Volunteer

Volunteers are the driving force behind foodbanks. We want you to enjoy volunteering and there are lots of ways to get involved. See below for details of the main volunteering roles. Whatever role you choose, you will make a real difference to the life of someone in poverty.

Next Volunteer Training

Saturday 12th July – 9:30am – 1:30pm

Agenda

9:30am – 10:30am – Volunteering at Chipping Barnet Foodbank

10:45am – 12:15pm – Manual Handling Training

12:30pm – 1:30pm – Safeguarding Training

(Drinks and refreshments will be provided)

To apply to attend our next volunteer training, please download the 2 documents below; the application form and the confidentiality agreement:

CBFB Volunteer Application Form

CBFB Confidentiality Form

Once completed, please email them to our Volunteer Coordinator, Peter Mc Mahon, at: [email protected].

If you have any questions at all, please email Peter on the email above.

Here are just some of the volunteering roles available:

HELPING AT THE FOODBANK CLIENT SESSION

Meet clients and give out food parcels. Work in our cafe making hot drinks and giving out refreshments. Chatting to clients over a ‘cup of tea’. We also need help with packing and sorting during these sessions too.

SORTING AND PACKING AT THE FOODBANK

Receiving donations and weighing them in. Sorting items into our warehouse. Packing bags in preparation for our client sessions.

FOOD PARCEL DELIVERY DRIVER

We are looking for more delivery drivers so that we can continue to offer support to those clients that are unable to leave their house to come to the foodbank to collect their food. We are able to reimburse mileage costs to you.

WAREHOUSE VOLUNTEER

We need help to weigh, sort and store donated food before it’s made into parcels for clients to collect. You could help in this vital work to ensure we have the right food available at all times.

FUNDRAISING

Chipping Barnet Foodbank constantly needs funds to keep it moving forward. Please volunteer to help us if you have experience of charity fundraising or are keen to learn.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH

We often receive requests for volunteering opportunities from people undertaking the DoE programme.  At any one time, we are able to offer two DofE students the opportunity to help the foodbank by sorting and packing with us on a Monday evening. At present we are full until June 2024. If you would like to go on the waiting list or would like to be put down for June 2024, please email Peter Mc Mahon, at: [email protected].

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