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Volunteering
Would you like to be more involved in your local
community?
Can you spare an afternoon or one or two days a week?
If so you may be interested in volunteering at
Freightliners City Farm in Islington. Volunteering is
open to anyone over the age of 12 years.
Qualification
You do not need to have any specific skills as all
training is provided, however an interest in any of the
following would be beneficial: administration, animals,
gardening, bee keeping, tropical plants, carpentry, DIY,
mural painting, spinning and weaving.
Opportunities
There is also the opportunity to gain accredited
qualifications in Animal Care, Health and Safety and
Horticulture at no cost. We hoping to extend these
qualifications to include bee keeping in the near future
so watch this space!
Activities
Urgent
requirement
We are currently seeking two new members for our
Management Committee - see below.
Animal Care
Feeding, cleaning and milking are some of the daily
tasks performed by volunteers looking after the Farms
wide selection of animals. regular volunteers will also
get the chance to attend shows, visit other city farms,
and groom and show animals. There will also be an
opportunity for volunteers to join the Farms accredited
animal care training programme.
Gardening
The farm currently has several garden areas
including a Kitchen, Ornamental and Vegetable garden. We
are always looking for volunteers to help to help keep
our gardens looking good and producing vegetables &
fruit. Whether you've been gardening for years or can't
tell a weed from a flower we would like to hear from
you. Regular volunteers will get a chance to join in our
accredited horticulture training scheme.

Café Work
Our café will be open from Thursday to Sunday - 10am to
4pm.
Two volunteers are needed to support
the running of the busy vegetarian farm
cafe. The cafe helps to raise vital funds to run
the farm and provides
a service to visitors; it also provides training in
customer services and
cooking for young people. Volunteering in the cafe
includes serving
customers, washing up, cleaning the kitchen and cafe
space, clearing
tables and assisting with food preparation.
As a cafe volunteer you will need to
have good people skills, be able to
work in a fast paced and busy kitchen and have a good
basic level of
literacy and numeracy for taking orders.
Cafe volunteers are currently required Monday and
Wednesday through to
Sunday.
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Education Work
The farm has over 200 Farm tours a year plus running an
Under 4's session. We are looking for enthusiastic
people who would enjoy helping to run these sessions.
During school holidays help is required with Play
schemes and other special children's events.
N.B. Volunteers are sometimes asked for personal
information and police checks are required by law for
those working with children. (Freightliners is
registered with the Children's Act)
Farm Events
The Farm runs several events throughout the year
including our Open Day and City Farms Festival. We are
looking for enthusiastic people to help run activities,
man stalls etc... on the day, please see our calendar of
events.
Management
Committee Members
The Farm is run by a Voluntary Management Committee.
This consists of a group of local people who meet
bimonthly to discuss issues concerning the Farm. They
are responsible for producing business and strategic
plans for the farm, as well as finances and policies.
Preferably they will be able to spend time at the farm
to assist with various managerial tasks.
We are currently looking for two more people to join the
team. If you think you have
the qualities and time to contribute to this team of
dedicated Farm supporters please
contact liz@freightlinersfarm.org.uk
for more details.
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