Volunteering:
We serve meals twice a week and rely on volunteers to provide these services.
There are many different roles and tasks that we need volunteers to do.
These include:
Any time-
Cooking at home
Baking at home
Laundry
Picking up of donations
Meal days-Thursday (10am-1.30pm) and Saturday (3pm-6.30pm)-
Food preparation at the hall
Managing the drinks trolley
Set up of tables and chairs
Serving the meal
Doing dishes
Kitchen, hall and bathroom clean up at the end of the meal
Give away table
What commitment is expected of me?
If you would like to help on a Thursday or a Saturday, we prefer volunteers that can commit to helping at least once a month, for a minimum of six months, so we can plan ahead and ensure we have enough help at each meal.
Volunteer opportunity - HELPING AT MEALS
At the hall volunteers will prep breads for nibbles, make cold salads, cook hot sides such as rice, pasta, and soup, set up the tables and chairs, provide hot drinks, set up for service. During the meal we serve the guests the food provided, then clean up, wash up and pack down.
It can be hard work and can get pretty hectic - but we have a kitchen manager present to help organise all activities and provide support and guidance. It is also a great experience and allows you to interact with the guests directly and understand a little more about them.
We do not want volunteers working every week - we understand that you have lives. However, we do need regular volunteers to reduce the stress of trying to fill the roster every week. We only ask that you can commit to help once or twice a month. It might be helping at the hall one week and cooking a hot side dish another week.
Volunteer opportunity -ANYTIME
Cooking/baking:
Because our cooking facilities at the hall are limited, we rely on much of our food being cooked off-site. These may be frozen for a later date or delivered hot prior to a service, (so when you do it can be flexible). We also have some great home bakers making sweet treats to go with both our Thursday and Saturday meals. We can provide all of the ingredients and even cooking equipment!
Laundry:
Every service, we have table cloths, tea towels, cloths, and bath towels used by our guests for showers that need to be washed and dried before our next service. We can provide the laundry powder and reimburse you a bit towards power.
Donation pick-ups:
We have some amazing local businesses that support us with products and these, at times, need collecting and brought to the hall.