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Please respond to the questions below to apply to join a Karuna Appeal. When we have received your completed application, we will arrange a date for an interview or to have a further chat on the phone. Thank you for applying.

Your Details

Title

First Name

Last Name

Order Name

Gender

Contact Number

Address

Your Experience

Please tell us about your work and volunteering experience.

What is your involvement with the Triratna commnity?

Order Member Training for Ordination Mitra Regular New to Triratna

Tell us more about your involvement with Triratna.

Have you been on a week-long retreat (or longer)?

Yes No

How did you find out about Karuna Appeals?

Friend / Associate Poster / Leaflet Talk / Presentation Previous Appeal Social Media / Web Search Other

Your Appeal

What type of appeal are you interested in?

Door to Door Appeal (6 weeks, Residential) Telephone Appeal (5 weeks, Non-residential)

Which Appeal would you like to apply for?

Please add any comments regarding your availability

What draws you to want to do a Karuna Appeal?

What difficulties do you anticipate encountering on an Appeal?

Is there anything you'd like to add about you, your experience or what you'd bring to an Appeal?

HEALTH & WELLBEING

Karuna appeals can be both physically and mentally demanding. Giving us an idea of any physical or mental health challenges will help us make provisions on the appeal. If you would prefer not answer questions on your health please leave this section blank.

How would you rate your health and fitness level?

Poor Reasonable Good

If poor, please give details. There will be a lot of walking and standing.

Have you ever had psychiatric treatment or been prescribed medication for psychological reasons (e.g. depression, eating difficulties, alcohol or drug abuse)?

No Yes

If yes, please give details.

SAFEGUARDING

Karuna is committed to protecting children, young people and vulnerable adults from all forms of physical or psychological violence, injury or abuse, neglect, maltreatment, exploitation and sexual abuse. To read our safeguarding policy, please visit www.karuna.org.

Have you been the subject of any disciplinary investigation and/or sanction by any organisation due to concerns about your behaviour towards children and/or vulnerable adults?

No Yes

Do you have any criminal record offences which are currently unspent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (You are not required to disclose anything that is deemed ‘spent’).

No Yes

If you have answered YES to either question above or if you have any reason to believe that by fundraising for Karuna you may pose a risk to the safety of children or vulnerable adults, please give additional details here.

Please give details of two references. Ideally one would be an order member who knows you well and one would be an employer/previous employer.

References

Name of Referee 1

Telephone

Context of Relationship

Name of Referee 2

Telephone

Context of Relationship

Support Package

Karuna provides a realistic support package to residents of the UK and Ireland. This is designed to cover your basic living expenditure. (There's a similar support package for overseas volunteers - contact us to find out more). We offer up to £250 per week to cover rent and bills back home while you're on the appeal and food costs during the appeal.

How much financial support will you be requesting during the appeal?

Please use this section to give us any other details you'd like us to know about your expenses or support package request.

We operate on a give what your can, take what you need basis.

Appeal Ethos

Karuna is a Triratna charity and Team Based Right Livelihood. Our door to door appeals are run like retreats and it is important that everyone participating has a:

Commitment to Equality and Diversity and addressing discrimination
High standard of personal integrity
Sympathy to Buddhism as practiced within the Triratna community
Sympathy with the Aims, Objectives and Ethos of the Karuna Trust

Are you willing to commit to the above ethos during the duration of the appeal?

No Yes

If No please give details

Your Privacy

Karuna takes your privacy seriously. Your information will be kept for the length of the application process and destroyed if you do not proceed to become a volunteer, unless you otherwise give your consent for us to keep information for the purposes of future opportunities.

Please indicate if you are happy for us to keep your personal information for future opportunities.

Yes No

Please let us know how you would like to be contacted in future (ideally tick all 3)

Email Phone Post

We will never sell or trade your details. To read more about how we value and respect your privacy and data, please visit www.karuna.org. We are registered as a data controller with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office as Karuna Trust, Registration No. 327461.