Volunteer
We need your help to collect food, drive between collections and distribution points, pack food parcels, run fundraising events and food drives, and help keep up with increasing need in the local area.
All volunteers need to be over the age of 18 for insurance purposes.
For ongoing volunteering roles, please complete a Volunteer Application Form and send to volunteers@southend.foodbank.org.uk
Supermarket collections
Local supermarket champions have been amazing, offering more dates and different kinds of outreach events for 2024. We need extra hands to help plan and deliver these. Having time on Saturdays is essential and access to transport to get to a store really helps. If you can offer your help to give out shopping lists and receiving food donated by customers, please chat with Emma volunteers@southend.foodbank.org.uk
All our upcoming in-store collection dates and locations are listed on the Supermarkets page.
Fundraising
Fundraising can be as individual as setting up your own challenge and collecting sponsorship, supporting others in fundraising activities organised through the foodbank, through to helping run an event. We always need help arranging fundraising events, especially if you have time outside of office hours to help run activities such as quizzes, film nights, raffles etc. If you want to help with fundraising events, have a brilliant idea or need some help setting up a fundraiser, please get in touch with fundraising@southend.foodbank.org.uk
Collections at Southend United
Foodbank shrimpers run regular collections in home pubs near to the ground, the Blue Boar, Spread Eagle and Railway, as well as a match day collection during the season at Roots Hall. We’ve had a lot of fun over the last few seasons with the Fans Supporting Southend Foodbank group.
The next matchday collection will be Saturday 14th December.
We'll be setting up from about 12midday and collecting up to 3pm (kick off). Cash and cashless donations, as well as food and toiletries, are very welcome. These are lively collections, and volunteers are always needed. We have a small number of tickets for the match against Hartlepool as a 'thank you' for people who help out.
If you want to get involved, please sign up here: https://forms.gle/eSJuEe9FoqdvkncGA (opens a Google form).
