Volunteer application form

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with Honeypot. Please complete this form so we can understand your interests, availability, skills, and any support you may need. If you have any queries about completing this form, please contact us >

Section 1: Personal details

Title

Name

Address

Phone

Preferred Honeypot location

Are you related to anyone currently or previously employed or volunteering at Honeypot?

Yes

Section 2: Volunteering interests

Please select the options that interest you

Fundraising

Fundraising

Public facing events

Admin and sorting donations

Crafts, knitting, crochet or memory bag making

Private fundraising

Operations

Please feel free to add any further information about your volunteering interests

Section 3: Availability

Section 4: Skills, experience and support

Please tell us about any skills, experience, training, or qualifications that may be relevant to the role

Please tell us about any support needs, access requirements, or adjustments that would help you volunteer with us

Section 5: Employment details

Current or last employer

Your role

Employment status

Does your employer know you have applied to volunteer?

Yes

N/A

Section 6: References

Please provide details of two people who can provide a reference. Reference 1 should be your current or last employer. Referees should not be family members.

Reference 1

Name

Reference 2

Name

Section 7: Safer recruitment - declaration of criminal offences

This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 because it is a post which involves working directly with children or young people. You are therefore required to declare whether you have any criminal convictions (or cautions or bind-overs) including those which are spent. The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are protected and are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account.

Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website

PLEASE NOTE: If your application is successful, you will be required to undergo a formal disclosure process through the Disclosure and Barring Service (previously CRB) or PVG (Scotland). This will require you to complete a separate DBS/PVG application form and to provide a range of more than one piece of documentary evidence of your identity. Failure to disclose relevant child protection information may be deemed to be a disciplinary offence. This process will begin prior to your start date. DBS/PVG certificates must be received by the end of your first 3 months and will be reapplied for every 3 years.

Have you ever been convicted of any criminal offences, warned or reprimanded or been officially cautioned in relation to any such offence?

Yes

Are you included in any list of people barred from working with children by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) or the Teaching Agency?

Yes

Section 8: Marketing

As a charity, we use photos and videos to share the impact of our work with partners, funders, families, and supporters through newsletters, marketing, fundraising, and social media. We will ask you to sign a separate consent form for our records during induction.

Can we add your email address to our mailing list to receive Honeypot news and updates?

Yes

Section 9: Declaration

I understand that, if I am appointed, personal information about me will be computerised for HR/employee administrative purposes including analysis for management purposes and statutory returns.
In submitting this application, I give my consent for The Honeypot Children’s Charity to use my personal data for these purposes, and I understand that I can withdraw my consent at any time.
I understand that, should any of the particulars I provide in this application be found to be false within my knowledge, or should there be any wilful omission of material fact, this may be reported to the police, as well as leading to my volunteer application being rejected or terminated.
I have read the Standard & Enhanced DBS Check Privacy Policy and I understand how DBS/PVG will process my personal data and the options available to me for submitting an application.

Are you under 18?

Yes

I certify that the information given in this application is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief. I understand that volunteering is unpaid and does not create an employment relationship. I agree to follow the organisation’s relevant policies, procedures, and guidance if accepted as a volunteer.