Live Well Cafe Volunteer

Cook for your community • Develop your skills • Gain experience • Make a difference

Are you interested in cooking, learning new skills and doing something positive for your local community?

We are looking for a committed group of 10 volunteers to join our Cornerstone Live Well Café project and work together to plan, prepare and serve healthy, affordable meals for local residents.

This is more than simply volunteering in a café. Over five months, you will receive training, practical experience and support while working as part of a team to help deliver a community café.

Who we are

Langworthy Cornerstone is a community Healthy Living Centre supporting people across Salford through activities, services, volunteering and opportunities to connect, learn and improve wellbeing.

As part of the Cornerstone Live Well Café project, we are bringing volunteers together to help deliver regular community food provision for local residents.

Around 20 residents are expected to attend each café sitting, giving volunteers genuine experience of preparing and serving food for larger groups.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for people who are:

• Interested in cooking and food
• Friendly, reliable and willing to work as part of a team
• Keen to learn and develop new skills
• Interested in gaining practical experience that could support future employment
• Able and willing to commit to the full five-month opportunity

You don’t need to have previous café experience. What matters most is your enthusiasm, commitment and willingness to learn.

We welcome applications from existing LCA volunteers, new volunteers, Elevate volunteers and people from the local community.

People living in the Langworthy, Pendleton and Charlestown areas are particularly encouraged to get involved.

What would you be doing as a volunteer?

Working alongside other volunteers, you will have the opportunity to:

• Prepare and cook food for the community
• Help plan healthy and affordable menus
• Cook meals for larger groups
• Serve food and support the running of the café
• Develop customer service skills
• Work as part of a team
• Build confidence and transferable employment skills

Training and support

You will receive training and practical support throughout the opportunity, including:

• Level 2 Food Hygiene training
• Food preparation and cooking experience
• Healthy and affordable cooking
• Menu planning
• Customer service
• Teamworking
• Experience of helping to run a community café

Volunteer commitment

Mondays, 10am–2pm

Monday 5 October 2026 – Monday 1 March 2027

This is a five-month commitment, and volunteers will be expected to attend every Monday during this period.

The commitment is an important part of the opportunity, as volunteers will be developing together as a core team throughout the project.

Where?

📍 Langworthy Cornerstone
451 Liverpool Street
Salford
M6 5QQ

Why get involved?

This is an opportunity to gain real, practical experience while making a difference in your community.

You’ll develop cooking, teamwork, customer service and other transferable skills, build confidence and gain experience that can support progression towards employment.

There is also potential for the volunteer group to continue developing beyond the initial five-month project and play a longer-term role in community food provision.

Interested?

We would love to hear from people who are ready to make a commitment, learn together and be part of something positive for the local community.

Join the Live Well Café volunteer team and help us cook, connect and create something for our community.

For more information or to express your interest, please click the button below to complete the Volunteer Interest Form.