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Each week, we help over 6,500 young people develop the skills to succeed in life. But this can only happen thanks to our brilliant volunteers. Volunteering is easier than you think. Whether you can spare an hour a month or a day a year, we have hundreds of opportunities both behind the scenes and directly supporting young people. With full support and training, you can volunteer on a flexible basis. Not only is it incredibly rewarding and great fun, you’ll learn some brilliant skills transferable to the workplace and further education. We welcome volunteers from every community and background. You don’t need to have been a Scout. You just need to believe in a more positive future and the difference we can make together. Volunteer today and help us prepare more young people with Skills for Life.

Soup2Go is a project that has been developed by a group of young people who come together each week, to create tasty soup for the local community! They feel strongly about helping the local community. The group meet every Wednesday 10am – 2pm at One Dalkeith They are looking for more young people – aged 16 – 24 years – to join the team. The team need help with cooking, social media, packaging design, budgeting and enterprise development! You will receive training, qualifications and work experience by taking part! For more information or to find out how to become involved – email CLL@Midlothian.gov.uk

They are looking for Support Volunteers to assist and support their participants with the activities they want to get involved in. This could be going with them to the local swimming baths; attending a local football match; taking part in local interest groups such as arts & crafts, music, wellbeing, or just having a blether. They are creating community groups across Fife which will provide individuals who need that wee bit of support to access opportunities that they are interested in and want to get involved with. They want to create an environment to share similar interests, ideas, skills, memories and for participants to take ownership of what they create. By doing this they will ensure that social exclusion and loneliness does not have an effect on their participants and that they are in control of their lives. Support Volunteers can assist participants with their interests and introduce activities and ideas, as well as provide some much-needed support. They will follow covid-19 guidance and volunteers and participants safety is their number one priority. Employment opportunities could also be offered in the future. If you want to join them please take a look at www.peaceofmind.scot to find out more.

The role is to take part in our food service aiming to help homeless and hungry people in Edinburgh. The tasks include setting up the food distribution, welcoming the beneficiaries, distributing the food available, sharing time and giving compassion to the beneficiaries or anyone who needs it. Other tasks could include collecting surplus food from supermarkets or supporting broader operations in Edinburgh in cooperation with the local team. Please note, if you are aged 16 or under you must be accompanied by an adult.

We are looking for committee members to join our group, there is no requirement of in person physical volunteering, all that would be required is a hour a week of “Admin” you would be listed on the group’s constitution and help in the formation & background operations of the group. Suited to anyone with a hour to spare to assist the community.

Moray School Bank are looking to expand our team of volunteers! As part of our new project, ‘It Takes a Village’ (ITAV) we aim to improve and build community connections across Moray. Alongside our school uniform referral programme and other existing services, we will be looking into ways of promoting recycling of school uniform and other clothing items to reduce waste and ease financial costs for all families. For us to be able to achieve our aims, It Takes A Volunteer! We have a host of roles and opportunities to suit all types of volunteers and there is the flexibility and options of booking 2-hour slots (an ideal taster session!), volunteering from your own home or come and join a community group! If you are enthusiastic and willing to learn new things, full training and support to develop new skills will be provided and if you already experienced, we would love to have your skills to share. Current roles include; Donation Processing volunteers, Winter Campaign volunteers, Events & Fundraising, Social Media volunteers, Youth Volunteer Team, Community Garden volunteers and Mini-Bus drivers. If you would like any further information on any of the roles or would like to book a session, this can be done via our website www.morayschoolbank.org or by emailing our Volunteer Coordinator, Moyra Younie moyra@morayschoolbank.org

Provan Hall Community Management Trust is looking for volunteers to engage local communities with the work of Provan Hall, a late medieval building that has recently undergone a £2m restoration. This outreach will involve speaking with the public and schools and aims to generate interest in Provan Hall. The volunteer will advocate for the Trust and provide engaging, accessible, well-researched information, that informs people about how they can get involved in activities or as visitors to Provan Hall. The Trust aims to support volunteers to gain new skills, knowledge, experience, and to meet new people. The role is flexible. The Trust provide training and covers reasonable volunteer travel expenses. Main Tasks: • Learn about Provan hall’s history and current aims • Share information with the public (and potentially schools) about how they can get involved in activities, volunteering, events or visiting Provan Hall. • Engage with communities in a friendly, open manner • Follow the Trust’s Safeguarding and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policies • Represent the Trust to stakeholders • Advocate for the Trust and Provan Hall’s services and activities • Support new outreach volunteers and share knowledge and experience with them. If you are interested please click the ‘Apply’ button below (available when logged in and registered). You will then be contacted by the coordinator by email or phone call. If you have not heard back after 5 working days, the first step is to contact the organisation with the contact details provided. You could also check your junk/spam folder on your emails just in case the response is there. If that doesn’t work out then please feel free to contact Volunteer Glasgow on info@volunteerglasgow.org

Grandmentors is an award winning inter-generational mentoring programme. We recruit, train and support older volunteers aged 50+ to mentor care experienced young people, or young people with Adverse Childhood Experiences. Grandmentors provides a solution. Put very simply, Grandmentors works by us recruiting, training and providing support for volunteers aged 50+ who draw on their wealth of personal and professional experience to help young people (aged 16 – 24), living with adverse childhood experiences such as leaving care, on their pathway to independence. Meeting weekly/fortnightly, Grandmentors helps young people to address any challenges and choices they face on their journey. Our Grandmentors encourage the young person to identify their needs and find ways to help. Mentors provide social, emotional and practical support. Each young person alongside their Grandmentor agree a personalised support plan and set goals based on these needs. Working together they explore and review, over time, the young person’s challenges and priorities. These can range from career/education goals (CV’s, UCAS forms, job applications), budget planning, support accessing housing, dealing with conflict, stress, enhancing physical, mental health, wellbeing and lots more. We are looking for Grandmentors to join our new programme in East Lothian

For people leaving hospital, adjusting to life at home can be a difficult time. Helping someone get their essential shopping, pick up their prescription or get the heating turned on can make all the difference for them to feel safe at home. This service runs from Monday - Friday 9.00am- 5.00pm We would like you to be able to : volunteer for at least 2 hours a week within the above times, working with individuals for a maximum of 12 weeks Driving licence preferable, but not essential. If you will be driving for this role to have held a driving licence for at least 2 years which allows you to drive in the UK Health and Safety Statement We take an individual approach to ensuring your safety. We may ask you to complete a simple risk assessment. We will also have a conversation with you to discuss any restrictions that may still be in place in your region and identify any adjustments you may need. If you have any questions before applying please contact us at volunteerecruitment@redcross.org.uk

This is an exciting role for you to use your love of working with people to empower the community, and to drive a groundswell of community action on climate change. You will work with volunteer hosts who will invite 8 – 12 friends and family to attend a Climate Conversation online or in their home. At these events, you will present to them about climate change (using our prepared scripts), the urgency for action and facilitate discussion that leads to a commitment to take more effective action. Our mission is to create the social climate for effective climate action in Scotland. Key Responsibilities - Imparting the urgency and scale of climate change to the people invited by the friends and family of each host - Inspiring attendees to commit to taking effective action on climate change - Attending monthly Ongoing Facilitator Training (1 hour?) - Recruiting more people to join as hosts and facilitators - Administration and record keeping of your Conversations - Maintaining our a host database and your own activity spreadsheet - Evaluating Conversations and providing feedback for improvement