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Surrey Docks Farm
Surrey Docks Farm, London
Posted: 28 Sep 2026
Deadline: 10 Nov 2026
Compensation: Voluntary
Living Wage employer
Unpaid Volunteer Part-time
Job description
Farm Shop Volunteers play a key role in providing a friendly, welcoming point of contact for our visitors and farm shop customers.
Volunteers commit to a morning shift from 10am-1pm or an afternoon shift from 2pm-4pm, serving our customers in the farm shop. You’ll answer in-person enquiries; serve customers taking cash and card payments; and keep the shop stocked, clean and tidy.
Volunteers should be polite, friendly, sociable and interested in the Farm’s work. Volunteers need to be able to work fully independently in a very busy and demanding environment. We’re looking for someone with excellent communication skills and ideally previous retail and customer service experience who is IT literate and can commit to a set shift on a weekly basis. We’ve found this role is well-suited to students or someone who is retired and lives locally.
For this role, we require volunteers to be 18 years old or over and able to commit to a regular weekly shift for a minimum of three months. We require two references and will carry out a DBS check prior to starting in the volunteer post.
In return you’ll gain new skills, be part of a fun, welcoming team and help support the running of the Farm!
Application information
Please apply through our shop volunteer page: https://surreydocksfarm.org.uk/volunteer/shop-volunteer/
Once we receive your application, we aim to respond within 1-2 weeks. We will invite you to attend an induction at a mutually convenient time.
We hold inductions during the shift you have listed as available, giving you the opportunity to see what the shop is like on that day, ask questions, tell us a bit more about why you you'd like to volunteer with us, and meet other staff and volunteers you'll be volunteering with.
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About Surrey Docks Farm
Surrey Docks Farm is a working city farm and charity that enables the whole community to learn about farming, food production and the natural environment. We run a range of educational projects targeted to engage those who would benefit most and are supported by hundreds of dedicated volunteers who attend on a weekly basis. We are open and free to visit from 10am-4pm every day of the week, including bank holidays! We rely on donations to keep running.
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