Volunteering Roles

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Community Shop and Community Cafe Assistant

Community Shop and Community Cafe Assistant

Volunteer at our new location at Bridge Park Leisure Centre and help us operate our Community Shop and Café. This role involves helping our guests with their weekly shopping, ensuring our shelves are well-stocked and serving fresh coffee and tea at our café.

Where

Bridge Park Leisure Centre

Shift Days

Monday & Tuesday

Shift Hours

11.30am-3pm or 2.30pm - 6pm

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 and/or 1pm – 3.30pm

Community Kitchen Volunteers

Community Kitchen Volunteers

Community Kitchen:
@ Sufra - Support our chef to prepare meals for our Fresh Meal Service - up to 200 boxed up in a session.
@ Bridge Park - Cooking and serving meals to members of the community at a sit-down community dinner

Where

Sufra / Bridge Park

Shift Days

Sunday / Monday & Tuesday

Shift Hours

10am – 1pm / 5.30-8.30pm

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. 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

Wednesdays / Saturdays

Shift Hours

10am - 4pm / 10am - 2pm

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

Translation Volunteers

Translation Volunteers

Do you speak Arabic, Kurdish (Sorani) or Ukrainian? We are often in need of interpreters and translators to translate text and communication with our foreign-language speaking guests. Flexible and remote work.

Where

Remote

Shift Days

Flexible

Shift Hours

Flexible

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. Email jo@sufra-nwlondon.org.uk for more information on the role.

Where

Sufra NW London, NW10 0PW

Shift Days

Monday or Wednesday

Shift Hours

10am-2pm

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

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