Picker and Packer

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The Picker and Packer role is vital in helping us to deliver support to the people and communities that we serve. They will be responsible for the picking and packing, of food and supplies, to enable the delivery drivers to provide emergency supplies to the homes of people in crisis as a result of Covid-19.

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:

Pick and Pack items from the emergency packs lists from an stock section in the distribution hub to prepare emergency supplies packs.

We now have two units for all donations at Oldham Foodbank.

The vision we have for our second unit is that all donations, fresh and non perishable, will be processed there. Long dated items will remain in this unit until needed by the first unit ' our shop'. Some key roles in this will be;
• ensuring all donated goods are weighed in
• identifying which donations will be needed immediately in the 'shop' e.g. fresh products or items we do not have large stocks of; rice pudding, tinned fruit etc.
• categorising long dated stock, being aware of stock rotation and following through requests for replenishing the 'shop'.

Skill and Qualifications Required:

• Speak to your team leader or your volunteer coordinator if there are any problems or issues.
• Regularly wash your hands for at least 20 seconds when you are able to do so
• Always keep 2 meters away from others around you
• Please always wear your Action Together Volunteer badge
• All worksheets must be returned to you volunteer coordinator at the end of your shift. DO NOT keep any personal information such as names, addresses or telephone numbers.

• This role has a strict age criteria only 18-69 years only.

Areas of Interest: Families, Foodbanks, Homeless

What activities will the volunteer do? Food banks

Skills gained in this role: Organising, Teamwork

Home based opportunity? No

DBS Check Required: No

Opportunity Accessibility: Accessible toilets

About the host organisation

Hosted by: Oldham Foodbank

Organisation Profile: Volunteers sort food to check that it s in date and pack it into boxes ready to be given to people in need. Frontline care professionals identify people in need. Care professionals such as doctors, health visitors, social workers, CAB and police identify people in crisis and issue them with a foodbank voucher. Foodbank clients bring their voucher to a foodbank centre where it can be redeemed for three days emergency food. Volunteers meet clients over a cup of tea or free hot meal and are able to signpost people to agencies able to solve the longer-term problem. Our foodbank also runs a rural delivery service, which takes emergency foodboxes to clients living in rural areas who cannot afford to get to a foodbank.

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