Ipswich Refurbishment and Distribution Centre
Refurbishment Centre Manager: Trevor Maynard
Office Manager: Jonny Green
Phone: 01473 210220
Email: post@twam.uk
Address: 2 Bailey Close, Hadleigh Road Industrial Estate,
Ipswich. IP2 0UD
Opening times: 9am - 4pm Monday to Friday
We're the main TWAM centre accommodating both a refurbishment workshop, warehouse and head office. All our containers are despatched from Ipswich. Over 50 people volunteer with us regularly and we always welcome new people.
There is plenty of parking outside, we have male, female and disabled toilets and a nice canteen area. Tea, coffee and biscuits are always available and volunteers can take a break whenever they want.
There are key break times at 10.30am and 3.00pm when the bulk of the volunteers stop for a coffee and a chat. Doughnuts and other treats regularly appear as a small thank you for everyone's support. Anyone can use any mug or glass and you can keep drinks cold in the fridge. Everyone shares in washing up.
Everything donated ends up in Ipswich, so we are really busy and have loads of opportunities for volunteering. We're friendly and welcoming and would love you to come and join us.
Welcome to Ipswich
a few pictures of our centre, please scroll down for our volunteer opportunities.
Our main building
Our canteen
Our building again
Charlie refurbishing vices
The Haberdashery team hard at work
Mary refurbishing from home
A container ready to go to Uganda
An overview of the warehouse
A Zambia container being loaded
Our volunteer opportunities
There's always lots to do and loads of different volunteering opportunities. We're open Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm so there should be times when most people can join us.
For a description of each the volunteer roles available please go to the Join our Workshop Team and Join our Van Team pages.
We have the following teams:
PAT Testing and Power Tool Team
Sewing Machine Refurbishing Team
Knitting Machine Refurbishing Team
Haberdashery Team
IT Refurbishing Team
Some of our volunteers stick to one team, but many help out wherever
needed.
Prefer to volunteer in our office?
Then please visit the 'our head office' page
Interested in joining us? Then here's what happens next:
The next step would be to ring or email us and arrange to pop in for an informal chat and tour. Alternatively you could fill in the online application form or download the paper copy. It's very short! After that we will take up references and if they are OK we'll arrange for you to come for an induction and discuss what you would like to do it. Then with a training session booked, you're all set to go!
Interested in joining us? Then please apply online or download the application form here.
