Community cooking (volunteer) Monday / Wednesday mornings
Made in Hackney
To assist cooking for the community to ease food access needs for participants and local food banks. Volunteers and participants cook about 150-200 meals together in Community Made. Have fun, make social connections as a team, and learn new cooking skills. Community Participants and volunteers take some meals home themselves too. The rest of the meals will be delivered to local community food banks.
Volunteer Role: Community Made cooking assistant (volunteer) Location: Cookery School, Liberty Hall, Clapton Common Hackney Supervised by: Chef/Teacher Welfare support by: Volunteer Manager Purpose of Volunteer Role To assist the batch cooking sessions to ease food access needs for participants and local food banks. Volunteers and participants cook about 150-200 meals together in Community Made cooking sessions for class participants to take home for the week. The rest of the meals will be delivered to local community food banks. Volunteers can take home an individual portion too. Key Tasks • Help teacher to setup the kitchen for batch cooking participants. • Assist with washing and chopping vegetables and preparing meals with community participants. • Assist with washing up and cleaning kitchen. • Other tasks as needed e.g. tidying storage shelves, sorting recycling bins Time Commitment • About 5 hours on Mondays or Wednesdays from 10 am - 3 pm Person Specification • Enthusiasm and some comfort level for working in the kitchen • Enthusiasm, energy, and a positive attitude for working as a team Essential Requirement • Minimum age 18 years. Support and Development Opportunities Provided • Volunteer Induction and Supervision • Out of pocket expenses reimbursed for each day of volunteering (£7 for meals), plus reasonable travel expenses with receipt. (£15/day total) • Take home individual portion of the meals • Free for active volunteers to attend online cookery classes • Volunteer Socials to meet other volunteers • Professional reference provided after a 6-month commitment See MIH Volunteer Policy for full details. Equal Opportunity Made in Hackney values diversity in all forms. We therefore support and encourage people from diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply. Background on Made in Hackney Made In Hackney started in 2012 as the UK’s first fully vegan community cookery school. We collaborate with communities to showcase and develop skills, knowledge, and inspiration to grow, cook and eat more plants. The kitchen started as a response to global and local crisis – health inequalities, food access and climate change to bring about positive change in the areas of community, health, and environment with delicious, culturally varied, nutritious plant-based food at the centre of all we do. During the Covid pandemic, we launched a COVID19 response an emergency direct to door community meal service. We also launched Global Plant Kitchens, a free online programme for anyone in the world who wants to set up a vegan community cookery school, sharing a decade of knowledge, insight, and learning,
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Person Specification • Enthusiasm and some comfort level for working in the kitchen • Enthusiasm, energy, and a positive attitude for working as a team Essential Requirement • Minimum age 18 years. (For ages 16- 18 years, parental consent is required.)
Support and Development Opportunities Provided • Volunteer Induction and Supervision • Out of pocket expenses reimbursed for each day of volunteering (£7 for meals), plus reasonable travel expenses with receipt. (£15/day total) • Take home individual portion of the batch cooking • Concession rate to attend online cookery classes • Volunteer Socials to meet other volunteers • Professional reference provided after a 6-month commitment
Time Commitment • About 5 hours on Mondays or Wednesdays – 10 am - 3 pm
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Made in Hackney Liberty Hall 128 Clapton Common Road E5 9AA
Nearest Overground Station Stamford Hill - 13 minute walk to kitchen or take 253 or 254 bus to Clapton Common. Then a 2 minute walk to MIH. Clapton - 14 minute walk to kitchen or take 253 or 254 bus to Clapton Common. Then a 2 minute walk to MIH. Hackney Central - Take 253 or 254 bus to Clapton Commons. Then a 2 minute walk to MIH. Nearest Underground Station Seven Sisters | Victoria Line - From Seven Sisters Station Underground Station it is a 24 minute walk to MIH or you can use one of the following bus routes: Take the 349 to Rook Road. It’s a 4 minute walk from here to MIH. Take the 476 to Stamford Hill Broadway. It’s a 9 minute walk from here to MIH. Take the 318 to Rookwood Road, It’s a 7 minute walk from here to MIH.
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