pm
£10 per session (per child)
Ages 6–12 (must be accompanied by an adult)
Games & arts & crafts
Bring a packed lunch and spend the day with us!
We say a Virtual one!
Feed an animal
