morethanfibro.org

Don't volunteer here.

I volunteered with this charity for a year and I want to advise anyone who is thinking about volunteering with this charity? Don't do it. Everything started off fine when I first started volunteering with this charity but within my last 3 months of volunteering I was overworked, I felt like I wasn't getting the credit for the hard work I was doing. I didn't feel part of the team anymore and it became quite clear that I wasn't when the four other main team volunteers including the founder who all volunteered in the office decided to plan an evening out and I wasn't invited because it was "girls only."As I was the only male who was part of the main team of volunteers, this meant I was the only volunteer that was excluded. Given the fact that I am autistic and spent a-lot of my childhood and adolescence excluded, this brought back a lot of trauma and bad memories for me. It also impacted my mental wellbeing. It also took for me to ask the founder why I hadn't been invited for me to get an answer. The following day I handed in my resignation as that was breaking point. The founder demanded that I hand the keys back in person and not via post and threatened to take things further if I did not hand the keys back in by a certain day and time. I was also made to pay £17.50 for a zipper hoodie after I asked about my expenses and if I would still receive these. This shouldn't have been the case as it should have been classed and was a reasonable adjustment. I had come back to volunteer after having major surgery and as I was unable to lift my arms above my head, I was unable to wear my pullover hoodie. It was for this very reason that I had to ask for a zipper hoodie. So for anyone thinking about volunteering with this charity? Don't, just don't. I am not the only volunteer who has left the charity due to being treated quite badly.

Date of experience: Oct 21, 2025