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VOLUNTEERING AT NOURISH

Already a Nourish volunteer ? 

Looking for volunteering opportunities in Newcastle Upon Tyne? Volunteer with Nourish and you can help us provide great food experiences across our city.

Volunteering with Nourish
Volunteering with Nourish
Volunteering with Nourish

We're always looking to build our team of volunteers to support people to cook from scratch, by helping us deliver cookery classes and cook at home recipe kits throughout Newcastle and the region - read on to find out more or go straight to our volunteer registration form

About Nourish

Based in Newcastle Upon Tyne, we are a social enterprise working across the North East to positively shape the way people see, eat and experience food every day. 

 

With the help of our amazing volunteers, we create fabulous food behaviours and experiences. We have provided cookery classes, food education, events and recipe kits in Newcastle, Sunderland, Washington, County Durham and Teeside. 

Find out more about what we do. 

​​Who we’re looking for

Our volunteering roles are suitable for everyone who has: 

 

  • A passion for and interest in cooking from scratch

  • Lots of initiative and problem solving skills

  • A super friendly and positive personality 

 

If that sounds like you, then register as a Nourish volunteer today! ​​​

Volunteering with Nourish

Many of our volunteers are graduates of Nourish Food School.

 

They loved our classes so much they wanted to help! 

Volunteering roles we have available

Our volunteering roles will be based at different venues across Newcastle Upon Tyne and occasionally at venues across the North East. Click on the links below to find out more about each role:

Cookery Class Preparer

Help us set up the room ready for a cookery class including setting up equipment and preparing all ingredients for participants.

Recipe Kit Builder

Help us measure and build recipe kits that will then be delivered to people in the community to help them cook at home.

Food Skills Assistant

Support participants who need a little extra help to master the skills and techniques.

Cookery Class Assistant

Help us to make the cookery classes happen by supporting people taking part and keeping on top of the washing up throughout the class

Recipe Video Assistant

Help us to film our recipes ready for uploading online and matching up with recipe kits allowing people to cook along at home.

Cookery Class Manager

Help us to oversee the cookery classes including choosing recipes, creating shopping lists, supporting local people to sign up

Recipe Kit Deliverer

Help us give out recipe kits to people in the community either at give-away stands or by dropping them off at community hubs

Interested? Fill out our online volunteer registration form.

 

If none of these roles take your fancy but you have other skills to offer we’d love to hear from you - register as a volunteer. 

Why volunteer with Nourish

We provide our volunteers with lots of training opportunities, including food hygiene and first aid. 

What we need from you

Experience is not necessary for any of our volunteering roles, as training will be provided. However, we do ask that our volunteers: 

  • Are 18 or over

  • Attend a Nourish Food School volunteer induction session

  • Can commit to at least 4 volunteering sessions

  • Are able to travel to venues that could be in different areas of Newcastle Upon Tyne

 

Register to volunteer

​​Register to volunteer with Nourish

If you are interested in volunteering with us, please complete the form below and we’ll be in touch soon. If you have any questions, please email alex@nourishfoodschool.co.uk.

Safeguarding 

Our cookery school works with different communities across Newcastle Upon Tyne and across the region. 

 

Volunteering with us can therefore include working with children, families, young people and vulnerable adults, as well as the general public. 

 

As such, our volunteers must have a non-judgemental attitude to supporting people of all ages and from all backgrounds, with compassion and understanding of differing needs of different people. 

 

Furthermore, we ask that our volunteers have no current personal circumstances that might make them unsuitable or unsafe for volunteering with the people in the classes or events they may be matched to.

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