FoodCycle

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FoodCycle volunteers: Cooking, Hosting, or Food Collection

We’re looking for people to help cook and serve community meals to people in your local area.

Onsite Volunteer Role

Make an Impact In:

Develop & Use Your Skills:

Listening & Communication Public Speaking & Presenting Problem Solving & Critical Thinking Resilience & Staying Positive Teamwork & Collaboration Emotional Intelligence & Empathy

Opportunity Snapshot

Commitment

Weekends, Weekdays, Evenings, Flexible

Format

Onsite

Eligibility

Age 18-70

Your Role in Creating Change

We’re FoodCycle, the community dining charity on a mission to make food poverty, loneliness and food waste a thing of the past for every community.

Our amazing volunteers are at the heart of what we do. They collect surplus food, cook tasty meals, and serve our wonderful guests – all while using ingredients that would have otherwise gone to waste. No experience is needed, just a willingness to get stuck in and make a difference!

Here’s how you can get involved:

Cooking volunteer
Get creative in the kitchen! You’ll learn valuable skills, like how to cater for large groups and create nutritionally balanced meals. With no set menu and ingredients changing each session, it’s a fun challenge to come up with delicious dishes on the spot.

Hosting volunteer
Be the friendly face of FoodCycle! As a hosting volunteer, you’ll serve meals, have chats, and help create a warm, welcoming atmosphere. You’ll build lasting relationships with guests, making sure they leave with full hearts as well as full stomachs.

Food Collection volunteer
Love being on the move? This role is for you! Hop on your bike, take to the streets, or jump in the car to collect surplus food from local shops and supermarkets. You’ll deliver it to your local FoodCycle project, where it will be transformed into a three-course meal for the community.

There’s no minimum commitment – you can volunteer weekly, monthly, or whenever you have time. Most volunteer slots are between 3-5 hours, and we’re always happy to welcome you back for more!

Volunteering with FoodCycle is a fantastic way to connect with your community, meet new people, and make a real difference to those experiencing food poverty and loneliness. We’d love to have you part of the team.

About FoodCycle

Week in, week out we nourish the hungry and lonely in our communities with delicious meals and great conversation, using food which would otherwise go to waste

Our aims:

Connect communities

Help strengthen and build resilient communities by bringing people together to share healthy,delicious meals.

Support mental health and wellbeing

Enhance the health and mental wellbeing of all by creating welcoming spaces for people from all backgrounds and walks of life to have conversations together.

Nourish the hungry

Improve nutrition and reduce hunger by cooking healthy meals for those in need, leading toimproved food knowledge and changes in behaviour.

Promote sustainability

Change attitudes to food and society’s impact on the environment by cooking with surplusingredients.

Inspire change

Share the virtues of our community dining model and the voices of our guests to gain greater support and speed our expansion, enabling us to help more people and more communities.

Take a look at our list of projects – find one near you and then simply sign up to volunteer! Whether you’re a Masterchef winner in the making or a cooking novice, everyone is welcome to volunteer with us. There are all sorts of things you could do: picking up the surplus food, meal prep, chopping, cooking, stirring, serving, fundraising, community outreach – all making a positive difference in your community and of course, having fun!

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FoodCycle volunteers: Cooking, Hosting, or Food Collection

Make an Impact In:

Develop & Use Your Skills:

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Eligibility

Your Role in Creating Change

About FoodCycle

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