Volunteer Application Form

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Dear Volunteer Applicant, 


Thank you for your interest in volunteering with us. Please use this form to tell us all about yourself and why you want to volunteer. This information will help us to match you with available roles and sessions.   


If you have any other questions, would prefer to complete this form with assistance via any other method, or require any other format, please email our Volunteer Co-ordinator at volunteer@bost.org.uk; 


We look forward to receiving your completed application form and will be in touch within 14 days.  



Best wishes,  


BOST Team

 

Contact Information










Next of Kin/Emergency Contact



Referral Information (if referred to BOST by an agency)



Volunteering







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Some wardens like to share their phone number on the Crossbones Warden team up booking calendar so they can contact each other prior to a session to check they are still able to attend. There is no obligation to do this. This will mean all wardens will be able to see your number. 



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Outdoor space at home

Health
We want to provide you with the best volunteering and gardening experience we can by accommodating your needs and providing suitable tasks.

For your safety and well-being we may need to share the above information with the leader of your volunteer activity

We welcome volunteers who have a disability and/or additional support needs.  

Agreement/Permissions

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For gardeners only


(please note we don't have half sizes, you may need to bring two pairs of socks!)

References

Please provide names and addresses of two people who know you well, who we could contact for a reference. Ideally one will know you in a professional capacity (eg a current or previous employer or volunteer supervisor, teacher, support worker or occupational therapist). The other could be a friend or neighbour.

Please note that a referee cannot be a relative. If you are having trouble finding references please discuss this further with the Volunteer Manager.
Reference 1




e.g. previous line manager, support worker, friend


Reference 2




e.g. previous line manager, support worker, friend


Criminal Record Declaration

This part of the form must be completed by all applicants. The information disclosed on this form will not be kept with your application form during the application process. The information will be treated as confidential and held securely.

 

We recognise the contribution that ex-offenders can make as volunteers and welcome applications from them. A person’s criminal record will not in itself prevent that person from being appointed to a role. Suitable applicants will not be refused roles because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying.


Please see here for our Recruiting Volunteers with Criminal Records Policy.

 

Failure to disclose all unspent convictions will be dealt with using the volunteer problem solving policy and procedure and could result in a volunteer being asked to leave the organisation. 

This volunteer role is not exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. We only ask applicants to dis­close convictions which are not yet spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.


Unspent Convictions

If you have answered yes, you now have two options on how to disclose your criminal record. 




If you have ticked yes to having an unspent conviction please give details of a professional e.g. probation officer, social worker who can give us more detail.





Declaration


Data Protection

All personal data that Bankside Open Spaces Trust may use in running our volunteer programme will be collected, processed, and held in accordance with the provisions of EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and your rights under the GDPR.

 

The information you give in this form will be used to assess your suitability as a potential volunteer and match you to the most appropriate roles and sessions available at the time of application. If you are successful in volunteering with BOST, we will use this information to contact you with information about the days, times and locations of your volunteering sessions. We will also, where you give consent, add you to the BOST emailing list for news about events and upcoming opportunities. We may share results of research that we carry out into the use of our services with third parties but this information will always be anonymised and will not contain your personal information. If you start volunteering with BOST we will keep this information for 3 years after you leave. If you don’t start volunteering we will destroy this information after 6 months. We take looking after your information very seriously. We've implemented appropriate physical, technical and organisational measures to protect the personal information we have under our control, both on and off-line, from improper access, use, alteration, destruction and loss. BOST’s privacy is available to read online here. Please contact us if you wish to see a printed copy. Our Data Protection Officer is Charlotte Gilsenan, charlotte@bost.org.uk, 020 7403 3393. 

 


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