FareShare South West needs volunteer Warehouse Assistants to help sort and pack excellent, in-date surplus food ready to deliver to charities and organisations throughout the South West.
You'lll be part of a friendly, diverse team of volunteers and staff, helping receive deliveries, sort and store food as it arrives and then pick and pack it ready for delivery.
Find out more at www.faresharesouthwest.org.uk/volunteer
What will I be doing?
- Working as part of a team to sort and store large deliveries of surplus food from local and national food suppliers.
- Assembling daily deliveries of food for local charities and community groups
- Making sure the food is within use by dates and handled safely
Requirements:
- Able to perform physical tasks including lifting and loading
- Basic literacy and numeracy skills to record quantities and types of food
- Work well as part of a team
- Happy to complete tasks independently according to instruction
- Adaptable – managing surplus can be unpredictable so day to day tasks can vary
- Positive, friendly, and enthusiastic about tackling food waste and food poverty
Benefits:
- Be part of a friendly, diverse team of like-minded people
- Gain warehouse management skills such as a Level 2 Food Safety and Hygiene certificate and forklift training
- Be at the forefront of stopping good food from going to waste
- Reasonable travel expenses and free surplus snacks!