Volunteering

Volunteering at Meanwood Farm is a wonderful way to get involved with your local community and learn new skills. We currently have volunteer places available with both our Market Garden team and with our adult social care project; the HOOF team. 

Please read carefully over the information below to find out more about each role. If you would like to join the farm community as a volunteer please fill in the appropriate application form and then wait for us to get back in touch to arrange an in-person induction session./

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Volunteer with our HOOF team as a Support Worker

The HOOF team is a group of adults with learning disabilities who have long-term placements on the farm. Your role would include supporting the HOOF team with their tasks around the farm. 

If you are interested in becoming a Volunteer Support Worker please carefully follow the steps below. 

  1. Read the HOOF Volunteer Information Pack
  2. Download and complete the Volunteer Application Form and the Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form. 
  3.  Once completed return each form to the appropriate email address
  4. Read over the induction timeline, and example Volunteer Day whilst waiting for us to get back in touch
  5. Once confirmed with a staff member come in for your induction session on the farm.  

Volunteer with our Market Garden team as a Food Grower

Our 1-acre market garden aims to feed and ‘grow’ as many people as possible with food and knowledge that is as fresh, nutritious and caring for the earth as possible. Your role would include working mainly on the market garden and orchard to help grow the food that we sell and donate to people and organisations in Leeds -including you!

Volunteering days run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 – 15:30
 
If you are interested in becoming a Volunteer Food Grower on our Market Garden please carefully follow the steps below.
 
  1. Read over the Volunteer Handbook
  2. Fill in the Application Form
  3. Wait for us to get back in touch
  4. Once confirmed with staff come for an induction session on the farm

Please Note:

  • You must go through the application process before coming in to volunteer on-site. This is to ensure we are compliant with the farms safeguarding policies, which are in place to protect the vulnerable people who use the farm.
  • We are unable to host volunteers under the age of 18.
  • The role may require that we do a DBS check which can take some time to process

If you have any questions please email info@mvuf.org.uk 

Don’t feel the roles quite fit for you?

Other teams at the farm, such as the site maintenance team and agricultural team, may accept volunteers on an ad hoc basis.

You can email ceo@mvuf.org.uk to express your interest and tell us a bit about you and what you’re interested in, your availability and any relevant experience (no need to send forms yet). Then we’ll check with the relevant teams whether they can accommodate you.