The team who work here are the bedrock of the Senior Staffy Club.
We are all dedicated to ensuring that the needs of our canine friends are met to the very best of our ability.
If you would like to give some time to help, please take a look at our vacancies for more details.
Senior Staffy Club is run entirely by the power of volunteers – so when we say volunteers are vital to keep the wheels turning, and to keep helping Senior Staffies in need, we really mean it!
We are always looking for volunteers, especially in the roles listed below…
We often have need of volunteer dog walkers at the kennels in the Stoke and Worcester areas.
If you are at all interested, please complete the Volunteer Form at the bottom of this page.
All volunteer dog walkers must be 18 years old or over.
Role Summary
To walk the dogs who are waiting in kennels to be adopted.
Please note: We are sorry but children are not allowed to routinely accompany dog walkers on walks with the dogs – except on occasions when express permission has been requested and granted by an SSC committee member.
Key Activities
To walk the dogs to give them a break from kennels.
Interact and play with them to help assessment of them.
Provide information to the SSC Kennel Manager regarding the dogs and their behaviour, etc., on walks, or any potential health issues that may need acting on.
Time Commitments
Couple of hours a week (or more if you wish).
You will be asked to state each week what time slot (morning or afternoon) and day you are willing to attend, for the rota to be completed.
Experience/Skills/Knowledge/Personal Qualities
Experience around dogs preferable.
Reliability and punctuality.
Ability to follow SSC policies / instructions regarding handling the dogs to ensure your own and the dogs’ safety.
Training Provided
Support and guidance given by SSC Kennel Managers.
Transport
Own transport required.
Role Summary
Organising and promoting Senior Staffy Club events and fundraising activities.
Time Commitments
1 to 4 hours per week, flexible dependent on events happening at the time.
Training Provided
Support from the Fundraising Committee member.
Key Activities
To manage, grow and plan all Senior Staffy Club activities and events in your area, such as fundraising events; dog shows, sponsored walks, stalls, etc., including organising goods to sell, promotional boards, obtaining necessary permissions from the council to undertake events planned and completing necessary SSC forms re: monies collected at events.
To promote events on our website and Facebook page working with those volunteers responsible for them.
To raise much needed funds to help us continue our work and to promote the work that the Senior Staffy Club does.
Experience/Skills/Knowledge/Personal Qualities
Someone with enthusiasm, good communication and organisational skills and a sense of humour and who enjoys meeting new people.
Ideally event or project management skills experience but not essential.
We look for someone who is committed and reliable who is good at coming up with new ideas and can act on their own initiative (following the procedures and guidance of the Senior Staffy Club and the Committee).
Money handling will also be required.
Car and computer skills essential.
Transport is regularly required to move dogs to foster homes and to the kennels we use in the Worcester and Stoke areas. Additionally, we need to move our Senior Staffies from kennels to the vets and back – although this is only required at the Worcester kennels.
If you are a driver and happy to volunteer for this important role, please complete our online Volunteer Form below.
Role Summary
To help transport our dogs to our kennels, to foster homes or to the vets.
Time Commitments
Variable dependent on as and when transport is needed and on distance you are willing to travel.
Training Provided
Support and guidance from Transport Co-ordinator Committee member. Fuel costs can be covered if required.
Key Activities
To help transport dogs from…
Dog pounds or home hand-ins to kennels.
Kennels to vets (Worcester area ONLY).
Kennels to foster carers.
Foster carers to vets (occasionally).
If transporting to vets, to be present during any veterinary examination and make a note of required treatment and collect the necessary medicines.
Transport runs can cover many miles but you will not be expected to cover the whole distance, just parts of the run and meet up with other transporters en route to transfer the dog to the next transporter’s vehicle.
Experience/Skills/Knowledge/Personal Qualities
Must have a vehicle, driving licence and appropriate insurance.
Must possess a means of securing the dog during transport which must be either a dog grill in the car or a crate – a car harness can only be used if there is another adult travelling with you, to sit alongside the dog in case they get distressed and try to climb out of harness.
Experience with handling dogs – some lifting is required.
Ability to follow correct procedures as instructed to ensure your own safety and that of the dogs.
Communication skills.
This is another key volunteer role for the Senior Staffy Club. Visits to prospective adopters’ homes and subsequent reports to the Adoption Team, allied to information provided via our online forms, allow for the appropriate adoption decisions to be made.
If you have the experience and feel this is a role for you, please complete our online Volunteer Form.
Role Summary
To visit prospective adoptive homes for our dogs.
Time Commitments
As and when required – 1 to 2 hours per visit.
Transport
Own transport required.
Training Provided
Support will be offered by the Admin Team.
Key Activities
Contact prospective adopters to arrange a home visit.
Visit the home at the agreed time and date.
Complete our home visit form and return it via email for consideration.
Take photographs of the garden, etc., and email to us.
Experience/Skills/Knowledge/Personal Qualities
Good people and communication skills.
Reliability and punctuality.
Some IT skills to receive and complete forms and return via email together with photographs.
Experience of dog ownership – you do not need to be an expert but should have an understanding of what is required to look after a dog properly on a daily basis.
Ability to follow instructions and our procedures as required.
Confidentiality.
There are many ways in which you can help us to run the Senior Staffy Club and volunteers are always welcome, subject to some criteria related to specific areas of volunteering. There are almost certainly roles where you can help us.
If you are interested in volunteering, please read through our form below and, having decided where your talents lie, please complete the form and submit it.
We will then get in touch with you. Thank you.
Application to Volunteer with the Senior Staffy Club