OzHarvest Market Waterloo - Team Volunteering
Event description
This is a truly unique team opportunity to become a part of our volunteer family for a day; helping to replenish shelves, chat with patrons, provide refreshments, assist at the check out and provide customer service to the market's 200+ daily customers. You will see first hand the community that has been built around this innovative space.
Our Waterloo Market was opened in July 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and rising need for food relief across Sydney.
‘Take what you need, give if you can’ is the market’s operating philosophy for all visitors. The mission of the market is to make good quality, nourishing food available to people suffering food insecurity.
Click here to check out the OzHarvest Market video.
Available each Friday
830am Team arrives for a briefing
230pm Team departs
Address & Transport options 95 Wellington Street, Waterloo.
- Limited street parking
- Rail station: Redfern
- Buses: 355
Group size Up to 4 participants per shift
Please BYO Water bottle. Kettle, Fridge & microwave available for use.
Dress Please wear fully closed in flat, comfortable shoes as you'll be on your feet most of the day. Tie back long hair. Yellow Tshirt provided on arrival.
Accessibility Please note, there are no stairs to access the market or within the market itself.
COVID Safety Precautions This location has in place an approved COVID-19 Safety Plan and the safety of our staff and volunteers is our highest priority. To minimise any risk, the following precautions will be employed for this activity:
- - All volunteers will need to have completed the Infection control training and shared their certificate with their OzHarvest contact ahead of their shift (instructions to complete are provided)
- - Upon arrival, all volunteers are to check-in with the OzHarvest Market Manager to have their temperature taken, double-check that they have done their infection control training, and to be provided with masks, gloves, and sanitiser for their shift
- - If anyone has a temperature of 38 or above or cannot provide details of their infection control training they will not be able to remain for the shift
- - In line with social-distancing guidelines we ask that everyone stays at least 1.5m apart at all times.
Your impact Calculated by Bain & Co, our social return on investment (SROI) reveals the true impact OzHarvest is making in the community. For every dollar invested into OzHarvest, food rescue returns $7.70 to the community by cutting the costs of food bills for charitable agencies, which allows their precious finances to be directed into specialised core services. Please check out the latest OzHarvest Impact video below to learn about our various community outreach initiatives that your donation will support!