Voluntary Action South West Surrey

Food Bank Delivery Driver

    Commitment – 2-4 shifts per month, 1-2 hours per shift

Vacancies for –

• 2 drivers on Tuesdays 1 – 2.30pm
• 1 driver on Wednesdays 9:15 – 11 am
• 3 drivers on Fridays 4:45 – 6:30 pm
• Plus additional shifts to cover high demand in December

Minimum term – 6 months - however if you can only help in the short term in December, we would really appreciate it
Location – St Clare’s Church, Park Barn

Summary
As a volunteer driver you will support our work of helping those in food crisis in our community. You will be responsible for collecting food parcels from our base at St Clare’s and delivering them to clients’ homes in Guildford and surrounding villages. 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)
     ● Delivery of food parcels from the food bank to clients’ homes, using your own car.
     ● Load and unload parcels with care and ensure the correct parcels are delivered, in good condition.
     ● Provide a friendly and respectful face of the food bank.
     ● Provide each client with brief information on our signposting tool and any fuel support that is appropriate to their situation.
     ● Maintain client confidentiality within the food bank
     ● Update your Team Leader with the status of each parcel and any follow up needed with each client.

Essential for the role

    ● UK driving licence
    ● Ability to lift and carry food parcels up to 10kg
    ● Respectful, compassionate and sensitive to the needs of vulnerable people
    ● Punctual and reliable
    ● Must pass Basic DBS check
    ● Knowledge of the local area is helpful but not essential.

As a Collection Tin Volunteer, you’ll play a vital part in supporting Momentum’s fundraising in your local community. This is a friendly, social role that gets you out and about on your local high street, building positive relationships with shop owners, café staff, and pub teams who support our charity or want to start supporting us.

You’ll commit a few hours each month to finding new local businesses to support our cause, as well as visiting existing business supporters to collect full donation tins and replace them with empty ones (at least every three months).

You will be responsible for handling and banking cash in line with the Fundraising Regulator and Momentum’s policies with training and oversight from the Community Fundraiser. Your contribution helps raise essential funds while also spreading awareness of Momentum and the work we do for local families.

We are particularly keen to hear from volunteers able to cover the following areas:

Addlestone, Ashtead, Barnes, Chertsey, Chessington, Cobham, Dorking, Effingham, Epsom, Leatherhead, Shepperton, Sunbury, Sutton, Teddington, Twickenham, and Worcester Park.

By volunteering as a Collection Tin Volunteer, you’ll not only make a meaningful difference locally, but also gain new skills, confidence, and social connections.

Key Responsibilities

• Collecting full donation tins from local shops, cafés, pubs, and other venues
• Replacing collected tins with empty ones in a timely and professional manner
• Researching new areas and businesses for tins to be placed
• Building friendly, positive relationships with local business owners and staff
• Raising awareness of Momentum and its work to encourage new support
• Ensuring all collections follow Momentum’s policies and procedures
• Safely transporting collected tins and returning them as instructed
• Safely counting and banking cash collected in line with the charity’s policies
• Keeping the fundraising team informed of completed collections or any issues

Hours Required

Hours vary depending on your availability and assigned locations. You can volunteer on a regular basis or on an adhoc basis, and there is no obligation to accept a collection or drop-off if you are unavailable.

What We’re Looking for in Our Volunteers

We’re looking for people who are:

• Friendly, approachable, and enthusiastic about making a difference
• Trustworthy and reliable
• Comfortable chatting with members of the public and local businesses
• Well organised and able to work independently
• Empathetic and willing to follow policies and procedures, including safeguarding and confidentiality

What’s in It for You?

• Be part of Momentum’s welcoming and supportive volunteer community
• Meet other like‑minded people and build local connections
• Invitations to volunteer engagement and social events
• The satisfaction of knowing you are directly supporting families in need
• Opportunities to get involved in other Momentum fundraising events and activities

How We’ll Support You

You’ll have a dedicated point of contact within the Momentum team and will receive all the information you need before each collection or drop-off, including locations, resources, and contacts. We’re here to support you every step of the way and make your volunteering experience enjoyable and rewarding.

How to Apply

If you’re ready to get involved, we’d love to hear from you! Please contact us at volunteers@momentumcharity.org or visit https://www.momentumcharity.org to get started.

We are looking for some enthusiastic volunteers to become collection tin coordinators to help run our collection tin programmes in the local community  throughout the year! Could you help us?

We are primarily looking for volunteers in the following locations:

• Guildford
• Godalming
• West Clandon
• Elstead
• Farnborough
• Farnham

However, please do get in touch if you are interested and live elsewhere. We will try our best to make arrangements to support your volunteering in your local community.

This role will involve:

• Liaising with shops, businesses and offices in your area to ask them to keep an RSCH Charity collection tin in a prominent place.
• Collecting full tins and supplying new ones.
• Counting and banking the collected money and recording it accurately, and completing simple reports so you can keep track of how they’re doing.
• Informally discussing other ways the business may support our work (for example, if one of their employees wants to run a marathon for us) and passing leads to us.

This role would suit you if you are organised, honest, confident, collaborative, have good local knowledge and really want to get involved with your local hospital and community!

By helping to raise money and awareness for The Royal Surrey County Hospital Charity you are helping to ensure that patients at the Royal Surrey County Hospital receive exceptional care in a welcoming and safe environment. Fundraising is vital to support our work and collection tins in your local community are a valuable asset in helping us to do just that.

You may need to be able to travel locally, whether by car or public transport. All reasonable travel expenses will be reimbursed, according to the NHS Travel and Subsistence Policy.

You will be supported by the fundraising team and will have guidance on the role and NHS volunteering process.

This role can be flexible around your schedule and the amount of time you spend depends on how large an area you’d like to cover, so please get in touch if you are interested! 

If you are interested in helping Royal Surrey County Hospital Charity, please complete the online application form & we will be in touch!