We currently have an exciting volunteering opportunity available for The Pyramid Shop.

The Pyramid Shop aims to provides the local community with easily accessible affordable food. We work with several partner organisations to help save quality food from going to waste and distribute it where it is needed the most. The demand for the service is exceptionally high due to the Cost Of Living crisis. We are seeking out new sources of food, primarily via our partnership with Neighbourly, to help more local families.

Food Surplus Collector

The Pyramid At Anderston is looking for volunteer to assist with surplus food collection. Availability needed: Thursday morning 9:30am – 11:30am and/or Friday morning 9:30am – 11:30am.

As a Surplus Food Collector you’ll pick up weekly food donations from our partner supermarkets and retailers. You’ll then bring the food back to The Pyramid Shop where it will be sorted and stored securely. Collections to be done by car or bike.

Volunteering at The Pyramid

What’s in it for me?

• Help bring positive change to the Yorkhill, Finnieston and Anderston communities
• Become a member of a diverse and friendly team
• Gain new skills such as route planning, organisation and till management
• Working reference provided on request
• We reimburse mileage for cars when collecting for The Pyramid, this is at 45p per mile.

What is expected from me?

• Follow all training you receive from us
• Reliability and good timekeeping
• Willingness to abide by The Pyramid At Anderston Policies

Collecting by car:

• A full UK driving licence.
• A road-worthy vehicle with up-to-date road tax and MOT certificate.
• Fully comprehensive insurance

Commitment

A typical volunteer shift is 2 hours. For Surplus Food Collectors, Neighbourly circulates notifications of available surplus via email. You will be asked to commit to a certain time slot (eg. Thursday 9:30 – 11:30 ) and will receive a notification if the collection is available. We ask our volunteers to commit to at least one slot a week, however, you are welcome to pick up multiple collection slots if you wish.

Application notes

Get in touch with us over email shop@thepyramid.scot. Please include a couple of lines about yourself and why you would like to volunteer with us. There is no deadline.

If the opportunities above are not of interest to you, please fill in the form below and a member of our team will get back to you!

The Pyramid at Anderston SCIO, Scottish Charity SCO48144