VOLUNTEER WITH FOODBANK

Volunteer With Foodbank

The Foodbank team is small and we rely heavily on teams and individuals who generously give their time to help us get food to the people who need it. We have different volunteer opportunities available in each state, if you would like to volunteer select your state below:

Volunteering your time is amazing

Foodbank SA & NT thrives on the dedication and contribution of over 650 volunteers who donate their time to support more than 150,000 people in need across South Australia and the Northern Territory and who rely on our services every month.

In the last financial year, our volunteers donated more than 130,000 hours of their time. We simply could not operate without volunteer support.

Volunteering with Foodbank SA & NT is an amazing opportunity contribute to and support your community, learn new skills and develop friendships with a welcoming team. We have a variety of roles available including:

Warehouse Volunteers

The Foodbank SA & NT warehouses are the bustling hearts of our organisation, where large donations of food and fresh produce are stored. Warehouse volunteers assist by packing orders, assisting welfare agencies with collecting orders, sorting groceries and packing fruit and vegetables.

Food Hub Volunteers

Food Hubs offer a dignified food relief shopping experience for those in need, set up to look like a general store.  Food Hub volunteers assist by welcoming and assisting people in need, processing their referrals on the computer system and stocking the Food Hub shelves.

Transport Volunteers

Foodbank Drivers are out and about representing Foodbank SA & NT. They assist by collecting donated food and groceries from donor companies and delivering to our welfare agencies, schools and Food Hubs.

Events and Fundraising Volunteers

Foodbank SA & NT attends and hosts a variety of exciting events each year. Event and Fundraising volunteers assist by helping raise donations of funds and food for those in need and raising awareness of the range of support programs Foodbank SA & NT has to offer.

Office Volunteers

The Foodbank SA & NT office is a welcoming environment where our friendly staff work away behind the scenes – allowing our services to tick along smoothly. Office Volunteers play a vital role in supporting staff to get their work done, and in turn get the food out to people who need it.

There are many ways Corporate Groups can get involved and support Foodbank.

Our corporate volunteer experiences allow you to make a meaningful contribution, gain different skills and work with colleagues in a different team environment.  This creates a valuable team building and bonding opportunity.

Warehouse and Produce Market Volunteering

Volunteering in our Edwardstown Warehouse and in our store within the SA Produce Market is an important part of our Corporate Program. Each location offers twice weekly sessions and the help given is key to helping Foodbank maintain the delivery of food to those in need.

Edwardstown Warehouse Volunteering

Corporate volunteering is offered twice a week at Edwardstown on a Tuesday and Thursday. Teams of 6-10 are ideal and the sessions run from 9.00am – 1.00pm. Here is a snapshot of what your corporate volunteering day would look like at our Warehouse:

  • 9 am start at our warehouse in Edwardstown
  • Information session on arrival – including a tour of the Foodbank Warehouse, WH&S Induction, your team’s plan for the day then we set you to work!
  • 4-hour shift in the warehouse. You might be packing emergency food hampers, creating meal packs or personal care packs, sorting products or bagging fruit and vegetables.
  • Your session includes a morning tea break where light snacks are available together with water, cool drinks, tea & coffee.

Store 27 – SA Produce Market, Pooraka

Corporate volunteering is offered twice a week at the SA Produce Market on a Tuesday and Wednesday. Teams of 6-12 are ideal and the sessions run from 8.30am – 12.30pm. Here is a snapshot of what your corporate volunteering day would look like at our Warehouse:

  • 8.30 am start at Store 27 in the SA Produce Market
  • Information session on arrival – WH&S Induction, your team’s plan for the day then we set you to work!
  • 4-hour shift in Store 27. You will be sorting and bagging lots of fruit and/or veggies for delivery to our Food Hubs and partner agencies
  • Your session includes a morning tea break where light snacks are available together with water, cool drinks, tea & coffee.

