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Food Hub Volunteer - Islington Food Partnership

Manor Gardens Welfare Trust

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You’ll be supporting the crucial work of a local food hub in providing affordable, nutritious and enjoyable food. You’ll be part of creating a welcoming space for local community members. Your work will also help save tasty food from being wasted and going to landfill.
There are a range of different food hubs, food co-ops and community pantries in the IFP network needing volunteer support, so you can choose one that works for you. The role will depend on the food hub that you choose, but will include things like:
- unloading and arranging the food at a food co-op
- packing bags of food, tailoring them to the dietary needs and preferences of service-users
- speaking with service-users to assist them, give information or get their feedback
- serving food at a regular community meal
- serving cups of tea and coffee and welcoming clients to the space
You will work within a team and have support from a volunteer coordinator.

Working hours depend which local food hub you choose to volunteer with. There is a higher need for volunteers on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Requirements & Duties:
To support a local food hub with practical tasks or assisting service-users.
To troubleshoot and resolve issues or problems as and when they arise, finding creative solutions when necessary
To report to MGWT Volunteer Coordinator and the IFP Coordinators.
To follow IFP/food hub procedures and policies; including following safeguarding policies and handling personal information with confidentiality
Report health and safety concerns to Volunteer Coordinator

Community Work,General & Helping

Essential Good organisational skills Proven ability to work well with a variety of people from different backgrounds Good communication skills Desirable Language/interpretation skills – particularly locally-spoken languages, e.g. Turkish, Bengali, Somali, Arabic, Spanish, Albanian, Tigrigna, Mandarin, Polish, Yoruba, Urdu, Gujarati, Punjabi, Romani etc.

Supporting your community and improving the sustainability of food in the local area. Speakers of other languages could also be supported to obtain an interpretation qualification. We could also offer support with achieving Level 2 Hygiene Food Safety certificate or Level 2 Safeguarding.

1 half a day a week, or more (depending on food hub hours)

Further location details may be provided below.

Candice George

Food hubs across Islington, for example: Manor Gardens Centre, N7 6LA The Arc Centre, N1 7DF St Luke's Community Centre (Tues and Wednesdays), EC1V 8AJ Sapphire Employability and Wellbeing Academy, EC2A 4NE

Please email hello@islingtonfoodpartnership.org.uk for more information and to apply

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Most premises (food hubs) have wheelchair access and a disabled toilet. One to one Support given to those with additional needs.

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18 and over

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