The Bread and Butter Thing

Family Gateway volunteers make a vital contribution to our aims. We recognise the added value that volunteers bring to our organisation and those who use our services. Our volunteers inform our work and help us to develop, and we can support volunteers to learn skills and achieve personal development during their time with us. We recruit volunteers using our “Barefoot Professional Model” which means we recruit people from our local community who have a range of life experiences that they can use to support other people who come to Family Gateway for support. A description of the Bread and Butter Thing volunteer role is below.

The Bread and Butter Thing Volunteer

Our mobile food clubs give access to nutritious and affordable food taken into the heart of communities with lower-than-average levels of money, food and resources. This low-cost weekly shop provides essential produce for family eating – fresh fruit and veg, fridge favourites and cupboard staples.

Duties of a volunteer include:

· Unloading the van

· Sorting the food into bags to make up the shop

· Serving customers

· Helping them with their shopping to their car

FRIDAY 11AM - 2PM WEEKLY

An Enhanced DBS check with the Barred List information for Working with Children would be required which we pay for

Training and Development Opportunities

· Safeguarding Training

· GDPR Training

· Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

· Modern Slavery Training

· Safeguarding session that you choose related to your role

· Manual Handling

Skills

· Good customer service

· Team work

· Good communication

· A friendly and welcoming attitude