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.

How to volunteer

If you’re interested in volunteering at our foodbank, please click on the link below to view current volunteering opportunities with Cirencester Foodbank and other local Foodbanks:

Volunteer roles

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

• Van driver
• Website Administrator

Please note, if you are interested in volunteering in our warehouse or centres, we currently have a waiting list for these roles. If you would like us to add you to the waiting list please complete an application form and we will contact you when opportunity arises.

Secretary to the Board

Role Overview: The Website Administrator will manage and maintain the Cirencester Foodbank website, ensuring it is up-to-date, user-friendly, and effectively supports our mission to provide emergency food and support to local people in crisis.

Key Responsibilities:

• To ensure that there is a record of all Trustee Board correspondence
• To ensure that arrangements for Trustee meetings are communicated to the rest of the board, including when and where, inviting trustees to send agenda items and board papers and providing to the board with previous meeting minutes in good time prior to the meeting.
• To ensure decisions and policy creation/adaption are clearly recorded in formal minutes, with who will do what and when as agreed by the Trustee board.
• Ensure formal minutes are taken, produced and distributed to the rest of the trustees in good time, as well as ensuring previous meeting minutes are filed once approved by the trustee board.
• To check that actions have been taken following decisions at previous meetings.
• To ensure the trustee board meets its legal obligations, including reporting, meeting charity and company law, as well as insurance requirements.
• To ensure that the annual report (to go alongside annual accounts) is produced and sent to the Charity Commission of England & Wales.
• (optional, depending on availability of applicant) to ensure a record is kept of the trustee aways days and follow up on actions arising. 

When:

Approximately 4 board meetings per year (Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec) and up to two trustee away day events per year (expected to be half day events held in working hours) (responsibilities for away days optional and subject to availability of applicant). Pre-meeting preparation and circulation of papers and post meeting circulation of minutes and post meeting actions follow up.  

Time commitment: 

Averages out at approximately 5 hours per board meeting (20 hours per year); an additional 10 hours if away days included. 

To apply, please complete our application form and return it to us by email or post.

Website Administrator

Role Overview: The Website Administrator will manage and maintain the Cirencester Foodbank website, ensuring it is up-to-date, user-friendly, and effectively supports our mission to provide emergency food and support to local people in crisis.

Key Responsibilities:

• Content Management: Regularly update website content, including news, events, and resources.
• User Experience: Improve site navigation and usability to enhance visitor engagement.
• Analytics and Reporting: Monitor website traffic and provide regular reports on site performance.
   

Qualifications:

• Experience with website management
• Basic knowledge of HTML
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
• Passion for supporting community initiatives and helping those in need

To apply, please complete our volunteer application form and return it to us by email or post.

Volunteer Driver

Role Overview: The Volunteer Driver will play a crucial role in delivering food parcels to our service users and collecting donations from various locations, ensuring timely and reliable support for those in need.

Key Responsibilities:

• Parcel Delivery: Safely deliver food parcels to service users' homes, following all delivery protocols.
• Donation Collection: Pick up food donations from designated collection points and transport them to the foodbank.
• Vehicle Checks: If using the Foodbanks van, ensure the vehicle is well-maintained, clean, and in good working condition.
• Record Keeping: Maintain accurate records of deliveries and collections.
   

Qualifications:

• Valid driver's license and appropriate vehicle insurance.
• Reliable and punctual with a strong sense of responsibility.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to handle physical tasks, including lifting and carrying parcels.
• Commitment to supporting community initiatives and helping those in need.

To apply, please complete our volunteer application form and return it to us by email or post.