Volunteering Opportunities

Below are a range of volunteering opportunities you can get involved in throughout October. This includes some of the Food and Farming themed opportunities we circulated in our monthly newsletter – for those who might have missed it! 🌱

Nationwide opportunities

Explore food-growing and community support projects across the UK:

FoodCycle – help cook and serve nutritious meals using surplus food

Wwoof – volunteer on organic farms and learn sustainable practices

Trussell Trust – support food banks and community outreach

Permaculture Association – search for projects offering hands-on permaculture volunteering

Scotland

Urban Roots – urban food growing in Glasgow

Lauriston Farm – food production, nature and local community in Northwest Edinburgh

Wales

Cae Felin – agroecology and community growing in rural Wales

Glasbren – food growing and nature connection in Carmarthenshire

Northern Ireland

Jubilee Farm – community-supported agriculture near Larne

North East

Age UK – volunteer delivering food to elderly residents in Darlington

North West

Northern-Roots – urban farm and eco-park in Oldham

The Kindling Trust – volunteer at Woodbank Community Food Hub in Stockport

Yorkshire and the Humber

Food Works Sheffield – volunteer in the warehouse, kitchen, farm or market

East and West Midlands

Fordhall – volunteer at a community-owned farm in North Shropshire

Incredible Surplus – help prevent waste food in Birmingham

East of England

Wakelyns – agroforestry and organic farming in Suffolk

London and the South East

Sitopia Farm – South London urban farm; next induction day: 16 October, 10am-1pm

Forty Hall Farm – organic farm in North London

Organiclea – community food growing and training in Chingford

City Harvest – volunteer at food redistribution hubs in Acton, New Spitalfields Market, New Covent Garden Market

South West

On the Hill – agroecological farming and education near Exeter

School Farm CSA – community-supported agriculture in Totnes