Throughout the year, we have numerous fundraising opportunities for which we rely upon volunteer support to ensure their success. These can include bucket and street collections, event support at organised sporting events, information stands at fetes and exhibitions, and representing ELF at presentations and talks.
On this page, we list all volunteer opportunities for which we need support. If you can donate a couple of hours of your time to volunteer at an event, then we'd love to hear from you! Please contact our fundraising team to register your interest. Please contact Development Manager Andy Jordan via andy@elfcharity.org.uk or 01392 714028.
Volunteers needed:
Collection Box Coordinator (CBC)
Honiton & Ottery St. Mary / Sidmouth
We are seeking two volunteers to join our team of regular CBCs. The roles involve managing the collection boxes in two existing established areas: one in Sidmouth, and one in Hontion & Ottery St. Mary.
CBCs visit their sites twice per year, in April and October. They count and bank the funds, and act as a point of contact between the businesses supporting ELF with a collection box and the charity. Full training and kit is provided.
Barnfield Crescent charity car park - Exeter
Each month we are granted a collection at this charity car park in central Exeter. Working solo or in pairs, volunteers are required to collect set parking fees for use of the car park. We are on target to raise £5,000 this year!
Can you help with either of our final dates for 2024?
Saturday 30th November: FULLY BOOKED
Sunday 22nd December: 9.00-11.00 (1 SPACE REMAINING), 11.00-1.00, (1.00-3.00 FULL)
To register, please email Andy at andy@elfcharity.org.uk
CHRISTMAS 2024!
We have a full calendar of festive events in December which we are now recruiting for. Can you help with any of the following?
Santa's Sleigh & Christmas Choirs at Princesshay, Exeter
Every Sunday in December between 10.30am-4.30pm, there will be a Santa's Sleigh based in Exeter's Princesshay Shopping Centre, from which Father Christmas will be posing for photos and handing out presents in return for a donation to ELF. Alongside the sleigh, there will be a choir performing Christmas songs.
We require volunteer support for two hours on these special Festive Sundays in two main roles: assisting in a bucket collection alongside the choir and helping as stewards to manage the queue for those waiting to see Santa.
The dates: Sunday 1st Dec, Sunday 8th Dec (FULL), (Sunday 15th Dec FULL), Sun 22nd Dec
Christmas Bucket Collections
Working solo or in pairs, we need volunteers to cover two-hour shifts at bucket collections at a range of locations across the region, collecting cash and card donations. Can you help at any of the following?
Friday 6th Dec - Tesco Axminster: 9-11, 11-1, 1-3, 3-5
Sat 7th Dec - Tesco Exeter Vale: 9-11, 11-1, 1-3, 3-5
Fri 13th Dec - ASDA Barnstaple: 10-12, 12-2, 2-4
Wed 18th Dec - Tesco Exmouth: 1-3, 3-5
Fri 20th - Tesco Crediton: 9-11, 3-5
Exeter Chiefs bucket collection at Sandy Park
Saturday 11th January 2025 - 1pm-5.30pm
This season's annual ELF collection at Sandy Park is at the Bordeaux Begles match in the Investec Champions Cup. Volunteers get to watch the match for free between collections, so this is a lot of fun for rugby fans and those who haven't been to the stadium before. We need 40 volunteers for this one!
To register for any of the above, please email Development Manager Andy here