The Valley Project is a community-led development project in North East Valley, Dunedin that builds community connections and promotes the wellbeing of local families and whānau.
As a Crop Swap Volunteer you will work in a small team, supported by the Community Development Coordinator to set-up, co-lead and facilitate their monthly crop swap event at the Valley Project. Volunteers will play a role in raising awareness of the crop swap, and encourage a sense of curiosity, community and connection through the sharing of home-grown produce, preserves, baking and other kitchen wares.
Benefits and Impact include:
- Your involvement will help to foster a sense of community, belonging and connection amongst people curious about food production, growing or producing food locally and at home.
- Greater awareness of food resilience, sustainable practices for locals and home food production.
- Increased food resilience and collaboration within the community, through sharing of knowledge, skills, food preparation techniques and crops.
- Reduces food waste by facilitating the sharing of surplus home-grown items that might otherwise go to waste.
- Strengthens local food security and builds local capacity and resilience.
Requirements
- Reliable and able to take initiative.
- Approachable attitude with good interpersonal skills.
- Community-minded and interested in learning more about growing and producing food at home.
- Physically fit and able to move around chairs, tables and assist with clean-up.
- Customer service and communication skills.
- Team player who can work with others to solve problems and deal effectively with conflict.
- Experience in public speaking would be advantageous.
- Able to connect with a wide range of people from diverse communities and backgrounds.
- Promotional and social media skills would be helpful, but not necessary.
- Gardening and food production experience not required.
A Ministry of Justice background check is required for this role.
Time commitment
- Need to be available on the last Sunday of the month from 2.30pm - 4.30pm to assist with the crop swap event.
- Occasional participation in team meetings (online or in person) for an hour may be requested throughout the year.
- Volunteers with marketing and social media skills would be welcome to assist with monthly content creation and promotion. This would be an additional 2-3 hours a month.
Getting started
The first step is to express your interest by filling out the form below.
We will then put you in touch directly with the organisation for more information on the role and how to proceed.
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