Supermarket Collections (1-2 hours per week)
Role Description
Purpose of the role
To pick up surplus food from supermarkets in the allocated time slot, store accordingly and deliver to Ness Bank Church at appropriate time.
Key Responsibilities
Being available at the allocated time of pick up (for some pickups you need to wait until you have been advised whether there is surplus to pick up or not).
Driving to the store in the allocated time slot; picking up any surplus provided; storing the food accordingly (e.g., we provide cool boxes for chilled goods) and delivering to Ness Bank Church at the agreed time.
Skills and Qualities
No formal qualifications are required for this role, but as there will be some lifting involved, you need to be physically fit. You also need to have a full driving licence and own your own vehicle. Being reliable and trustworthy are essential qualities we look for in all our volunteers.
Days of Operations; Shift Times and Time Commitment
This is dependent on the supermarket you are picking up from. We pick up from stores every day expect Sunday. Also, some of our pickups are in the evening. On the days we are not open, pick-up drivers will be provided with a key to the church enabling them to drop of the surplus food as soon as possible after picking up and store any chilled food in our fridges.
Volunteers who do pickups normally do a regular weekly pickup and delivery (which is ideal as the store you are picking up from get to know you).
Location
We run our drop-in-café from Ness Bank Church, 1 Ness Bank, Inverness IV2 4SF so this where surplus food is delivered too. We pick up from the following supermarkets: Tesco Extra, Eastfield Retail Park; Tesco King Street; Tesco Inshes; Marks and Spencer, Church Street; Aldi Inshes; Coop Telford Street; Coop Church Street; Coop Monarch View; Lidl and Bookers. We also have a collection of our laundry from Inverclean launderette, Young Street, on a Saturday morning along with the pick-up from Tesco King Street.