Corporate Partnerships

Our Corporate Volunteering opportunities enable employees to directly support our local community and fight poverty, with an active day of serving guests, growing food, or cooking with our professional chef.

We welcome organisations who are looking to meet their corporate social responsibility needs and give back to community programmes.

With our unique volunteering opportunities, teams have a direct impact on building community and supporting people who are experiencing poverty, whilst bonding as a team with an active, fun, and rewarding experience.

Fill out our corporate volunteering enquiry form below to book a volunteering day for your organisation, or email our Community Engagement Manager, Ben Witcombe, ben@sufra-nwlondon.org.uk with any questions.

Corporate teams have said:

“Thanks again for the helping us to organise the team volunteer day - it received really positive feedback from our team and it was a very great day spent!”

“Thank you so much for hosting us yesterday, we all had a great day and such an impressive set up you have at Sufra.”

“I just wanted to say again how brilliant our volunteering day was yesterday, and a huge thank you to you and the team for hosting us.”

“A huge thank you for helping with all the volunteer arrangements.  I have had such wonderful feedback from everyone.  They all enjoyed themselves and repeatedly told me what an incredible charity you are!  I am super grateful to you and the Sufra team for helping give our team the best volunteering experience.”

“Brilliant day, volunteering with colleagues at Sufra NW London. Feels great to give up time, to give back to community and learn about the amazing work of organisations like Sufra NW London.”

Corporate teams have said:

“Thanks again for the helping us to organise the team volunteer day - it received really positive feedback from our team and it was a very great day spent!”

“Thank you so much for hosting us yesterday, we all had a great day and such an impressive set up you have at Sufra.”

“I just wanted to say again how brilliant our volunteering day was yesterday, and a huge thank you to you and the team for hosting us.”

“Brilliant day, volunteering with colleagues at Sufra NW London. Feels great to give up time, to give back to community and learn about the amazing work of organisations like Sufra NW London.”

What do you charge for volunteering?

We ask for a minimum donation of £250 unless organisations are providing us with pro-bono support or alternative fundraising. This covers the administration for the day and helps us fund our programmes.

What opportunities are available to our team?

Packing food parcels, serving guests, and helping in our community garden

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
10am-3pm
Sufra NW London, 160 Pitfield Way, London NW10 0PW

Our Food Bank serves over 7,000 guests each year with access to emergency food and advice to solve their longer-term issues. Our Community Garden is run in partnership with local stakeholders and gives away over 900kg of organic food each year as well as running educational workshops on cooking, forest-schools, and practical skills.

Volunteers will join our regular guests to pack parcels and give these out to our guests. Garden volunteers have helped us build a pond, plant and harvest fruit and vegetables, paint signs, and turn our compost (if they’re feeling brave!)

On Wednesdays we don’t run our food bank but have gardening and storage roles available.

Cooking with our professional chef, serving lunch, and running our community shop

Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays
10am-3pm
New Horizons Centre, 1 Robson Avenue, NW10 3SG

Our Community Wellbeing Service is a space for guests to access a range of advice services, eat tasty nutritious meals made from surplus food, receive their weekly groceries, and make connections.

Volunteers help prepare lunch and dinner with our professional chef, serve refreshments, help us stock our community shop, and serve guests, speaking to them about their needs and helping them to pick out the products that they want.

How many volunteers can help?

Usually, 12 volunteers is a maximum number in each of the placements, with 8-12 being the common number of volunteers that we host. If you want us to host a day for more than 12 volunteers, then please let us know in advance. There may be ad-hoc activities we need support with, or we could split the teams between our two locations.

Why support Sufra NW London?

Encourage team work and relationship building
Opportunity to give something back!
Increase employee retention, engagement and loyalty
Enjoyment of a rewarding day in an inspirational setting
Demonstrate your company’s CSR commitment and values

Do we need skills or equipment?

No, all we ask for is enthusiasm. In the morning we’ll run a briefing for the team to explain what Sufra does, plan for the day, and cover any health and safety issues. And we’ll provide PPE to keep everyone safe.

Are there other ways to get more involved?

If you’re interested in supporting Sufra NW London through a meaningful partnership or have fundraising opportunities available, then please email our Community Engagement Manager, Ben Witcombe, ben@sufra-nwlondon.org.uk to explore how we could work together.