Cook - Infinity Initiatives / Pay What You Can Community Cafe
To prepare meals and serve in our pay what you café.must be able to work independently and use own initiative
Duration: Ongoing
When can volunteers volunteer? Weekly, Fortnightly
Availability:
This grid shows when you can volunteer for this organisation. E.G Monday morning.
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Tasks the volunteer will be required to do:
Prepare hot and cold meals
Serve customers
Training:
Basic food hygiene (Level 2/3 is available to do free of charge)
A range of optional other training will be available but not mandatory such as safeguarding, addiction, crime related etc
Requirements: Willing to travel by public transport or find own way to volunteering location
Skill and Qualifications Required:
The cook needs to be able to understand basic food hygiene (training available) and have an approachable manner. We often make meals using donation we receive from supermarkets so creativity is a must. All applicants need to be reliable and stick to agreed shifts wherever possible. Owing to the clientele all café members must be non-judgemental, understanding and kind.
Areas of Interest: Foodbanks
Opportunity suitable for: Employee Volunteers, Long term commitment, Older people, People seeking work
What activities will the volunteer do? Food banks
Skills gained in this role: Managing people, Teamwork
Home based opportunity? No
DBS Check Required: No
Opportunity Accessibility: The volunteering location is not accessible
About the host organisation
Hosted by: Infinity Initiatives CIC
Organisation Profile: We are a community centre, offering affordable food, free food, support, advocacy and counselling.
We run various groups, craft, advice drop ins, exercise , refugee and asylum seeker drop in, pay what you can hours.community garden, football teams , reading group, conversational english