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Curtain bank volunteer

Serve behind the scenes
Provide curtains to families and individuals in the community who don't have the resources to purchase them.
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Home Curtain bank volunteer
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Role description

Keeping homes warm with appropriate curtains is essential to maintaining health and wellbeing. Our curtain bank volunteers use their skills to help people living in cold houses.

Your tasks

Your volunteer role will include: 

  • Collecting and sorting donated curtains.
  • Fixing and altering curtains that need mending.

Volunteer requirements and training

Time commitment will vary from region to region, depending on curtain bank opening hours, and volunteer availability. 

Commitment required
Ongoing
Shift duration
2 hours
Shift time
Evening, Afternoon
Min age
All ages with a parent or guardian present
Training
1 to 4 hours
Vetting
ID verification
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If you have questions about this role:
Contact us
0800 Red Cross (0800 733 27677)

15 July 2020

Keeping people nice and warm during winter

Last year alone, New Zealand Red Cross’ Hawke’s Bay Curtain Bank has provided about 2,000 curtains to help 200 homes keep warm.

Read more

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“We’re just doing our very best to keep people, particularly those in need, nice and warm during the winter months.”

Bonnie Plested, colunteer curtain bank coordinator

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