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Donation drive volunteer
Organisation Details
Manchester Central Foodbank
Sub theme: Asylum Seekers and Refugees, Health and Wellbeing, Homeless and Housing, Mental Health
Stellify Award: This opportunity is part of 'Make a Difference'
Organisation Description: We provide emergency 3-day food parcels to people in crisis in Manchester. In addition to providing food, we also offer a signposting service, in order to inform people about services that can provide them with specialist support with the issues that they may be facing and wanting to overcome. Whilst we recognise that a food parcel can help with the short-term issue of hunger, signposting people onto other forms of support such as advice, grants and additional support organisations can go further in terms of alleviating the circumstances that have led the client to need to access the foodbank in the first place.
Description of role: Want to make a difference? We are holding Christmas donation drives at Tesco Gorton from November 28-30. There are morning slots from 9.30am to 1pm and afternoon slots from 1pm to 4.30pm available. We have a rising number of clients needing help so we desperately need more donations to meet the need. Donation drives give us lots of valuable food for our clients and they are fun to do. It’s a great feeling when a generous shopper puts lots of goodies in the donation bin. Volunteers wear foodbank tabards and have a big donation bin at the entrance of the supermarket. They hand out leaflets which highlight the items we need most with a friendly smile then shoppers can look at what we need and pop a tin of food in our donation bin as they leave.
Skills / qualities associated with the role: Fundraising, Oral Communication Skills, Practical Skills, Team Working
Are volunteer expenses available?: No
Duration of role: Fixed / Short term
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Opportunity times: Thursday AM, Thursday PM, Friday AM, Friday PM, Saturday AM, Saturday PM
DBS required: Off
Can reasonable adjustments be made regarding additional needs?: Yes
Is this organisation part of the Sports Volunteering Scheme (SVS)?: No
Minimum hours commitment: three and a half hours
Location:
Tesco Superstore, Hyde Road
Gorton, Manchester
M18 8LD