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Angus Carers Centres vision is that all carers in Angus will receive appropriate information and support to enable them to feel valued and confident in their caring situation and to develop their own potential. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for all carers in Angus. We are currently looking for volunteers to help us cover our reception desk within the centre at 8 Grant Road, Arbroath,DD11 1JN. This role involves answering and directing telephone calls, meeting and greeting visitors to the centre and some general administrative tasks such as booking rooms. This role would suit anyone wishing to develop their communication skills and build confidence in a people facing role. Some experience is beneficial, but training and guidance will be provided by our admin staff here in the centre. At the moment we would welcome enquiries from individuals who can possibly volunteer with us one hour per week on a Thursday from 4-5pm and also from individuals who would be able to help out at holiday times. An initial informal chat will be arranged along with a visit to learn more about our organisation. This role requires a PVG ( There is no cost to the Volunteer for a PVG check) Travel expenses are paid for this role.

Volunteers must be available to work one full day from our office in Edinburgh per week for about three to four months. They should have good IT and communication skills. Must be aiming to secure employment in the UK or further education for themselves. LINKnet Mentoring is a voluntary sector charitable organisation that provides support for minority ethnic people on employment, education admissions, personal development and health and wellbeing through various projects. We have many vacancies for volunteers in different categories to provide online or face-to-face support. If you are keen to participate in the voluntary work, please email Dissa. Email: volunteers@linknetmentoring.com

No matter how good our services are, we can't properly support our community well if we don't have good Support people in the team. If this sounds like you?... we would love you to consider volunteering with us for a few hours per week. Providing a number of services to support ex-service men and women and family members from the Navy, Army, Royal Air Force, and the Merchant Navy. These include giving advice and information about benefits, financial support and social activities to assist them adapting to civilian life. If we are unable to help them then we signpost them to other agencies through local contacts. We require an enthusiastic, computer literate individual to work alongside the office co-ordinator within out office. We are looking for someone who is able to keep our records up to date, keeping and maintaining data, updating social media pages regularly, work on and issue the bi-monthly newsletter, looking up service records and greeting members of the public and dealing with their inquiry. Tasks can be flexible and the volunteer would need to be flexible to completing other tasks such as updating the display cabinets and helping in the Heritage Centre

No matter how good our services are, we can't properly support our community well if we don't have good Support people in the team. If this sounds like you?... we would love you to consider volunteering with us for a few hours per week. Providing a number of services to support ex-service men and women and family members from the Navy, Army, Royal Air Force, and the Merchant Navy. These include giving advice and information about benefits, financial support and social activities to assist them adapting to civilian life. If we are unable to help them then we signpost them to other agencies through local contacts. We are looking for someone to run our social media information posts, working beside the other volunteers to make our social media campaigns as up to date as possible, someone who is able to use various social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Ticktok, posting on the Armed Forces Veterans social media accounts regularly as well as promoting up-coming activities and posting after an event to thank those donating, seeking the correct person to offer advice before responding to any requests on the site.

No matter how good our services are, we can't properly support our community well if we don't have good Support people in the team. If this sounds like you?... we would love you to consider volunteering with us for a few hours per week. Providing a number of services to support ex-service men and women and family members from the Navy, Army, Royal Air Force, and the Merchant Navy. These include giving advice and information about benefits, financial support and social activities to assist them adapting to civilian life. If we are unable to help them then we signpost them to other agencies through local contacts. Our friendly environment is an ideal place for you to put your organisational skills to great use, Ideally we would like someone with experience of organising events, and the ability to work on your own as well as part of a team, you must be able to delegate have good communication skills as well as organisation and planning skills and dealing with members of the public.

No matter how good our services are, we can't properly support our community well if we don't have good Support people in the team. If this sounds like you?... we would love you to consider volunteering with us for a few hours per week. Providing a number of services to support ex-service men and women and family members from the Navy, Army, Royal Air Force, and the Merchant Navy. These include giving advice and information about benefits, financial support and social activities to assist them adapting to civilian life. If we are unable to help them then we signpost them to other agencies through local contacts. We are looking for volunteers to staff the office on Platform 2 of Dumbarton Central train station. We have a small shop where we raise funds for the Association, we are looking for someone to work with the public and process minimal paperwork and the opportunity to create displays and take part in research as well as support the updating of our social media pages. As volunteer Office staff your role will entail Meeting members of the public, Helping at fundraisers, Helping maintain stock, Rotating of items in the office, Helping out with the Heritage Centre, Managing the front desk, Filing duties, Computer work i.e. word documents, spreadsheets, etc.

Admin Support provides essential back-up for advisers by carrying out a range of activities including file management, word processing, using databases and spreadsheets, scanning and attaching documents to client records, writing letters to clients, booking appropriate appointments for clients to see advisers, dealing with incoming telephone calls, signposting clients to local support resources. There is scope to be involved in our triage process, assessing and reacting to client needs as they are presented to us. Full training and support relevant to the role will be provided. The need for all of our volunteers to be open-minded and non-judgemental is essential along with the ability to be able to maintain strict client confidentiality.

Midlothian Scouts currently do not have a District Secretary and we need one! We need your help to volunteer to become an Executive member. Do you have good administration skills? Would you prefer to support more ‘behind the scenes’? Can you help keep our records in order? You will play a key role by leading the administrative work for Midlothian Scouts. No previous secretarial experience is needed, we just need someone who is good at admin and keeping records. This is an exciting central which could take about 2 hours or so per month only! This is your chance to be extraordinary and help in a flexible way! Joining our committee is not as posh as it sounds but we do like to have fun. · Minimal commitment – only a couple of hours a month · Flexible volunteering to fit around you – your skills/interests/time · Alongside like-minded people – we're easy to get on with · Great fun - it sounds formal, but it isn't! · Make a difference – get that ‘feel good factor’ The Secretary will support the Chair of the Executive Committee to ensure the smooth functioning and sound administration of the Scout Group for instance. · Provide administrative support to the running of the Executive Committee. · Work with the Chair of the Executive Committee to set meeting agendas and arrange meeting logistics for the Executive Committee. · Communicating with the Executive Committee and relevant Scout Council. · Preparing the appropriate administration for the Annual General Meeting, including collating the Annual. · Report and Accounts for the Annual General Meeting. · And more Though ‘Executive’ sounds a bit formal, it is not like that at all! We are a relaxed group of like-minded individuals! This role is ideal for those who do not necessarily wish to work directly with young people but would like to help to support and develop Scouting a couple of hours or so a month.

We have a new role a Regional Administrator. Geography is no barrier to this. The role can be done at home so is open to anyone in our Region who lives in Midlothian. This role is ideal for anyone with a couple of hours a month who is keen to give back to their community, help our young people realise their potential, do good and use their existing skills. South East Scotland Scouts provides Scouting for 4-25 year olds. We’re growing our friendly and talented team to help us deliver more skills for life across Scotland. The Regional Administrator will support the Regional Commissioner to ensure the smooth functioning & sound administration of the Region. We are looking for a responsible person to perform a variety of administrative and clerical tasks. This role is flexible in location & time. No previous experience of Scouting is required.

Passengers register with us to use our services either by telephone, online or with a registration form. Our despatchers take passengers details and other information for bookings, arrange journeys, deal with enquiries and provide information when requested using various office equipment including IT, telephone and photocopier.