You’ll head out on the food rescue runs alongside one of our drivers, helping collect surplus food from our donors and bring it back to the Fair Food Hub. The Volunteer Driver Assistant supports Fair Food’s operations to ensure surplus, fit-to-eat food is collected, sorted, and distributed safely and efficiently.
Time: Monday - Friday 5:30am – 12:00pm
You don’t need to commit to every shift of the week.
Tasks include:
Riding along on scheduled collection routes
Helping load food into the van at supermarket stores
Checking food is packed safely and securely
Being a friendly face to our food donors
This role is great for people who:
Like being out and about
Are physically capable of lifting crates (up to ~15kg)
Are reliable and happy to start early
Want to see the food rescue process in action
Fair Food is Auckland’s first food rescue operation. Fair Food collects fit-for purpose surplus food from the food industry and distributes it to groups who work with people in need. Connecting food business donors with the community sector is an ongoing positive engagement activity which is strengthening communities over the long term.Fair Food has directly impacted the lives of greater than 500 families each week since February 2012 by providing them with a regular source of fresh fruit and vegetables at no charge. By collecting, sorting and redistributing over 100,000kgs of surplus food per annum, Fair Food has saved 33 million litres of water and reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 990,000kgs as a result of landfill reduction since February 2012.Fair Food is developing communities, will provide education programmes, is cementing business partnerships and has a vision to develop a social enterprise.