Hi!
I am applying to retrain this year in healthcare and have to do a certain amount of work experience in the field. I have arranged a mix of different volunteering experiences but work full time so it will probably go to the wire in terms of me completing the required number of hours.
I have started volunteering at 2 places and arranged a week helping in residential respite but a nursing home offered me 120 hours in the evenings which would've been super helpful and a big chunk of the requirement. I did an interview and the DBS process in about December or Jan then they have been putting off confirming the start date since. I called yesterday and neither the manager nor the administrator would speak to me, instead asked the receptionist to let me know they could no longer offer unpaid work. I asked why not and she eventually said something about the manager retiring in a hurry next week. I have no idea why this would affect me. I was polite but made clear why this was disappointing (fully aware it wasnt her fault).
I just don't get why they couldn't have let me know this weeks or months ago and the people I was dealing with didn't have the decency to tell me themselves! It doesn't leave me entirely stuck as I have the other volunteering work but could have done if I was relying on the hours they had offered.
Would you just leave it or write the manager and admin an email explaining why I am disappointed? I know I wouldve been working unpaid but it was for a reason and I'm sure they wouldn't do this after offering someone a paid job.