Our Volunteer Area Coordinators are at the forefront of the charity and perform one if its most important roles. They are at the receiving end of calls from people looking to surrender their pugs, they guide and counsel them through the process and ultimately oversee the rehoming of their surrendered pug.
Pictured above is Jackie, one of our most experienced VACs. She not only manages the West Midlands and South East regions, but also regularly fosters pugs while they are looking for their new homes. She also helps out with training for new volunteers to help them develop the tools they’ll need to be a successful Vac!
We currently have vacancies in some of our areas throughout England and Wales and would welcome applications from anyone who thinks that they might have the relevant skills and experience to get involved. Being a Volunteer Area Controller is a demanding yet rewarding role, being an integral part of helping a pug in need to go on to live the life they deserve is a wonderful and fulfilling experience.
What’s it like to be a Volunteer Area Coordinator?
If your application is successful, you‘ll be assigned to a specified area of the country to work alongside some of our most experienced VACs. In most cases, the VAC role is performed remotely, so it doesn’t necessarily matter which particular area you live in. As part of our team, you’ll be helping to coordinate pug surrender and adoption activities, as well as other volunteers who are supporting the rehoming of surrendered pugs in your allocated area.
This could include:
- Being available to receive or return calls as a matter of urgency, to advise and reassure anybody looking to surrender their pugs
- Managing adoption, foster and volunteer applications for your region, providing support once new people come onboard
- Working with all other resources within PDWRA according to PDWRA guidelines and legal requirements
- Organising the demands of the role, with commitment, responsibility and flexibility
- Ensuring all necessary forms are completed
- Helping to promote the pug rescue work and achievements of the PDWRA
Find out more…
If you’d like to get more of an idea of what the Voluntary Area Coordinator role is like, why not have a look at a selection of interviews we’ve posted in the past from some of our wonderful VACs:
Interview with Jane, Voluntary Area Coordinator for the South West
Interview with Lisa, PDWRA VAC for East Region
An Interview with Voluntary Area Coordinator, Cara
To get more of an idea of what’s involved with the surrendering and fostering process, have a look at this lovely article that Jackie wrote:
Surrendering & Fostering YOUR Pug
If you think you might have the skills and the time to contribute to helping us rescue and rehome pugs in need, please click here to apply.
