Volunteer with us

Turn up. We will show you the rest.

No experience, no training day, no minimum commitment. Our youngest volunteer was three years old and our oldest is in their seventies. Setup is 4pm, we serve at 4:30pm, and you are home by early evening.

Get involved

Here is exactly what we need this week

Every pledge below is counted the moment you make it, so we know what is covered and what we still have to buy. Nothing is wasted and nothing is doubled up.

How would you like to help?

Match the wording on the needs board and it will count automatically.

What would you like to do?

Tick anything that suits. It helps us balance the team so we are not all on the same job.

Your supporter account is set up automatically. It keeps your giving history and every tax receipt in one place, so you can find them at tax time without emailing us. There is no password — we send a secure sign-in link when you want it.

We only use your details to organise the service. We never share or sell them.

No upcoming service is scheduled yet.

What a shift looks like

Three hours, start to finish

  1. 4:00pm Setup
    Tables up, trays out, urns on. Roughly twenty minutes of lifting and laying out. Wear closed shoes and something you do not mind getting food on.
  2. 4:30pm Serving
    You will be on a tray, on drinks, or handing out clothing and essentials. Gloves provided. The main thing we ask is that you talk to people, not just serve them.
  3. 6:00pm Pack down
    Everything back in the vans, site left cleaner than we found it.

Many people stay for a coffee afterwards. Groups, families and workplaces are all welcome.

Safety and conduct

Everyone follows the same rules, including us

Our Code of Conduct applies to every volunteer, every week. Anyone in a role that supervises or assesses a young volunteer holds a current Working With Children Check, and a volunteer under 18 has a parent or guardian close by for any task that brings them into direct contact with the people we serve. These are adopted by the board of The Schaffa Foundation, not written just for this page.

Read our policies

Upcoming services

Dates are being confirmed — check back soon.

Stay connected

Keep in touch with the table

Two easy ways to stay close to the work — keep your own record of everything you give, or get the newsletter once a month.

Everything you give, in one place

Money, food and volunteer shifts all in one record, along with the paperwork that goes with them. No password to remember: we email you a secure sign-in link.

  • Your full giving history, always up to date
  • Every tax receipt, ready at tax time
  • Volunteer hours signed off, with a letter for a course or an award
  • Ask for the Sundays you can make
  • Log food and goods you drop off yourself
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Thinking about it?

Not ready to commit right now? Let us know anyway — no pressure, no obligation.

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