Darwin Warehouse, Yarrawonga

  • 9 am start at our warehouse in Yarrawonga
  • Information session on arrival – including a tour of the Foodbank Warehouse, WH&S Induction, your team’s plan for the day then we set you to work!
  • 4-hour shift in the warehouse on food rescue – volunteers will sort fruit and vegetables that have been recovered from our local supermarket partners.
  • Your session includes a morning tea break where light snacks are available together with water, cool drinks, tea & coffee.
To participate in the Corporate Volunteering program we would greatly appreciate a tax deductible donation of a minimum of $250* towards this team building opportunity. *Current sponsors exempt.
Sponsor a Program

At Foodbank we have many and varied programs that Corporate Groups can be involved with via sponsorship and involvement/acknowledgement.  Ask for a program booklet or for more details.  Contact Sarah Davies:  sarahd@foodbanksa.org.au

Help out at an Event

Each year we seek a large number of volunteers to assist by rattling cans and collecting donations of money and food at relevant events such as:

  • Port Adelaide Football Game
  • Westfield Food Drive
  • Royal Adelaide Show

For further information about Volunteering with your team at Foodbank please complete the Corporate Volunteer Form.

Attend an Event

Support us by purchasing a ticket or a table at a Foodbank Event.

For further information about Volunteering with your team at Foodbank please complete the Corporate Volunteer Form or contact us on 08 8351 1136.

Foodbank SA offer school volunteer opportunities for children aged 14+. For school students or teachers looking for school related volunteering opportunities for groups or community service learning, please visit our Schools Program Registration.

Become a Foodbank Volunteer

Complete an expression of interest form

For individual volunteering enquiries, contact reception on 088351 1136 or email office.volunteer@foodbanksa.org.au.

For corporate volunteering enquiries contact reception on 08 8351 1136 or email corporatevolunteer@foodbanksa.org.au.

For student volunteering enquiries, contact reception on 08 8351 1136 or email schools@foodbanksa.org.au

Become a financial partner

Our mission is to deliver the most food to the most Australians in need in the most efficient and effective way, and funding is essential to enabling Foodbank to continue to deliver on this. With efficiencies across our food partners’ supply chains, we increasingly need to find creative solutions to meet the ongoing and growing need for food relief in our country, and the reality is that we require funds to do this.

Fortunately, through our fantastic relationships across the food and grocery sector we are able to stretch every dollar donated with Foodbank; nationally we are able to turn every $1 into $6 worth of food.

As a financial partner, we will work with you to tailor a partnership that is mutually beneficial and includes access to unique partner benefits. These benefits can include volunteering and other staff engagement opportunities, a Foodbank speaker at a major event/meeting, access to our research reports, case studies and impact updates to share with your team.

Is your organisation able to help contribute financially to help fight hunger in Australia? We’d love to hear from you! Get in touch with our partnerships team today to discuss.

 

Become a Food and Grocery partner

Our mission is to deliver the most food to the most Australians in need in the most efficient and effective way, and our partners are essential to enabling Foodbank to continue to deliver on this. We simply do what we do without the generosity of our wonderful partners.

We’re fortunate enough to be able to stretch every dollar donated to Foodbank into even more food; on average we are able to turn every $1 donated into the equivalent of $5.16 worth of food for our end recipients.

Delivery of apples

We can do this by accepting a wide range of products:

  • Everything in a supermarket with the exception of alcohol and tobacco
  • Product in any format, from retail packaging to loose in bins or bulk bags
  • Product within Best Before or Use By Date
  • Product that has been deleted or marketing concepts that didn’t quite hit the mark
  • Product that may be over or under weight, incorrect labeling, incorrect or faulty packaging,
  • Surplus product to your requirements or without a market
  • Private label product

If it’s still fit for purpose, then chances are – we would love to accept it.

Another way to get involved is via our world leading Collaborative Supply Program. We work with ingredient providers, packaging suppliers and transport operators to produce a regular supply of rice, pasta, pasta sauce, fresh milk, cereal and sausages for Foodbank charities throughout the year.

Is your organisation able to help us end hunger in Australia? We would love to hear from you.

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Want to become a partner?

