Registered office, 26 Seafield Road East, Edinburgh, EH15 1EH T 0131 669 5331 E volunteering@edch.org.ukW www.edch.org.ukScottish Charity No: SC006914

Volunteer Application Form

Please provide your personal details:

Name: Title:

Address:

Postcode:

Tel no: Mobile:

Email:(if you would like to receive information this way)

*Date of birth:

*You must be18 or over to volunteer within an animal rescue and rehoming centre.

Please indicate your current employment status:

Student (Full or Part time) Unemployed or Seeking Employment

Employed Full time Retired

Employed Part time Other (please specify)

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In the space below, please briefly state why you would like to become an Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home volunteer.

Please indicate what type of volunteer role you are interested in:For more details on any of the roles below, please contact us via email or phone.

Volunteer Shop Assistant Volunteer Fundraising Van Driver

Cash Counting Volunteer Volunteer Finance Assistant

Events and Fundraising Volunteer Office Support Volunteer

Communications Digital Volunteer Volunteer Kennel Assistant - UNAVAILBLE

In the space below, please provide details of skills and experience relevant to the roles for which you have expressed interest.

Any other relevant details you would like to add?

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Please indicate the days you are available to volunteer:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Mornings

Afternoons

Please indicate how often you would prefer to volunteer:

Every month Every two weeks Every week

If you have indicated multiple of the above, please specify your preference in the space provided:

Please indicate where you heard about volunteering with Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home:

EDCH Website Social Media (please specify which platform):

Word of Mouth Other (please specify):

REFERENCES

Please provide the information for at least two people willing to provide a reference on your behalf. We prefer at least one from a current or most recent employer from the last 3 years, if possible. Both references should have known you for at least 3 years. We cannot accept references from relatives, spouse or partners.

REFERENCE 1 REFERENCE 2Full Name: Full Name:

Address: Address:

Tel No: Tel No:

Email: Email:

Relationship to Applicant: Relationship to Applicant:

CRIMINIAL CONVICTION SELF DECLARATION

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We ask all perspective volunteers to give us information of previous convictions. Having a previous conviction does not automatically exclude you from volunteering with us. It helps us, in discussion with you, to decide if the volunteer role for which you have applied is the most suitable. All information given here will be kept confidential and remain exclusively accessible to authorised staff.

You may only withhold information on ‘spent’ convictions.

Having read the above: Please ‘check’ the appropriate box:

I hereby declare that I have NO criminal convictions.

I hereby declare that I have the following criminal convictions, unspent or pending.

Please provide details of any unspent or pending convictions here:

APPLICANT DELCARATION

I declare that, to the best of my knowledge, the above information is correct. I understand that if any information provided on this form is found to be false information, or if relevant information has been deliberately withheld, this will affect the application process and any volunteering opportunity that might be taken up.

I hereby consent to the processing of the above data in accordance with the current Data Protection Legislation.

SIGNATURE:DATE:

PRINTED NAME:

Please complete and return this form to:

Volunteer Co-ordinatorEdinburgh Dog and Cat Home

26 Seafield Road EastEdinburghEH15 1EH

Or email volunteering@edch.org.uk

Please also read and sign the attached:Data Protection Declaration

Volunteer Diversity Monitoring Form

Please get in touch if you have any difficulties completing this form.

DATA PROTECTION ACT 1998

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The personal information collected on this form will be used for the purposes of recruitment and selections for the post of volunteer with Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home. The information will not be used for any other purpose nor will it be disclosed to any third party. Please confirm, by signing this declaration below, that you give consent for your information to be used by Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home for recruitment and selection purposes.

We would also like to keep you informed about the vital work we do.If you would like to receive this information please tick the appropriate method of contact:

EMAIL PHONE POST DO NOT CONTACT

Any information provided on our Diversity Monitoring Form is included in our report to our funders.

I am aware that:

Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home will hold electronic and hard copy records of my details during the recruitment and selection process and throughout my time as a volunteer with the home and after I leave.

These records will be processed in compliance with the current Data Protection legislation.

I declare and confirm that: To the best of my knowledge, all the information provided in this application is correct.

SIGNAUTRE:DATE:

PRINTED NAME:

VOLUNTEER DIVERSITY MONITORING FORM

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Completion of this section is optional

Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home is committed to and recognises the benefits from engaging a diverse range of volunteers. Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home welcomes applications from individuals irrespective of their sex, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, race, colour, nationality, or religion. We can confirm that this information will only be used for monitoring purposes and will be processed separately from your application. In order to assist us to monitor the success of our diversity policy, please complete this form.

Race relation Act 1976 (as amended 2000)

Ethnic origin questions are not about nationality, place of birth or citizenship. They are about colour and broad ethnic groups.

To which ethnic group do you belong? (Please tick box)

White Scottish, White British:EnglishWelsh:Irish:Other white background (please state which)

Asian, Asian Scottish, Asian British:IndianPakistaniBangladeshiChineseOther Asian background (please state which)

Black, Black Scottish, Black British:CaribbeanAfricanOther Black background (please state which)

Other Ethnic groups: (please state which)

Sex Discrimination Act 1975

Are you (please state which)

MaleFemale

SIGNATURE:DATE:

PRINTED NAME:

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