We’re Compliments of the House, a grassroots registered charity that collects fresh, surplus food and gives it to people in need. We nourish our guests with food, but we also nourish them through food – improving their mental and physical wellbeing and helping them into work.
We do this by creating safe, fun and inviting hubs that give a warm welcome to everyone; offering volunteer opportunities so our guests can learn new skills; arranging work placements with the businesses that give us food, and signposting people to services that can help them.
This is an incredibly exciting time to be joining the board of trustees, as Compliments of The House grows and adapts to new challenges. We have adapted how we deliver our service, as our guests are unable to visit our hubs to collect the food they so desperately need. Instead of solely collecting surplus donated food and giving it out to those in need, we now also buy food ourselves and deliver it to vulnerable people every fortnight to ensure that we are able to meet the ever growing need of those using our service. We take referrals from local organisations including the social services, community groups and other charities.
You’ll be joining a team of friendly, committed trustees, and working with our wonderful CEO and volunteers.
We’re building a sustainable community fuelled by love, a passion for being smart with the planet’s resources and a shared belief that we can all give a hand up to someone who needs it.
So how do we do it? We take surplus food from our Houses (food donors) and bring it to share with our CoTH community at our Hubs. So people who can’t afford to buy food can connect over tasty meals.
The food is collected and served by our CoTH Volunteers. Some of them are guests who we’ve trained to be part of our team. Once they’re ready to go back to work, we arrange 12-week, part-time placements for them with our food partners. If it’s a good fit, it can turn into a permanent job.
We call this process a circle of efficiency.
