Can you help out on the Big Help out?? - Car marshals
Join our mery band of volunteers from local food projects and organisations to create a hive of activity on the market square as we sort, and send for storage, what we hope could be the equivalent of one tin or packet of food for every resident in Salisbury.
In just 1 day? We can do it with your help!
Volunteers will be coordinated by Salisbury City Communities Team and supported by ordanisations from the Foodie Forum for Salisbury a network of voluntary organisations working with and providing food, locally.
Who can volunteer? - anyone aged 18 plus
What will I do? - don a high vis jacket and direct cars and be the friendly face of our food drive .... for drivers. Cars will be allowed to drive onto he market squre between 1 and 3pm that day and you will direct them to the food drop off point and safely off the square via a one-way route. Observing drivers, answering their questions and being generally helpful. Lastly alerting event organisers to any issues.
When do you need me? - May 8th ( Bank Holiday Monday) in the following time slots. But you can sign up for more than one, or the whole day.
1)11.30 - 1.30
2)1 - 3
If you can give us 2 to 4 hours or more to ensure that everyone who needs it has access to free or low cost food in Salisbury for the months ahead email [email protected] with the subject line "Big Help Out"
More About The Event
As part of the King's Coronation weekend, and to celebrate the 'The Big Help Out' on the 8th May, from 12 – 4pm, Salisbury City Council is aiming to coordinate an event for the whole city, a festival of giving and volunteering.
At the centre of the event will be a food drive for the network of food organisations that form the ‘Salisbury Foodie Network’. This network includes Bemerton Community Fridge, Your Salisbury Pantry and Salisbury Foodbank, with support from other partners from Wiltshire Council, the Pantry Partnership and others. On this day the network will be out in force to collect as many items of food for these projects as they can.
Our dream is to collect one item of food for every resident and help our local food projects meet the needs of local people for month following this drive!