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Volunteers are the life blood of foodbanks. Your skills could be just what we need.
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. Volunteer application forms can be found below:
Barrow Application – https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:EU:c07056b2-4096-4f7a-b8be-a267406247c1
Ulverston Application – https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:EU:ec907b7d-a30e-4968-a6fa-5cc3c11d5588
Millom Application – https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:EU:e1d3cdb4-ef88-4780-b955-3e3279fa3a89
Warehouse volunteer – Barrow
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.
Volunteer Supermarket Coordinator – Barrow
Barrow foodbank is blessed to have strong relationships with a number of local supermarkets where we have permanent collection points. Your role description would be to continue building up these relationships and plan for the various food collections throughout the year. You would recruit and maintain a database of existing and prospective volunteers for supermarket collections. You would share responsibility with existing volunteers and/or members of the core group to be present during collections. Support and training will be provided.
If you are interested contact Claire, our project manager on 01229 343436 or by email to arrange an informal meeting to discuss the role.
Website Volunteer – Barrow
We need a volunteer to help manage and update our website, the position would mainly be remote working with regular communication between the Project Manager/Assistant Manager. Previous experience of website management is preferred.
If you are interested contact Claire, our project manager on 01229 343436 or by email to arrange an informal meeting to discuss the role.