Hosting Volunteer

Hosting Volunteer

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Volunteering Organisation role

Flexible hours · Starting from 17 Jul 2025
PE1 2TF, Peterborough, City of Peterborough, England, United Kingdom

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Reimbursement of costs
Extra support
FoodCycle Peterborough

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Help us to create a warm, welcoming environment by serving delicious meals and sharing great conversations with our guests!

As a Hosting Volunteer you’ll join the rest of the hosting team to create a warm and welcoming environment for our guests. By serving our guests a free, delicious meal and sharing in conversation, you'll be helping to reduce hunger and loneliness in your community. You don’t need to have any previous experience – just enthusiasm to get stuck in!

Every Monday 11:30 until 14:30pm


About FoodCycle

We are FoodCycle, and our vision is to make food poverty, loneliness and food waste a thing of the past for every community.

We connect communities, reducing loneliness and food poverty by creating welcoming spaces for people from all walks of life to meet, eat and have great conversations.


Each Project is run by a team of lead volunteers called Project Leaders, who ensure the smooth running of the FoodCycle meal each week.


Skills you'll learn:

✓ Teamwork: you’ll work as part of a team to prep the venue, serve a delicious meal, and clear up afterwards.

✓ Rapport building: you'll build meaningful connections with guests, ensuring they come back each week.

✓ Hosting: you’ll support front of house duties, serving food and demonstrating good customer service skills.

✓ Adaptability: every FoodCycle meal is different and you will learn to think on your feet!


What to expect from FoodCycle:

✓ Ongoing support and advice from a FoodCycle Project Leader during every session.

✓ Expenses, including mileage, covered in line with our volunteer policy.

✓ Free online training modules, including food safety and allergens.

✓ The opportunity to take on additional tasks/responsibilities.

✓ Important skills to add to your CV and a reference if/when you need it.

✓ The opportunity to meet a community of like-minded people.

✓ A fun, creative volunteer experience within a community-led Project.


What’s expected from me:

✓ Have bags of enthusiasm!

✓ Follow all FoodCycle policies and procedures – including the volunteer agreement.

✓ Follow all training you receive when registering with us.

✓ Support FoodCycle to fulfil its mission of nourishing communities with food and conversation.


Time commitment

Give as much as you feel! It is easy to volunteer with FoodCycle and we don’t look for minimum commitments, but we love it if you keep coming back.

Related to

Cooking & eating
Food banks
Befriending
Social contact
Community & family
Poverty reduction
Health
Zero hunger
Good health and well-being
Responsible consumption and production

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About FoodCycle Peterborough

We connect communities, reducing loneliness and food poverty – we provide free community meals using food that would have gone to waste. We create welcoming spaces for people from all walks of life to meet, eat and have conversations, we are supporting people’s health and mental wellbeing.

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Practical details

Volunteering Organisation role

Flexible hours · Starting from 17 Jul 2025
PE1 2TF, Peterborough, City of Peterborough, England, United Kingdom

Contact person

Provided

Reimbursement of costs
Extra support