“Working with Clothes Aid is a lifestyle choice; it means being your
own boss & building your own business – it’s not just a driving role”
Has your work been affected by the pandemic… Are you considering a fresh start…maybe looking for a new sustainable career option? If so, there’s never been a better time to join Clothes Aid!
We are the largest Charity Collection organisation in the UK. Like most, we were affected by the pandemic, now – in order to get our expansion plans back on track, we urgently need 20 reliable Van Owner Drivers in Preston, Blackpool, Burnley, Southport, Wigan, Bolton and the surrounding areas.
Unlike other Van Owner Driver roles, we offer a genuine, business opportunity – You get to manage your own business, supported by our expert team of managers. In turn, you get to support the work of our numerous high profile Charity partners, who benefit from vital funds raised through your collections. We also have a very positive environmental impact as currently 1/3 of all UK clothing goes to landfill.
Drive your way to a personal success story. We have many in the company who have!
The role involves the collection and distribution of charity clothing collection bags to/from households in allocated areas – Payment is volume based – therefore the more tonnage collected the higher the earnings.
Our owner drivers can make good earnings when they grow their teams (many drivers recruit family and friends to join them to work as a team).
For you, the Business Benefits include:
- Full training in a friendly, engaging, informative environment – with Q&A sessions.
- Smart branded clothing, so you are recognisable as the no.1 Charity Clothing collection company.
- An exclusive collection area – geo mapped into daily routes.
- Extra support to help grow ‘your business’ further including Interest free loans to expand.
- Weekly pay and a fuel allowance – paid directly into your bank every Friday.
- Full access to all of our charity partners collection and distribution bags.
- Support with recruitment, to grow your team and expand your business.
- Daily support and Guidance from our team of expert managers.
- You are totally in control of what you earn!
- Satisfaction from raising funds and assisting our charity partners to continue their work.
- A great work-life balance. It’s an early start but you are generally finished by early afternoon.
To Join us you need:
- At least 1-years driving experience; a full licence.
- Your own clean, road worthy van [Charities insist on vans and not cars for the collections].
- The initial start-up costs for fuel (1-2 weeks – a fuel supplement is paid).
- The ability to work from 7am Monday to Friday.
- A sufficient level of fitness to be able to successfully distribute at least 400 – 600 bags (approximately 6-8 streets) and be willing and able to collect donations which weigh, on average, 5kgs per bag, in order to meet our targets.
- This is outdoor work and involves considerable walking in all seasons (rain or shine) to specified routes.
- To be reliable, organised with a strong work ethic and a good business ethos.
As a representative of our charity partners, and first point of contact with household donors, it is important that you are helpful, have a customer friendly manner and a good level of English to answer any questions.
The North West has high donation rates – we want to fill these vacancies
as soon as possible.
We could be the perfect match – why not contact us today!
Once we receive your application, our recruitment team will get back to you straight away.
