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Food waste workshop volunteer
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Volunteering • One-off
Contact person
Alex Vardill
#121405
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Join us to help with running children's activities at a food waste workshop day at Bassingbourn Primary School
We are running a food waste workshop with KS2 (age 8-11) students Bassingbourn Community Primary School on 2nd July. As a volunteer you'll be helping with running one of the two activities we have designed to engage children around the topic of food waste in a fun and engaging way.
Disco Soup: Preparing and chopping veg to disco tunes! This is an energetic session involving dancing as well as food preparation. Volunteers will:
- Help with set up and clean up
- Assist and supervise the children chopping the vegetables
- Help with heating the soup to be heated up and serving samples to the children
Creative Illustrations: Children make pledges or write a food waste tip and illustrate it with vegetable stamping and/or collage using food packaging. Photographs of their artwork will be featured as illustrations in a community recipe book of seasonal climate-friendly recipes. Volunteers will:
- Help with set up and clear up
- Assist and supervise the children whilst they complete their activities - both discussing possible pledges/tips and in creating the artwork
Do I need any training?
- There will be DBS-checked staff present at all times during the children’s activities so you don't need to have your own DBS check.
- Some experience of working with children would be great but isn't essential - the main thing is being enthusiastic and willing to get stuck in!
- We'll give you a briefing on how the activities work and exactly what your role is, and there'll be plenty of opportunity to ask questions
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About Cambridge Sustainable Food
We are an award-winning non-profit organisation working to build a fairer, more sustainable local food system which supports the community and the environment. We are bold about change, work collaboratively, think systemically, listen inclusively, and help people and projects grow.
Our mission is to inspire change through positive action. Our vision is for a sustainable, fair and resilient food system, good for people and good for the planet. Our values are to be visionary, collaborative, empowering and inclusive.
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