Volunteer

How to become a Feed it Forward

Volunteer

"He rau ringa e oti ai"

“Many hands make light work”

The heart of our organisation is our volunteers. A network of selfless individuals putting all our baskets of knowledge and resources together so that we can "all eat" whilst still adding value to our local communities for all to be fed and enjoyed.

Volunteering provides outlets for people to grow, feel valued and contribute to communities with the experience they seek and share.

We welcome volunteers with all types of experience and skills so please contact us for more information on how you can be a part of the change.

What Our Volunteers Say

  • "I love being a part of the Feed it Forward team and I love what we all do, it really warms my heart that we are able to help so many people."

    Carrissa R

  • "School Mates OSHC are a fantastic bunch! Such a pleasure to be able to help them. They're so appreciative and they get to help so many of their families. I second Carrissa’s statement, it’s great to be part of the team and to be able to help provide for these young people and their families.”

    Jcinta A

  • "Huge volume of people coming in for collections at the moment, my street only holds about 7 houses and we are a cottage block so if 10 families arrive at the same time and don't think about parking, it can get hectic. I would be devastated to shut it down."

    Stacey H

  • "Huge shout out to Coles Florida, who opened their brand new store this morning and giving Feed it Forward a $1000 donation. We'll also be collecting food donations from this store six days per week!!"

    Monica M - 24th of August 2022

Why do we do it

Feed it Forward Incorporated delivers environmental, social, and economic benefits.

From a social perspective, wasting quality surplus food represents a missed opportunity to nourish the people, which is particularly problematic given the number of people experiencing food insecurity globally and in Western Australia.

From an environmental perspective, food waste is food taking up space in landfills and releasing greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. This also includes the supply chain (transportation, manufacturing and packaging etc...)

From an economic perspective, it takes financial resources to produce, process, manufacture, distribute, store, market and buy food. So when food is wasted, people throughout the food system stand to lose economically.

To understand our impact, we do our part to provide vital information about how much surplus food we collect, how many families/people in need this food feeds and how many local businesses and organisations we share food with.

Our Teams