Volunteer Telford

Wrekin View Primary School in Wellington is already host to a hugely successful Community Fridge, which supports up to 30 families a week by providing food and living essentials. They have now announced they are expanding their efforts to help end holiday hunger in Shropshire by opening a Community Café in the school hall over half term. Read on to find out more!

During the lockdown, school caretaker Russell Garner established Wrekin View Community Fridge. The motto of the food centre is ‘take what you want, donate if you can’, an inclusive message inviting the whole community to engage. No referral or documentation is required to use the fridge/HLC Food hub, and many families in the local community have benefitted from the scheme. A year on and the community fridge is still going strong, now supporting up to 30 families a week.  

They are looking for Community Fridge Volunteers

The role of a Community Fridge volunteer is to provide a well-stocked and looked after fridge/pantry for the community.

Tasks include:

Advertising dates and location for the community fridge

Build a reliable volunteer work force

Replenishing stock in fridge/pantry

Organising stock, stock rotation, dating stock

Manning the community fridge during school holidays

Key holder

Providing support with a clear focus on connecting individuals with their community.

Making up and delivering food hampers around Telford

Record keeping

Marketing

Time commitment:

The Community Fridge is open 5 days a week (Mon – Fri)

Each shift is 4 hours, but will be flexible to your availability.

Training:

Induction and mandatory training will be provided

Location:

Wrekin View Primary School

North Rd,

Wellington,

Telford

TF1 3ES

Helping customers on the shop floor & providing good all-round customer service.

Promoting our campaigns and any in store sales to customers.

Working on window and shop displays to make them look their best.

Keeping the shop tidy, clean and well organised – some light housekeeping.

Helping your fellow volunteers and staff with customer queries.

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Our Volunteer Champion Team Leaders support local volunteer groups by leading a team of others that provide recruitment, induction and recognition support to wider volunteer groups and teams. 

What you can expect to be doing

Recruiting the Volunteer Champions Team of volunteers. 

Allocating tasks and activities to other members of the volunteer champion’s team.  Identifying ways to involve volunteers. 

Providing support, encouragement, and leadership.

Promoting a culture of volunteering best practice. 

Encouraging volunteer feedback.

Our Volunteer Champion Team Leaders usually spend 3 to 4 hours per week in this role, which is flexible and can be shared by more than one volunteer if needed.