Apply to a food network
Useful information for donor branches, donor organisations, charity branches, and charity organisations.
A Food Net is a private membership group that is operated and managed by a Food Bank.
A donor organisation and a charity organisation can apply to join a Food Net (e.g. your local food bank’s network) in Foodiverse.
Charity Organistion - Each of your branches can be a member of multiple Food Nets at the same time.
Donor Organistion - Each of your branches can be a member of only one Food Net at any time.
Instructions
As a donor org you will need to join your local Food Bank and its network of approved charities and service users, to be able to post donations.
As a charity org you will need to join your local Food Bank and its network of approved donors and service users, to be able to receive donations.
In order to join a Food Net, whether you are a donor or a charity, go to ‘FoodBank Networks’
Click on ‘Join a FoodBank Network’ and select one from the Featured Food Nets list:
After selecting the chosen network, Scroll down and click ‘View’
Foodiverse displays detailed information about the chosen Food Net. Click ‘Apply’.
Foodiverse will display your branch or branches and you need to drag the branches from the Available Branches column to the Selected Branches column. Or you can click 'Copy All' to move all branches to the Selected Branches column.
Then click ‘+Apply’.
Your membership application to the Food Network of your choice has to be approved by that organisation administrator. When it is approved you will see a notification on your ‘Dashboard’ .
Click Activate Membership.
You might be asked by the food network administrator to provide additional information and/or documents.
You will receive the request via email title ‘Foodiverse | Foodbank Name has asked you for more information.’.
Click on the link in the email or click on the notification on your Dashboard ‘Pending Further Information’.
You will be able to submit information and/or documents via Foodiverse.
You can check the status of your application in ‘FoodBank Networks’ → ‘My Memberships’.
As before, the applicant organisation will be then asked to Activate Membership. Click the link on your Dashboard.
You can also receive an invitation from a Food Bank to join their Food Net. The process for joining via invite is much the same.
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