Volunteer as a group with AMURT’s activities in London
Are you looking for a nice way to give back to your community and use your company assigned charity days in a meaningful way?
How about a great team building activity for you and your coworkers that simultaneously helps vulnerable people in our city who struggle with food insecurity and homelessness?
What we do
Our organisation works with volunteers to create delicious plant-based meals and energy bars that are distributed to the most vulnerable struggling with food insecurity and the high cost of living. We work with both individual volunteers and private firms or organisations who send corporate teams to support us with our activities. Volunteering at AMURT is very meaningful as our meal services go directly to those in need!
Our offer
We want your teams to work together to do something worthwhile that is also fun. Our activities are completely interactive and they also support your team by providing a social space for your group, boosting team spirit and morale, inspiring motivation and learning/doing something different!
Here is a list of our activities:
Vita Bites energy bar making
Wednesday or Friday, AM and PM sessions possible.
This activity is all about the preparation of our delicious, nutritious Vita Bites energy bars. Our lovely kitchen is turned into a small factory and we aim to make, cut and wrap energy bars. These bars will be distributed to the homeless, charities and the most vulnerable to boost their nutritional intake.
WHERE: 3 Cazenove Road, N16 6PA (Stoke Newington)
WHEN: Each session is approx. 3 hours and can be arranged on a Wednesday or Friday, morning or afternoon. Max. 3-6 volunteers.
DONATION: Our suggested corporate group donation for this activity is £250. This donation helps us meet all the costs of running the session and more importantly helps support our mission to provide better nutrition for people facing food insecurity.
London Feeding Programme – Chop n’ Chat
Thursdays AM and PM sessions.
Group cooking that includes the preparation of all the elements for a delicious plant-based meal. During this activity, the group will learn some knife skills, they will work together and most importantly they will produce delicious meals and pack them to later be distributed to vulnerable people struggling with food poverty.
WHERE: 3A Cazenove Road, N16 6PA (Stoke Newington)
WHEN: Every Thursday, either AM (9:00-12:30) or PM (1:00 – 17:30). For morning session 3-4 volunteers, afternoon 5-7 volunteers.
DONATION: Our suggested corporate group donation for this activity is £500. This donation helps us meet all the costs of running the session and more importantly helps support our mission to provide better nutrition for people facing food insecurity.
London Feeding Programme – after work Meal Distribution
Thursdays at 6.30-7.45pm. (Holborn)
This is a group activity where your team will support us with the distribution of meals and snacks to our regular queue at Lincoln’s Inn Fields. We have been distributing weekly meals there without interruption since 2011 and we intend to keep doing this.
WHERE: Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Holborn
WHEN: Thursdays at 18:30 – 19:45. Max. 4 volunteers.
DONATION: As a gesture of good will, previous corporate groups have donated £100 to participate in this activity. Such donations help us meet some of the costs of running the session and more importantly help support our mission to provide better nutrition for people facing food insecurity.
Costs
Although we rely heavily on volunteers, each of our sessions is expensive to run as there are many overhead costs for us to meet like rent, gas, packaging, petrol etc. For this reason, we ask corporate partners to support us with donations. These can be monetary contributions to cover overhead costs, or donations of items that we need for our activities and for our beneficiaries such as food staples, packaging, or clothing (socks, hats, gloves). AMURT will be very grateful if, as well as sending volunteers, your organisation could contribute with a donation to support our cause. Click on the activity above that you are interested in for the suggested corporate group donation.
The difference you will be making
With the cost-of-living crisis, more and more people are facing food insecurity, and as commodity prices continue to rise it is certainly not something that will go away. We understand that there is an ongoing and increasing need for nutritional support for vulnerable individuals and households. With your help, we can continue to help those most at risk to have access to a more balanced diet.
What next?
If you want to support our cause, it is easy to get involved. All you need to do is organise a team (5 people maximum for an energy ball production session, for Food Preparation max. 3-5 people for AM and 5-7 for PM sessions, and 4 people maximum at Holborn meal distribution), and choose your activity and a date. Your team will have to sign some forms for health and safety and watch a short induction video. Once all of that is done, all there is left for you to do is for your team to join us, and have fun while doing something meaningful and with direct impact.
Contact our volunteer coordinator Zoe Tribello for more information and to set up your group volunteering experience!
