Volunteer
Bake a difference in your community
Good Bitches Baking volunteers bake and deliver treats to organisations supporting people having a tough time. Every box is a small reminder that someone cares.
Volunteering with us is flexible, meaningful and designed to fit around everyday life.
We have 32 chapters from Bay of Islands to Invercargill, and more than 3,500 volunteers helping us to bring moments of kindness every day.
What does volunteering involve?
Depending on your local chapter, you might:
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bake
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deliver baking
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or both
Some chapters have separate bakers and drivers, while others ask volunteers to do both roles. Every chapter operates a little differently, meeting the needs of their local communities. Once you sign up, you’ll receive information specific to your area.
You can find your local chapter here: All GBB Chapters.
When do we bake? And what...? And how much..?
This will depend on your chapter. Some have set days for baking, others have bakes available throughout the week. It’s all based on what our recipient organisations need.
All baking is good baking. You decide what to bake and you don't need to be a patisserie chef or have a big budget. The only common ingredient is care for the people you're baking for and all our Good Bitches always put lots of this into everything they're baking.
Just make one batch of baking for each box. A batch is a cake, or a slice, or a batch of scones or cupcakes – you don’t have to fill the box to bursting. Our recipients tell us how many boxes they need for the people they work with so if you do heaps extra, it may get wasted.
When you click the registration button below, it will take you through a sign up process, and if it all feels comfy for you, the next step is our induction which takes about 25 minutes.
Who is the baking for?
We deliver baking to organisations that work with or support people who are having a tough time. Our recipients include boarding houses, homeless shelters, soup kitchens, food banks, hospital wards, hospices, refuges, mental health support services, and many more.
We don’t have a fixed interpretation of ‘tough time’ and we definitely don’t judge why anyone is in whatever situation they’re in.
We don’t provide baking for individuals or families directly, or for fundraisers or community events.
Good Bitches Baking is all about spreading a bit of kindness in our community by giving a moment of sweetness to people going through a tough time.
Anyone can be a Good Bitch – it’s a very admiring and gender-inclusive term. Good Bitches are people who want to help and like to just get stuff done. You don’t have to be a master baker, because it’s your kindness that matters the most.
As an aside, we know that life is very expensive these days and sometimes the idea of something extra in the budget is a barrier to being part of something amazing. If this is you, please have a look at our Cup of Sugar fund.