Volunteer

Volunteers make a difference in the local community across a range of roles, including boosting donations, packing food parcels, providing a warm welcome, tackling loneliness, signposting to additional services, connecting with partners, raising awareness and leading projects.

Volunteer roles

Volunteers are the driving force behind foodbanks. There are thousands of volunteers across the UK, helping Trussell’s community of foodbanks get emergency food to people in crisis. We want you to enjoy volunteering and there are lots of ways to get involved. Whatever role you choose, you will make a real difference to the life of someone in crisis.

There’s a range of ways you can volunteer at our foodbank:

Warehouse Volunteer

Warehouse volunteers help to weigh, sort and store donated food before it’s made into parcels for clients to collect.

Voucher Coordinator

Foodbanks work with front line agencies who in turn refer clients to foodbanks. Some foodbanks have over 100 referral partners, and our volunteers coordinate the issuing and distribution of vouchers to these agencies. Once the vouchers are redeemed, the data they contain needs to be added to our central database.

Helping at a foodbank centre

Meet clients and give out food parcels. Have an informal chat with clients over a cup of tea to discuss their situation and signpost to further support.

Web Editor

Our foodbank website needs constant attention and is another role our volunteers are involved in.

If you are interested in volunteering please get in touch – we’d love to hear from you!