Volunteer your organisation’s time and skills

One of the wonderful benefits we are able to provide our partners is access to team volunteering opportunities nationally. Our volunteers are critical to delivery of our programs every day. In 2024 we sourced enough food for the equivalent of 92 million meals. With the help of volunteers we distribute food and groceries into the community to help feed individuals and families in need.

Volunteering can range from picking and packing food orders in our warehouses through to skilled volunteering in our offices around the country.

Volunteering at Foodbank means you’ll make a meaningful contribution, gain new skills or put old ones to good use, meet new people and help us distribute food for million people a month.

To find out more about team volunteering opportunities in each of our warehouses select your state below:

Foodbank relies on good friends for many of the services that help to keep the doors open from stationery, equipment, flights and accommodation to strategic planning and marketing. As a non-profit organisation, Foodbank relies on the goodwill of its friends for goods and services such as;

  • Freight and transport
  • Food storage
  • Trucks & forklifts
  • IT hardware and maintenance
  • Accounting and legal support
  • Printing
  • Office furniture, equipment and supplies as well as much more.

Or if your company would like to contribute to Foodbank’s work in any way we’d love to hear from you.

Workplace Giving is living proof that small change can make a big difference

Your donation will help families across Australia

Workplace Giving is a simple and effective way for employees to regularly donate to charities or organisations that are entitled to receive tax-deductible donations.

Putting in place a Workplace Giving Program in support of Foodbank, is an easy and rewarding way to support the elimination of hunger in Australia.

Easily set up through your payroll system, employees make regular donations from their pre-tax pay. Generally, the donation amount is a fixed amount deducted from your employees’ salary or wages on each payday. You then pay the donation directly to the charity.

Workplace Giving funds are not used for administration – every dollar is utilised to generate additional food through our Partner With Us Program.

Download our Information Sheet for Workplace Giving Benefits for Employers, Employees & Foodbank.

Implementing a Work Place Giving Program

If you would like to find out more on how you can implement a Work Place Giving Program as an individual or for your organisation, complete the form below.

SA Foodbank SA Work Place Giving
Main contact for Workplace giving

If you would like to discuss a Work Place Giving Program further with one of our team please call 8351 1136.

GIFT IN YOUR WILL

Leave a legacy that fills plates and hearts

At Foodbank SA & NT, we know that the fight against hunger doesn’t end overnight. Every day more families are turning to us for help and with demand continuing to rise, we need to plan for the future as much as we respond to the now.

One way you can make a truly lasting difference is by leaving a gift in your Will.

It doesn’t need to be large. Even 1% of your estate, after your loved ones are cared for, can help make sure Foodbank is always here for people doing it tough. It means we can keep our warehouses stocked, our trucks moving and our support reaching communities when disaster strikes, whether it’s fires, floods or the ongoing cost of living crisis.

A gift in your Will is a powerful act of hope. It says you believe in a future where no child goes hungry, where families in crisis have somewhere to turn and where no one is left behind.

People like Jenny are already making that choice. After a lifetime of helping others, she has decided to leave a gift in her Will to help make sure no one falls through the cracks. Her story is below, and we hope it inspires you to consider leaving a legacy of your own.

A bequest is a way to continue making a positive, life-changing contribution and will ensure Foodbank receives the vital support we need to realise the vision of an Australia without hunger.

If you would like more information, please contact Beth at fundraising@foodbanksa.org.au or call on (08) 8351 1136 for a confidential chat.

Why Jenny is leaving a gift in her Will to Foobank

Jenny has dedicated her life to helping others, as a nurse, community worker and advocate for those doing it tough. Through her work, she’s seen how something as simple as a meal can restore dignity and hope for people facing homelessness, mental illness and hardship.

That’s why Jenny has chosen to leave a gift in her Will to Foodbank SA & NT.

I have seen too many people fall through the cracks,” she says. “Foodbank reaches them. They are practical, reliable and they get food to the people who need it most. I want that to continue long after I am gone.”

A keen gardener, Jenny sees her bequest as planting something lasting, seeds of support and care that will grow long after she’s gone. Her gift will help ensure families in crisis have somewhere to turn, and her kindness will continue nourishing lives for years to come.


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