Meet your CSR needs with an Away Day
Volunteers are critical to our work and at the core of our impact
We welcome corporate groups to volunteer with us to learn more about the vital services we provide. From helping us to sort surplus food donations in our sites across London (Acton, Battersea + Leyton) to delivering to our network of charities with our driving ambassadors, with City Harvest, your team will play an active part in combatting food waste and helping people facing food poverty across London.
Why Support City Harvest?
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- Fulfil your Corporate Social Responsibility aims
- ‘Investing in Volunteers’ accredited
- Build confidence and camaraderie in your teams
- Feel good by doing good
- Raise social and environmental awareness
- Engage with your local community
- To find out what your hours could equate to, visit EQUALS.
From our Corporate Volunteers in 2024
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said they would recommend volunteering at City Harvest
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said they felt they had made an impact in their day with City Harvest
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said they became aware of issues around food waste + its role in climate change
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said they would come back to join City Harvest for volunteering again
What our Corporate Volunteers say they enjoyed most about their day with us
“Gaining an understanding of how much food could be wasted and helping to do something positive to address this.”
Volunteer, TfL
“Working collectively as a team to assist with the redistribution of produce for the benefit of others who need it.”
Volunteer, Rabobank
“Being able to help make an impact in the community and support the charity for a day.”
- Volunteer, LSEG
“Helping out the distribution centre with the sorting, meeting the staff and the great conversations/bonding that happened with the team meanwhile going through the tasks.”
Volunteer, HSBC
“Learning about the organisation. Helping the local area.”
- Volunteer, LSEG
“The feeling that you are making progress and doing something that makes a difference.”
- Volunteer, C. HOARE & Co.
“Friendly atmosphere, variety of tasks and the clear impact that City Harvest makes in the community.”
Volunteer, Warner Bros Discovery
“The background regarding the food poverty situation in the UK and the phenomenal work City Harvest does to address this.”
- Volunteer, BT
“Witnessing the needless food waste and helping to prevent it. Good team spirit!”
- Volunteer, Permira
Who is corporate volunteering for?
We offer a fantastic corporate volunteering programme which meets the Corporate Social Responsibility needs of many organisations. Volunteering with us can provide a fun and rewarding team building away day.
Groups of between 10-12 people can join as a team for a full day, helping in our warehouse to sort and create trays to deliver to our charities. Where 12 people book in, we will usually send 3 or 4 of the group out with our van drivers to help deliver food to our charities.
Please note that we kindly request that corporate volunterring teams make a donation to City Harvest to help cover the cost of the day (staff support costs) and to help keep our vans fulled for deliveries.
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Interested?
Please complete the contact form below and a member of our Corporate Partnerships team will get in touch with you to discuss dates. Alternatively, please email our Corporate Partnerships Manager, Po-Yee Lai at po@cityharvest.org.uk.
Contact Form
How else can you support?
Want to find out more ways to help City Harvest within your company? Visit our ‘Support Us’ page for more!
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