Could you provide a friendly face to members of the public visiting our community shop?
Could you welcome people to the foodbank or help sort and pack food into emergency food boxes?
 
If the answer is yes, then we would love to hear from you!

Volunteering is a worthwhile and satisfying experience. Here you will find current volunteer opportunities within DCP.

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County Durham and Sunderland Foodbanks

The foodbank supplies emergency food to local people in crisis.

Expectations and Commitment
There are a variety of roles within the foodbank. Below are descriptions of some of the main areas:

Distribution Centres
The volunteers meet and listen to people who come to the foodbank with a voucher to get food. They offer them a drink and a cake or biscuit and advise them of relevant agencies or sources of support, aid or advice according to their needs. The volunteers need to be able to cope with people from a variety of backgrounds, listen to them, make them feel comfortable and valuable and make appropriate recommendations. They also need to be able to make up the bags of food according to defined packing lists and record transactions on the database.

Food Store
Volunteers weigh arriving food, sort it by type and date and record the information on the database. They make up emergency food boxes according to packing lists. They also make up loads to go to restock the distribution centres, weighing out the food and recording the information.

Food Collection
This may involve liaison with churches, schools or businesses. Supermarket collection days involve interacting with shoppers, encouraging them to give to the foodbank, collecting in food, thanking donors, sorting and loading the food.

If you are interested in supporting us the Foodbank, please complete the Volunteer Enquiry Form, stating which location(s) you would like to work and the days and times you are available so we can match you to a suitable role.

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DCP Community Shop

The DCP Community Shop is an established charity shop in Framwellgate Moor. It is popular with the local community selling clothing, books, toys and all manner of other household items. Profits from the shop are used to fund the work of Durham Christian Partnership. With some dedicated volunteers and staff it is presently open 5 days a week (Monday – Friday: 9.30am – 4.30pm)

It serves the community in a number of ways:
A source of low cost items.
A route to pass on used items which still have life left in them and can be reused by others.
A place where people can come for a chat and will be made to feel very welcome 

We are currently looking for shop volunteers to help to serve customers along with sorting the donations that are received and pricing goods - the shop is a very friendly place that gives our volunteers and customers the opportunity to feel part of a community.

If you are interested in this, or any of our other opportunities, please complete the Volunteer Enquiry Form and we will be in touch!

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