Our volunteer team are our most valued element of Food Is Free Inc. as a grassroots community led team. If you live in Ballarat and surrounds and are keen to learn more about how you can help please get in touch with our Volunteers Manager Virginia today via volunteer@foodisfree.com.au
We presently have a team of 20 plus marvellous volunteers who assist with regular weekly Food Is Free Laneway shifts of about 15 mins. Duties carried out ensure the health & safety of all our visitors and tasks include disposing of perished food, general tidying, arranging the herb rack, attending to the jars/bottles recycle station, watering our plants, and other gardening tasks. We have 3 volunteers every day and 4 on each Sat & Sun each and every day of the year. This enables the Laneway to be very well attended so all our visitors can enjoy their time spent with us, plus have a chat to a volunteer and be greeted by a friendly face. Full training and induction for first shift, then our volunteers work alone from there. Families/friends always welcome to work as a group if you like - more the merrier! Don't know much about gardening? No worries - we encourage all levels, all ages, all backgrounds being an all inclusive space. Plus you can learn new skills/ideas as you go!
As we build our Food Is Free Green Space (our community garden beds & recycling area adjacent to the Laneway and just up the road at Western Oval) we will be recruiting more excellent humans to help us monitor our recycles centre, and attend to garden beds, turn the compost, plus help us with worm farms, and build soil from the organic items our visitors leave behind. Making our own soil ensures us to be as self sufficient as possible plus provides the opportunity for our community to not only learn about waste but be responsible for our planet.
We also hold intermittent working bees where anyone can help out, plus we hold volunteer exclusive events so it's not just work but also fun. Volunteering is a great way to engage in your local community plus meet new friends along the way.
So please get in touch now if you are keen on being part of this very dynamic fun group of eco warriors we call our Food Is Free Inc. volunteers!
Community groups/schools encouraged to discuss volunteering options with us.
volunteer@foodisfree.com.au
We presently have a team of 20 plus marvellous volunteers who assist with regular weekly Food Is Free Laneway shifts of about 15 mins. Duties carried out ensure the health & safety of all our visitors and tasks include disposing of perished food, general tidying, arranging the herb rack, attending to the jars/bottles recycle station, watering our plants, and other gardening tasks. We have 3 volunteers every day and 4 on each Sat & Sun each and every day of the year. This enables the Laneway to be very well attended so all our visitors can enjoy their time spent with us, plus have a chat to a volunteer and be greeted by a friendly face. Full training and induction for first shift, then our volunteers work alone from there. Families/friends always welcome to work as a group if you like - more the merrier! Don't know much about gardening? No worries - we encourage all levels, all ages, all backgrounds being an all inclusive space. Plus you can learn new skills/ideas as you go!
As we build our Food Is Free Green Space (our community garden beds & recycling area adjacent to the Laneway and just up the road at Western Oval) we will be recruiting more excellent humans to help us monitor our recycles centre, and attend to garden beds, turn the compost, plus help us with worm farms, and build soil from the organic items our visitors leave behind. Making our own soil ensures us to be as self sufficient as possible plus provides the opportunity for our community to not only learn about waste but be responsible for our planet.
We also hold intermittent working bees where anyone can help out, plus we hold volunteer exclusive events so it's not just work but also fun. Volunteering is a great way to engage in your local community plus meet new friends along the way.
So please get in touch now if you are keen on being part of this very dynamic fun group of eco warriors we call our Food Is Free Inc. volunteers!
Community groups/schools encouraged to discuss volunteering options with us.
volunteer@foodisfree.com.au
