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MAD LEAP CIC
Tower Hamlets, London
Posted: 12 Mar 2025
Deadline: 2 Apr 2025
Compensation: Voluntary
Unpaid Traineeship Internship Volunteer Part-time
Job description
This is an 8-week volunteer trainee/Intern opportunity in urban food growing.
Gain Valuable Introductory Experience for In-Demand Skills.
Are you passionate about sustainability, urban farming, and making a difference in your community? Join us in revolutionising food production with a hands-on opportunity to learn, grow, and innovate while exploring a potential new career pathway. Gain real-world experience that will enhance your resume and open doors in a growing green industry.
About the Role
You’ll play a key role in growing crops on our urban community farm by choosing one activity area to focus on:
Each activity offers invaluable experience in sustainable food production, supplying food to local schools, restaurants, and shops.
What We’re Looking For
We’re seeking individuals who:
What’s in It for You?
General Tasks & Learning in Activity Areas:
You will be allocated to ONE activity area for the full duration of our 8 week program.
Raised Beds & Composting:
MON OR WED, 10AM - 1PM, E9 5ND
Mushroom Cultivation:
MON or FRI, 10AM - 4PM, E14 0SP
Hydroponic Growing:
MON or FRI, 11AM - 5PM, E9 5ND - please note that the day may complete at any time between 3-5pm, depending on the tasks available.
Other requirements:
The right person will benefit from working in a friendly, professional, inclusive environment as part of a dynamic, growing company with a strong social and environmental ethos.
Please note that due to the large number of responses we receive, we may close applications earlier than advertised.
Optional AQA Level 1 Accreditation
If you’d like to achieve AQA Level 1 food-growing accreditation in your chosen area, here’s what’s required:
Enquire on application.
About the company
We are a dynamic, growing company with a strong social and environmental ethos. MAD LEAP combines sustainable food growing, waste management and training expertise and is passionate about transforming waste into value, applying creative thinking in solving complex global challenges for local communities and businesses.
Application information
Email ana@madleap.co.uk
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About MAD LEAP CIC
MAD LEAP tackles the issues of food waste, climate warming and rising food, fertiliser and energy costs with an innovative, urban, circular model that turns food waste into bioenergy, biofertiliser and compost and uses those by-products to grow food for local consumption, creating green jobs and training opportunities in the process.
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