Drive rescued food
one morning a weekNo experience needed: we train you to drive our van from Bristol supermarkets to community kitchens.
Surplus food in Bristol
Bristol's surplus food needs a driver
Since 2019, Second Harvest has rescued over 1,200,000 meals' worth of food in Bristol. The food is there, and so are the kitchens.
Surplus food at supermarkets and farms
Good food they can't sell. Left where it is, it goes to waste.
Kitchens across the city that need it
Community kitchens, schools and food banks plan their meals around the food that reaches them.
One van, one driver, one morning
A volunteer with a free morning drives our van from one to the other, and surplus food becomes meals.
Before you apply
For Bristol people with a free morning and a clean licence
This is for you if
- You live in Bristol and have one morning free each week
- You hold a clean driving licence
- You're happy to learn the role, with or without experience
- You want surplus food eaten, not thrown away
- You'd like to see where your help goes: straight to a community kitchen
This isn't for you if
- You don't hold a clean driving licence
- You're looking for paid work: this is a volunteer role
- You're free only in the evenings: collections happen in the morning
How it works
Four steps from your application to your first collection
- 1
Send your application
Pick the morning that suits you, add your contact details and send it from this page.
- 2
We get in touch
We read your application and contact you to talk through the role and your morning.
- 3
Full training
We show you how collections and deliveries run, and how to handle our van, before your first morning.
- 4
Your first morning on the road
Collect surplus food from Bristol supermarkets in our van and deliver it to community kitchens across the city.
I'd never driven a van. The training sorted that, and now a community kitchen in Easton cooks with the food I bring every Tuesday.
- Collections from Bristol supermarkets
- Deliveries to community kitchens
- Our van to drive, not your own car
- Full training given, no experience needed
You need a clean driving licence.
From a volunteer driver
Saturday is my van morning. I collect from two supermarkets, and by lunchtime that veg is soup at a kitchen in Lawrence Hill. I see exactly where every crate goes.
The volunteer driver application
Spend one morning a week rescuing food for Bristol
One question, then your contact details. Each morning you give turns a supermarket's surplus into a community kitchen's lunch.
Step 1 of 2 · Your morningStep 2 of 2 · Your details
Which morning could you give each week?
Where should we reach you about your application?