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Volunteer at Truro Foodbank
Volunteers are the life blood of foodbanks. Your skills could be just what we need!
There are thousands of volunteers across the UK, helping to ensure the Trussell Foodbank Network gets emergency food to people in crisis.
Volunteers enjoy the team-working required to enable Truro Foodbank to operate and volunteer regularly on our rotas as a result. Whatever role you choose, you will make a real difference to the life of someone in crisis.
Helping in the stores
Volunteers in this role help to weigh, sort (by date and type) and store donated food. This ensures we always have the right food available for our customers to collect. This is a physical role as you’ll be on your feet a lot and you must be comfortable with some heavy lifting (up to 20kg).
Helping distribute food
Volunteers in this role meet customers and help them choose the food available to them. They have an informal chat with customers over a cup of tea, discuss their situation and signpost to further support. These discussions can be very emotional because many customers are in crisis situations.
Current Volunteering Opportunities
Currently we have no vacancies in stores or in distribution, but if you keep your eye on this page when a vacancy is available it will show here. However, there are other roles that need filling.
Supermarket Collection Days
We hold special days of food collections at local supermarkets where we ask shoppers to add an extra food item to their trolley for Truro Foodbank. We need volunteers to advise customers about the foodbank’s objectives and to provide guidance on what items are needed.
Admin Support
We are looking for volunteers to support with administration at the Truro Foodbank. These roles vary from producing a bimonthly newsletter to creating social media posts.
These are remote roles and would suit a highly organised person with great computer skills.
Fundraising Volunteer
We are looking for volunteers to organise fundraising activities to help support the work of Truro Foodbank and for volunteers to apply for online grant funding for the Foodbank.
If you are interested in any of these roles please fill in the application form and email to [email protected].
Other ways
There are lots of other ways you can support Truro Foodbank including spreading awareness by sharing our social media posts or maybe organising a collection of food at your workplace, church or club.