Guildford Food Bank

Food Bank Sort Team member

Commitment – 2-4 shifts per month, 3-4 hours per shift

Vacancies for –

• 3 team members Monday 8.30 - 11.30

• Plus additional and longer shifts to cover high level of donations from late Sept - Dec

Minimum term – 6 months 

Location – St Clare’s Church, Park Barn

Summary

As part of a friendly, committed team, you will support our work of helping those in food crisis in our community, . You will be responsible for setting up and helping with the smooth running of the Monday sort session. You will be a compassionate and reliable individual who wants to make a difference in our community.

Responsibilities

• Commit to your allocated shifts and where possible, step in if a call for additional support is made (during particularly busy periods)

• Arrive promptly to help set up for the weekly donation sort

• Help with unloading supermarket deliveries and moving them into food bank stock

• Follow safe lifting practices to move crates of food to ensure date control of food products

• Greet donors who deliver donations to us

• Be proactive in ensuring all tasks are completed before leaving at the end of your shift.

• Provide a friendly and respectful face of the food bank.

Essential for the role

• Ability to lift and carry crates of approx 10kg
• Commitment to following safe lifting procedures
• Ability to work as part of a team, under the direction of a team leader.
• Punctual, reliable and practical

We support individuals and families in Guildford and nearby villages with food parcels, fuel assistance, a listening ear, and guidance to services that help move people out of crisis. Our work is powered by generous donations from local communities and partners, enabling us to serve with compassion and care.

We provide food parcels, support and advice for electricity and gas bills, a listening ear and signposting.

We couldn’t do any of this work without our amazing donors; local schools, churches, clubs, including Guildford Lions who contribute weekly to our fresh food offering and individuals, who donate food and necessities directly to us or drop off points at local supermarkets. We also receive financial donations and these cover our running costs and parcel contents.

We currently have 115 volunteers from all different backgrounds; students, retired, employed, self-employed, not working or seeking work. People volunteer primarily because they would like to help those in their community, but also for company, structure to the week, a sense of purpose and much more.

Anyone aged 18+ can apply to volunteer with us.