Charity intern Review

by The Cowshed

Rating

4.4/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    3.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • the operation of the charity including collecting donations, sorting out donations, cleaning donations, selecting donations to fulfil pending lists, delivering donations to people in Berkshire community.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • I learnt the operation and management of a charity. and understand that it is really hard for charity to operate because of limited budgets, so ideas to acquire resources and connections between charities are very important.

  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

    • 3/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • No

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • All the support

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

    • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • All the volunteers are really friendly.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • I like that I can contribute to the community by working in charity

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 3/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at The Cowshed

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend The Cowshed to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to The Cowshed

    • Good communications and to cope with people with same value is key.

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Voluntary

South East

October 2023