Our bright yellow refrigerated van collects up to a tonne of quality excess food each day that would otherwise go to waste from restaurants, cafes, hotels, supermarkets, wholesalers and caterers across Cairns. This food is then redistributed to a number of local charities providing assistance to people in need. Our food rescue and relief services are completely free of charge to both donors and recipient charities. Our regular and free food deliveries to charities enable them to provide crucial food relief services while reducing their food spending and redirecting vital funding into education, rehabilitation and other services.
Each week, we prevent tonnes of good food from going to landfill - which in turn prevents tonnes of warming gases entering our atmosphere. By preventing quality food from being wasted, we're valuing this essential resource, we're nourishing our planet and fighting climate change, and we're nourishing our community with nutritious, quality, surplus food.
We're recruiting the services of Volunteer Food Rescue Assistants (one volunteer per day, for a full day shift), to ride along in the passenger seat and assist our Food Rescue Driver in collecting surplus food from the food industry, checking it for quality, and distributing it, same day, to local charities who provide food relief to vulnerable people in our Cairns community.
THE ROLE WILL INCLUDE:
WHAT YOU WILL GET OUT OF THIS OPPORTUNITY:
SKILLS THAT CAN BE GAINED BY THE VOLUNTEER
* Strong communication skills * A reasonable level of physical fitness - lifting is involved * Ability to complete Manual Handling, Safe Food Handling Awareness - modules will be provided * Be covid vaccinated * A team-oriented approach * A positive, flexible, can-do attitude * Strong interpersonal skills * Understanding the sensitive issues faced by vulnerable people connected to the charities we service
ID: 210863
OzHarvest Cairns
Environment & Conservation
Manunda QLD
Induction session held online, manual handling module, food safety module and on the job training
Free street parking available, 123 Bus stop on Anderson Street in front of us.
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