Volunteer
Our volunteers help us to provide food and practical support to people left without enough money to live on.
Volunteers make a difference in the local community across a range of roles, including boosting donations, packing food parcels, providing a warm welcome, tackling loneliness, signposting to additional services, connecting with partners, raising awareness and leading projects.
Volunteering is more than delivering a task without payment. It’s about giving the gift of your time, talent and skills. Tottenham Foodbank volunteers are the driving force behind our service, and we could not help to support our local community without them.
Volunteer roles
Explore the latest opportunities to join the volunteer team at Tottenham Foodbank below.
Food bank centre helper
Shifts are Monday 11.45am – 2.15pm and Thursday 4.45pm – 7.15pm at Tottenham Town Hall where the food bank is based.
As a Food bank centre helper you will play a vital role giving direct support to people who use food banks, meeting and greeting people coming into the food bank, packing their food parcels, making them feel comfortable and providing further signposting support where appropriate.
Advice support volunteer
Financial inclusion support and advice can make a huge difference to people coming to a food bank. Advisers help people to identify priorities, solutions, and interventions. You will be the first line of support for food bank clients, digging deeper through initial conversations to help people take the first steps to get the support they need. You will be exploring people’s circumstances, identifying priorities, and assessing what level of support the client may need.
Volunteer food bank session coordinator and supervisor
Monday 11.30am – 2.30pm and Thursday 4.30pm – 7.30pm at Tottenham Town Hall as well as max 2 hours remotely each week.
This role involves contributing to the smooth running of the food bank centre, managing the rota, supporting volunteers, coordinating food bank sessions, being the main point of contact during the sessions as well as handling any queries that come up during that time.
Please email volunteers@tottenham.foodbank.org.uk for more information.
Voucher and referral agency admin volunteer
This is a remote role and would be for a max of 4 hours a week.
You will be responsible for creating and managing a database of our referral agencies, monitoring the vouchers inbox and responding to any queries from referral agencies. You would also be responsible for highlighting any issues that food bank volunteers may find with clients vouchers with the relevant referral agency.
Volunteer communication roles
We are always looking for people to join our Comms team so if you have experience in social media, graphic design, photography, videography, copywriting, web design etc then please contact our comms manager at campaigns@tottenham.foodbank.org.uk. We are currently looking for the following roles:
Social Media volunteer
We're looking for a Social Media volunteer to help us create and post engaging content across our channels, ensuring it’s aligned with our brand and actively connects with local communities, other charities, and potential donors. This role is key to raising awareness of our work, inspiring support, and providing important information to our clients about available services and events. It’s a great opportunity for someone creative and passionate about using digital storytelling to make a difference.
Volunteer Photographer
We're looking for a volunteer Photographer to help us build an authentic photo library of our volunteers, food bank, and the community we serve. These images will be used across social media, newsletters, and printed materials such as posters, banners, and flyers. You’ll attend events such as food drives, fundraisers, and corporate volunteering days, as well as capture the day-to-day work of the food bank. Your photography will help us replace generic stock images with real, impactful moments that reflect our mission.
Contact us
Get in touch if you have any questions by phoning or emailing us.