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Knitting group volunteer

Serve behind the scenes
Evolve your knitting skills and give back to the community.
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Home Knitting group volunteer
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Role description

Our knitting groups craft treasures to that are delivered to people in need or sold to support our work.

Your tasks

Your volunteer role may include:

  • Knitting hats, blankets, and scarves. 
  • Delivering these items.
  • Selling items at markets.

Volunteer requirements and training

Volunteers need knitting skills or a desire to learn. Group schedules vary from location to location.

Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW)

We all have a responsibility for our own and others’ Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) when undertaking activities on behalf of Red Cross. Therefore, it is important you: 

  • Take reasonable care of your own health and safety, do not adversely affect the HSW of others
  • Complete health, safety and wellbeing induction, training, programmes and activities – as directed.
  • Follow all reasonable instructions given to you relating to HSW.
  • Cooperate and comply with New Zealand Red Cross policies, standards and procedures related to health, safety, and wellbeing.
  • Use personal protective equipment (PPE) if required, to undertake any work activity
  • If you identify a hazard and/or you are involved in an incident or near miss, report this straight away to your people leader
  • Know what to do in an emergency – for example, how to escape during a fire or what to do if an earthquake occurs
  • You must tell someone in charge if you have any health and safety concerns or worried about someone else’s health and safety

 

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)

22 February 2021

A chance to give back

Ten years have passed but Jaki George still vividly recalls 22 February 2011, the day a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit her home in Christchurch.

Read more

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“All the blankets we make go to former refugees that New Zealand Red Cross supports. We also knit little baby jackets and hats and booties that we give to hospitals, so midwives can give them to new mothers who might need them.”

Jaki George, knitting group volunteer

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