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Events Assistant
Plateful Cafe
Volunteer Role
Unpaid voluntary role. Travel costs reimbursed & free dinner
22 Honley Road, SE6 2HZ
Flexi-hours
Remote + Events
Hours to be agreed. Weekend pop-up & markets, monthly dinners
Ongoing recruitment
About the Organisation
Charity
Community & Hospitality
Plateful Cafe is a recently established charity that seeks to help
refugees in the surrounding area into employment within the
food and hospitality sector in southeast London and primarily in
the boroughs of Lewisham and Southwark.
We run a number of events to include pop ups, markets,
community dinners etc staffed by people with refugee status and
experiences of forced migration who are being trained to work
the food industry, as well as dedicated volunteers like you.
If you are passionate about being part of a community that
celebrates a diversity of cultures and delicious food, this is your
opportunity to make a difference and join us on our exciting
journey with Plateful Cafe.
About the role
In a team to help organise monthly community dinners featuring
three course meals from around the globe to enable the charity
to engage with and attract donors.
To help with running the dinner on the day with tasks including
welcoming the guests, serving food and drinks, take payments,
setting up and clearing, etc.
At market stalls and pop ups helping with taking the food to the
event (if driving), set up the stall and take payments with card
reader.
Help run other events and fundraisers throughout the year, for
example refugee week, pop ups,market stalls.
Assist with applying for funds for events including securing raffle
prizes, donations of ingredients, material needed, musicians and
entertainment, etc.
Working with the marketing volunteers, providing details of
upcoming events for promotion; take pictures, film and quotes at
the event.
What skills will you gain:
Experience organising, planning and running community and fundraising events.
Opportunity to engage with the local community and work closely with like-minded people.
Experience in the running of hospitality events and the running of a grass-roots charity
Skills and requirements
Prior experience of events planning and organisation
A passion and keenness to engage in community-based work to support refugees and serve the local community
Good organisation skills including: effective time management, punctuality and delegation of tasks.
A flexible and proactive attitude to working
Good responsiveness to emails/ text/ whatsapp
Practical skills to help prepare and set-up the venue for events
Able to work well in a team and communicate effectively with the rest of the staff and visitors of the cafe
A willingness to learn new skills
Desirable but not required:
Prior experience working with refugees, people seeking asylum or other vulnerable groups
Prior experience of involvement in charity fundraising events
Commitment
Monthly community dinner times:
10-1pm(cooking); Afternoon: 1-5pm(Preparing the hall);
Evening: 6-10pm(running the dinner)
When
This is a flexible remote role which requires presence when the
event run
Pop-ups and markets
Mainly Saturdays and Sundays at different times
Please send your CV to iolanda@platefulcafe.co.uk