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Volunteers are the life blood of foodbanks. Your skills could be just what we need.

Volunteers:

Volunteers are the driving force behind foodbanks. There are thousands of volunteers across the UK, helping The Trussell Trust Foodbank Network get emergency food to people in crisis. We want you to enjoy volunteering and there are lots of ways to get involved. Whatever role you choose, you will make a real difference to the life of someone in crisis.

We have three volunteer teams, one in each of our three locations: at the Yarmouth centre at GY Pathway (Great Yarmouth), at the Magdalen centre at St Mary Magdalene Church (Gorleston) and at our Warehouse in Southtown.

We are therefore looking for some volunteers to work in a variety of roles:

Drivers

We need people with current driving licenses who will help collect food from supermarkets and donation points across the Borough and sometimes Norwich.  Drivers are also needed to deliver food to the warehouse and foodbank centres and out to foodbank recipients.  We have a van but volunteers can also use their own vehicles if preferred.

If this sounds like something you would be interested in, please see our role description Driver Volunteer Information and Role Description GY 6.docx

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.

Please have a read through the role description, if you feel like this is the role for you: Warehouse volunteer information and role description GY 6.docx.  

Driver/Warehouse Volunteer:

If you are interested in volunteering and becoming part of the warehouse team then please complete the following application form: Warehouse volunteer application.  If you have any questions, please contact our Warehouse Coordinator on [email protected].

 

Great Yarmouth Pathway Store Volunteer:

This role involves welcoming and distributing parcels to recipients on Thursdays.  There are also many other opportunities to serve the wider community work of the GY Pathway on other days in the week.  If interested in volunteering here, contact Jen King: [email protected] for details and an application pack.

 

St Mary Magdalene Store Volunteer:

This role involves welcoming and distributing parcels to recipients but also weighing, sorting and storing donated food.  Teams operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 9-12noon and there other also many other opportunities to serve the wider community work of St Mary Magdalene on other days in the week.  If interested in volunteering here, contact [email protected] for details and an application pack.

 

Communications volunteer

We need help with updating our website and social media channels, helping with publicity and clear communications.  If this role would interest you please contact [email protected]

 

Shopping volunteer

We would like help with going to supermarkets to shop to buy food with the financial donations we receive.  If this role would interest you please contact [email protected]

 

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