

All rounder - Volunteer Warehouse assistant & occasional van driver
FareShare Sussex & Surrey is a charity project that redistributes surplus food from a busy warehouse in Moulsecoomb, Brighton, to a broad range of different smaller charitable organisations across communities in Sussex and Surrey. Although independently funded, we are part of a national network of regional centres ' Felix' Formerly FareShare UK - working to alleviate food poverty and reduce food waste across the UK. Our support reaches 25,000 people each week.
This 'all-rounder' role involves:
- Picking stock and labelling orders for deliveries.
- Occasionally driving either an Electric Automatic Van or a Diesel Van out into the community.
- When driving, you will have a driving assistant with you to help drop trays of surplus food to our community food partners.
- Sorting food and restocking shelves.
- Loading and unloading the van/deliveries.
- Lifting (no more than 10KGs).
- Recording van temperatures and taking signatures on deliveries.
- Providing great customer service to our member organisations.
- Representing FareShare Sussex & Surrey out in the community.
What you’ll get out of it
- A fun, sociable role where you’ll meet people from all walks of life
- The chance to make a real impact, helping provide food to those facing food insecurity
- A sense of purpose from doing vital, frontline work in your community
- Improve your driving and warehouse skills
- Enjoy a cooked lunch before every shift
Skills
This role requires:
- A full clean licence
- Volunteers to be 25 or over
- Punctuality and good time-keeping skills
- A commitment of one shift per week for a minimum of 3 months
- Good people skills
- Ability to work well in a team.
If you’re interested in joining our amazing team of volunteers, we’d love to hear from you. Drop us an email and we can arrange a quick call or pop in for an informal chat :)
Years of experience
- no work experience required
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