Lunch Club Volunteer - The Access Place

Location: The Access Place, 6 S Gray's Cl, High St, Edinburgh, EH1 1TQ. See on a map here.

Time commitment: 10:30am to 2:30pm on Wednesdays.

We are flexible on how often you can volunteer, so just let us know your preferences.

What is the Access Place?

The Access Place offers services including housing, health and social work to anyone experiencing homelessness. A community garden has been created to provide a green space for people. It has become the heart of a wider nature health programme, which involves people from the Access Place. It also provides different garden activities and a free lunch.

The garden is a therapeutic space but also a catalyst to other arts and green activities. We are keen to develop a range of activities for local people, who experience homelessness, to engage them in developing the garden, and in arts-based activities inspired by the garden.

What will you do as a volunteer?

To work with garden coordinator to cook and serve a free lunch to service users and staff from the Access Place. Since its launch, this has become a popular event with up to 40 people attending lunch.

As important as providing food, the lunch is also a way of connecting people with the garden, and hopefully being an introduction to greater involvement in the Nature Health Plan.

The Garden Lunch volunteer will help to prepare the food, set out condiments and cutlery, to serve food, to ensure tea and coffee making facilities are stocked up, and to help to tidy away everything after lunch.

You can find more details about this volunteering opportunity in the decription below.