Volunteer

Volunteers are the driving force behind foodbanks. There are thousands of volunteers across the UK, helping The Trussell Trust Foodbank Network 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.

Where posts do not have an online application link, please download our volunteer application form and return it to us via email or post.

Please note that we currently have waiting lists for our Warehouse and Centre volunteering roles. 

 

→ Social Media and Communications Volunteer

→ Community Champions

→ Volunteer Photographer

Social Media and Communications Volunteer

We are looking for a Social Media and Communications volunteer to help gain support for our activity as a food bank and raise awareness in our local community of the drivers pushing people into poverty in order to inspire local people to take action.

As a food bank we are part of a growing movement that is taking action to create a fair and compassionate society and deliver our vision for a UK without the need for food banks. Until that becomes a reality we work to ensure local people in hardship receive emergency support through our food & essentials parcels.

Our social media platforms are essential to communicate about volunteering and donation opportunities and to gain support for our activity as a food bank and raise awareness in our local community of the drivers pushing people into poverty in order to inspire local people to take action. We are looking for a Social Media and Communications volunteer to help oversee and drive this important activity forward and enable us to elevate the voice of food bank staff, volunteers, and those with first-hand experience of hardship.

Apply via -> Social Media and Communications Volunteer (Cirencester & Surrounding District) | Foodbank Network Volunteering (trusselltrust.org)

Community Champions

No-one understands our local communities better than those who live in them. Community Champions play a vital role in connecting Cirencester Foodbank with local communities across the South Cotswolds. They serve as a bridge, ensuring that information flows both ways—sharing the foodbank’s mission and services with community members and gathering valuable insights to enhance our support. This role is essential for building strong partnerships and ensuring that no one in our community goes hungry.

Apply via -> Community Champion | Foodbank Network Volunteering (trusselltrust.org)

Volunteer Photographer(s)

We need volunteers to photograph events and activities we are involved in enabling us to raise awareness of the work of Cirencester foodbank across the South Cotswolds.

This role involves photographing volunteers, who have consented to be involved*, undertaking their roles and tasks. These may take place at our centre or events (such as Tesco National Collections, Marketplace events, talks, fundraising events etc.)

Often these may be close up photographs without the faces of those taking part being visible. Photographic experience is essential and experience in taking portraits and / or still life would be ideal.

You must have a vehicle, driving licence and insurance, and some IT skills are necessary, as the role involves uploading images/video onto a website or emailing them to us. Volunteers would need access to their own equipment including a digital SLR camera which can produce high resolution images.

If you’re interested, fill in a volunteer application form, and enter ‘Volunteer Photographer’ as your preferred role.

*Cirencester Foodbank does not permit photographs to be taken of existing Foodbank clients in any venue or at any event.

 

 

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