Once you become a member, there are many opportunities for you to volunteer here with us at Thoughtful Foods. We are completely volunteer run, so appreciate any help we can get from you! Use the online form here to express your interest.

The benefits of volunteering!

Apart from learning new skills and becoming part of a diverse group of interesting, supportive people, volunteering earns you discounts in the shop! Two hours of volunteering a week earns you a 30% discount on shop items. This discount must be claimed in the week you do your volunteering.

Volunteer induction

Before you can volunteer with us, you need to do a training session so that you are covered by our insurance and so we can give you the rundown on the shop and how things work.Currently volunteer inductions run largely remotely. Use the online form here to express your interest in volunteering. To book in for a volunteer induction contact: volunteer[@]thoughtfulfoods.org.au

Types of volunteering

As we are completely volunteer run, there are many volunteering options available at Thoughtful Foods. Have a read through some of the options below and if you are interested email volunteer[@]thoughtfulfoods.org.au

Weekly volunteering

There are many things we do on a weekly basis and it is always helpful to have people who can commit to helping out once a week. These include:

• In store shifts, either solo or helping a coordinator

• Tidying up and cleaning
• Veggie packing (on Thursday mornings)

Events and outreach

Thoughtful Foods holds regular events each term. If you’d like to volunteer occasionally, we often need help running events. Some tasks include:

• Stalls/ Catering: setting up, staffing and packing down

• Preparation: Baking/ Cooking

• Helping out with cleaning bees, when we make our shop look beautiful!

• Staffing outreach events

Communications and promotions

We are a little shop and most people find out about us through word-of-mouth. As Thoughtful Foods is a different style of shopping, it takes a bit more effort to promote the shop and entice people to come and check us out. Some of the tasks involved with this include:

• Advertising the co-op: lecture bashing, putting up posters, attending our stalls

• Graphic design (videos, photos, posters)

• Article writing

• Social media

• Product research

Use the online form here to express your interest