This project can only run due to our volunteers who help pick up the food every night and help with collections, deliveries, cleaning, cooking etc. We need more volunteers to help with this as well as assistance with admin, finance, grant applications, social media etc. We really appreciate any help you can offer so please get in touch or complete our online application form if you are interested in volunteering with us. There is no commitment of hours, even if you can only do one hour a month it is much appreciated.

There are many ways that you can help. Have a look at the things we need help with and sign up as a volunteer.

• Every night of the week, food is collected from the 3 Co-ops in St Ives after 9.30pm. This food is taken to the Rugby club where it is stored in the fridge or freezer or boxes for collection or delivery. Plus driving to collect food from various places – ASDA, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, pasty shops in St Ives, Rugby club in Hayle. You’d need a car to help with this.
• We offer the public collections of free food 6 times a week, at the Rugby club, Mike Peters Estate, St Johns Hall and at the Core at St ives Community Ochard and need help on these days.
• Wednesday 10am – 12.30 at our Kevranna Social Club at the St John in-the-Fields hall. Coffee morning, combined with socialising, cooking and craft making.  Volunteers get together at 9.30am for preparations before we open for the public.
• Gleaning. Occasionally a farmer lets us go pick veg or fruit from their farms when they have surplus.
• Events. We put on foody events at various places. Need help preparing, cooking and providing food, helping with tea / coffee / bar, helping set up.
• Friday evening Meal share – preparing and serving food
• Admin / advertising / finance / volunteer recruitment / social media help would all be well appreciated. See full list of roles below.

We have various roles within Kevranna and St Ives Community Foodshare. You can give as few or as many hours as you would like to. We have roles for all types of abilities, we mostly just need you to have a desire to help your community and to help prevent waste. 

The roles are all St Ives based, with occasional pickups from Redruth, Hayle, Penzance etc.
Most of these roles can be taken by more than one person to share the load and free training courses can be provided for some of them. 

Here is the list of Volunteer Roles we need help with.  

Food waste prevention technician – There are various ways to volunteer within this role: collecting from the supermarkets, picking up gleaned fresh farm vegetables, sorting donations, facilitating collections, and distributing to the local community. 

Social club & Meal Share volunteers – Serving food and drinks. Playing or overseeing card and board games, chatting to guests who have come on their own. Cleaning and closing down. 

Crafts Creative Lead – Leading an arty or creative craft activity at our Wednesday Kevranna Social club

Crafts Creative Assistant – assisting with arty or creative craft activities at Mayhem & Munch club 12 – 4pm or at our Kevranna Social club Wednesday 10 – 2 

Board Games Manager – Setting up  board games at either the Monday, Wednesday or Friday Social Clubs and encouraging people who arrive to join you with a game. We have a variety of board games available. 

Chef / Cook – Cooking meals for deliveries, meal share and events. Food safety certificate essential. We can pay for you to do the online training needed. 

Kitchen Assistant – Assisting in the kitchen, prepping vegetables and washing dishes.
Monday 11.30am / Wed 10.30am / Friday 3pm

Kevranna Cleaner – Cleaning at our store room based at the St Ives Rugby club. To clean surfaces and fridges, hoover, tidy the donated clothes. Ideally for one hour on Thursday afternoons. 

Outreach Meal Delivery Person – To deliver freshly cooked meals on Wednesday afternoon to a few people in St Ives as well as allowing time for a chat with the recipient. 

Clothes Sorter Outer – to sort, tidy and display the clothes that we receive. To take photos and advertise items on our facebook group. To take excess clothing to charity shops. 

Data Administrator – Helping with recording information on volunteer hours, food weight and meals given. 

Volunteer Co-ordinator – Recruiting, Inducting and training new volunteers, keeping a database of volunteer information and skills, matching volunteers to opportunities that suit their skills. 

Volunteer representative – To liase with volunteers, discuss concerns or ideas that volunteers may have and report back to the Trustees / Committee members.

Events Co-ordinator – Help organise and manage these events. Ensuring risk managements are sufficient and relevant licences are obtained.

Publicity / Social Media officer – To write articles for the newspaper, posts for social media and blogs for the website. To monitor the content of the organisation’s social media ‘chats’ 

Health & safety officer – To ensure that health and safety policies are up to date and being adhered to. To ensure that accident records are kept and monitored and that any appropriate actions resulting from reviews are put into action. 

Risk Management Officer – To update the risk assessment documents when necessary, make sure that there are suitable risk assessments for each project and ensure that everything has been done to ensure that they are followed.

Safeguarding officer – To develop, implement, and review your organisation’s safeguarding policies and procedures to ensure they are always up to standard, and always reflect the most recent laws and regulations. To record all the information you receive about a safeguarding concern and report it to relevant parties. 

Finance Funding Director – To work with funding applications and skills in financial planning, management and fund raising. To oversee the work of the Assistant Treasurer/Bookkeeper and providing close scrutiny to the financial operations 

Treasurer – Ensures that funds are being spent in accordance with the group’s aims. Keeps accurate up-to-date financial records. Keeps receipts for money in and money. 

Trustees = Ensures that the organisation complies with its governing documents, company law and any other relevant legislation or regulations and applies its resources in pursuance of its aims and objectives. Safeguarding the good name and values of the organisation. Ensuring appropriate policies and procedures in place and looking after the financial stability and sustainability of the organisation.  Attending and contributing to board meetings, general meetings and sub committees, etc.