The Felix Project Poplar's Saturday morning volunteering session
Come and join the early bird Felix Project session!
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The Felix Project Poplar's Saturday morning volunteering session
Come and join the early bird Felix Project session!
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Getting there
For this session we're going to meet at the task, so you'll need to make your own way there. We encourage you to walk, run, or cycle to do so!
About this session
The Felix Project warehouse in Poplar, East London rely on volunteers 6 days a week to sort and manage donated food, deliver food directly in vans, and complete administrative tasks.
"Our Poplar warehouse is our newest (and biggest!) operation yet, spacious enough to rescue and deliver 2,780 tonnes of food every year – that’s equivalent to 6.5 million meals!"
The team are keen to have as many GoodGymers join these Saturday sessions as possible!
What this involves
This task will be overseen by the Felix Project team, who are very familiar with volunteers.
Activity will include: checking ‘use by’ and ‘best before’ dates; categorising and recording food; assembling food orders placed by charity and community groups. You may also be based outside in the warehouse.
(Read how GoodGymers got on earlier in the year here.
We have listed these sessions in two-hour time slots as this is the minimum time commitment, but you are welcome to stay longer.
Feel free to take a few pics and scribble a few lines for a run report (we'd love to see how you got on, and we'll aim to include it in our weekly email :) )
Regular GoodGymer Lobo also know as Ricky there, volunteers at the depot most Saturdays, so any problems, you can also ask for him while on-site.
This task supports
Fighting food waste
The Felix Project is a London-based food redistribution charity set up in 2016 to tackle food waste and hunger.
See moreWhat to look out for
Make sure you've read our general guidelines for safety for taking part in a GoodGym session.
This is a GoodGym community mission. When we're doing a community mission we make our own way to the task, so you can choose to walk, run, or cycle. Thinking of cycling - check out our FAQs
This session is organised by your Taskforce, a group of experienced GoodGym members in your area. They are not responsible for your safety. You should feel confident to participate in the session as it is described and you do so at your own risk.
Led by Lobo
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