Volunteering Roles

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Stock Management and Facilities Volunteer

Stock Management and Facilities Volunteer

Support the Sufra team by assisting with day-to-day facilities tasks. This includes assisting with deliveries, organising and rotating stock and other facilities duties such as basic cleaning and dishwashing. The role is ideal for someone reliable and hands-on, who is comfortable with manual work including lifting.

Where

New Horizons Centre, 1 Robson Avenue, NW10 3SG

Shift Days

The preferred day is a Wednesday; however, this role is also available on Monday, Tuesday and Thursdays

Shift Hours

Flexible, anytime between 9.30am and 5pm

Community Cafe Assistant

Community Cafe Assistant

Volunteer at our new location at New Horizons Centre and help us operate our weekly daytime Community Café. This role involves serving warm drinks, pastries and lunches at our café. We're looking for volunteers with great communication skills, who like working in busy environment and motivated to ensure food safety measures are respected. Training for the role will be provided.

Where

New Horizons Centre, 1 Robson Avenue, NW10 3SG

Shift Days

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Shift Hours

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday: 10am-1pm or 12:30pm-3pm
Wednesday: 12.30pm-3:.0pm or 3pm-6pm

Community Shop Assistant

Community Shop Assistant

Volunteer at our new location at New Horizons Centre and help us operate our weekly daytime Community Shop. As a volunteer in the shop, you will assist our guests to choose their items, support with the stacking of the shelves, check membership cards at the till and help us maintain a nice and tidy space. An induction will be provided.

Where

New Horizons Centre, 1 Robson Avenue, NW10 3SG

Shift Days

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday

Shift Hours

Monday & Tuesday: 10am-1.30pm or 1-4pm
Wednesday: 1-4pm or 3.30-6pm
Thursday: 10am-1pm or 12.30-3pm

Pathway Triage Volunteer

Pathway Triage Volunteer

Pathway Volunteers perform a vital role within the Community Wellbeing
Service. They are the first point of contact when guests register as
members. The role will require you to:

- Greet guests who are visiting the Community Wellbeing service for the first time
- Conduct a ‘pathway’ triage appointment, establishing the members’ goals and note down areas of concern and current issues
- Signpost to local services and partners that come into the space
- If needed, book an appointment for the member with an advisor
- Update Sufra’s case management system, keeping detailed notes of appointments.

A full induction will be provided for the role.

View the full job description here:
Pathway Volunteer

Where

New Horizons Centre, 1 Robson Avenue, NW10 3SG

Shift Days

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday

Shift Hours

Preferably you can commit to a minimum of one shift per week from the below timetable:
Monday 11.00 - 15.00
Tuesday 11.00 - 15.00
Wednesday 14.00 - 18.00
Thursday 11.00 - 15.00

Food Hosting

Food Hosting

Hand out food parcels, manage the guest list, and offer signposting support on our Tuesday and Thursday Food Bank. We need volunteers who have great communication and organisation skills, who are able to lift heavy bags and cope with a busy service. You'll have a direct impact on reducing food poverty and be able to engage with our guests.

Where

160 Pitfield Way, NW10 0PW

Shift Days

Tuesdays and Thursdays

Shift Hours

10.30am–1pm
12-3pm

Community Kitchen Volunteers

Community Kitchen Volunteers

Community Kitchen:
@ Sundays at Sufra - Support our chef to prepare meals for our Fresh Meal Service - up to 200 boxed up in a session
@ Weekdays at New Horizons Centre - Volunteer at our new location at New Horizons Centre and help us operate our weekly daytime and evening Community Kitchen. This role involves general cooking and prep tasks as well as maintenance of the kitchen. Training will be provided but we ask the kitchen volunteer to be confident in handling a knife, to wear appropriate clothing as well as being aware of food safety rules.

Where

New Horizons Centre
Sufra

Shift Days

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
Sunday

Shift Hours

Monday: 10.30am-2.30pm / 2.30-6pm / 5.30-9pm
Tuesday: 10.30am-2.30pm / 2.30-6pm / 5.30-9pm
Wednesday: 2.30-6pm / 5.30-9pm
Thursday: 10.30am-2.30pm / 2.30-6pm
Sunday: 11am-2pm

Food Delivery

Food Delivery

Must have car/motorbike/bike! Do you have an hour or two to spare, once a week? Do you have a DBS check? We are urgently in need of drivers/riders to deliver our hot meal provisions to the most vulnerable guests around Brent.

Where

Delivery to addresses in Brent / Pick up from Sufra

Shift Days

Monday - Friday

Shift Hours

Flexible from 10am - 5pm

Garden Volunteers

Garden Volunteers

Tasks vary from a range of food growing, garden maintenance and DIY tasks such as building and painting raised beds, weeding, composting, pruning, watering and harvesting produce. The Saturday session is more oriented around our Garden Market, with tasks such as harvesting, weighing produce and engaging with guests.

If you have a few hours to spare a week and would like to spend some time with nature, apply now!

Where

St. Raphael's Edible Garden, NW10 0PW

Shift Days

Wednesday
Saturday

Shift Hours

10am-4pm
10am-1pm

Telephone Volunteers

Telephone Volunteers

We are looking for volunteers who can commit 1 morning or afternoon per week, to become telephone volunteers. Triaging phone calls from guests, donors, volunteers and the general public, you will be the first friendly voice anyone will hear when they get in touch.

Where

Remote

Shift Days

Monday – Friday

Shift Hours

Flexible from 10am – 5pm

Advice Volunteers (Triage)

Advice Volunteers (Triage)

Triage Volunteers perform a vital role within Sufra NW London advice service. When guests are referred to the foodbank, they can access our advice services for free. The first contact they will have to access the advice service will be with a Triage Volunteer who will speak to them on the phone to find out what type and level of advice and assistance they need.

Where

Sufra NW London, NW10 0PW

Shift Days

Monday or Wednesday

Shift Hours

10am-1pm

Community Food Champions

Community Food Champions

Being a Community Food Champion is a brilliant way to engage your community in combating food poverty. Whether you represent your street, local area or workplace, as a champion you can play a crucial role within your community and networks to help us increase food collections and provide a convenient local drop-off point for anyone who wants to donate food and other essentials.

Where

Flexible

Shift Days

Flexible

Shift Hours

Flexible

Fresh Food Packing

Fresh Food Packing

Help us pack fresh food for our Tuesday and Thursday Food Bank. We need enthusiastic volunteers to pack bread, fruit, and vegetables so they are ready to be handed out, whilst keeping the space tidy and organised. With your help, our guests will receive nutritious fresh food.

Where

Sufra Office, 160 Pitfield Way, NW10 0PW

Shift Days

Tuesday and Thursday

Shift Hours

10am-1pm
12-3pm

Storeroom Packing

Storeroom Packing

Help us pack our bags of dry non-perishable food/toiletries and keep the storeroom stocked and tidy. We need volunteers who are happy working independently or with one or two other volunteers and can lift heavy bags and crates. Our storeroom volunteers are essential to running our Food Bank.

Where

Sufra Office, 160 Pitfield Way, NW10 0PW

Shift Days

Monday - Friday

Shift Hours

Flexible

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