Involvement
food delivery

Voluntary support with food deliveries

Schweizer Tafel provides direct and practical help to people in need in Switzerland by collecting around 30 tons of surplus, perfectly good food from retailers every day and distributing it free of charge to soup kitchens, homeless shelters, women’s refuges and other aid organizations.

Become a corporate partner and promote the social engagement of your employees. With flexible volunteering opportunities, your employees can get involved in projects that directly provide support for those in need. Support the soical integration and participation of disadvantaged individuals and make a statement for active solidarity.

Project availability:
– Basel area: Pratteln
– Central Switzerland: Rothenburg
– French-speaking Switzerland: Ecublens
– Zurich area: Dietikon

Register for a delivery tour

Would you like to take part in a food collection and distribution tour?

Get involved for a day in your region – by helping to collect and distribute food.

Sign-up for a tour!

Key Facts

  • Get involved and support this project as a volunteer to save food and deliver it to those in need.

    The volunteers go on tour with an experienced helper.

    The food is collected from retailers in a refrigerated vehicle.

    The food is distributed to social institutions and distribution points in the region according to the tour plan.

    Around 60 to 70 boxes of food are transported per day and tour.

  • Show your charitable commitment.

    Provide volunteering opportunities for your employees.

    Integration of this project into the ESG strategy of your company.

    Visibility of your company on the Life Science Cares Switzerland homepage.

    Opportunity to promote the project on your company’s website.


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  • By volunteering with the Schweizer Tafel, your employees can make an active contribution to the community.

    Volunteers can make a meaningful contribution to combating food waste and helping people in difficult life situations: “Distributing instead of throwing away”.

    As a volunteer, you will be invited to a networking reception, where you can exchange ideas with other participants.

  • The assignments per employee can be planned flexibly.

    Registration should take place 4-6 weeks before the assignment.

    The meeting point is at approx. 7.30 am at the place of assignment (depending on the region).

    A short briefing takes place in the morning and then you are ready to go.

    A tour lasts 7-8 hours.

  • The food must be loaded and unloaded; a certain level of fitness is helpful.

  • Liaison between corporate partners and the writing service.

    Point of contact for questions.

    Organization of a networking reception for the volunteers of the corporate partners.

  • Life Science Cares Switzerland collaborates with various charitable non-profit partners that are selected based on established criteria.