Touchdown Memorial Home for Horses is a charity that provides rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming for horses and ponies in need. We welcome volunteers at all levels in our work from trustees to admin, from fundraising and compliance to 'on the ground' opportunities such as yard work, field work, animal care, rehabilitation, education, work with young and older people. This is a great way to make new friends two and four legged, learn new skills and have fun in the open air in beautiful countryside.
The woodlands in and around Forres are highly valued community assets. Forres Community Woodlands Trust aims to utilise the potential of these woodlands to provide a wide range of community benefits.
These include providing local people and visitors to the area with ready access to special places to enjoy peace and quiet, healthy exercise, education and recreation.
Our vision, therefore, is to maintain and enhance the Trust’s woodlands as bio-diverse habitats which provide recreational and educational opportunities.
Our volunteer activities take place mostly in our FCWT woods, that is either Sanquhar Wood or Muiry. On average we meet one Saturday morning each month from 10 to 12 o'clock and we carry out maintenance work, for example removing young foreign species with loppers and hand saws like rhododendron, sitka spruce or Douglas fir or we plant trees or cut back bracken. Our aim is to remove as many foreign species as possible and replace them with native trees.
There are 2 ride leaders, one at the front one at the back to guide the group around safely on a led ride approximately 10-12 miles riding at approximately 8mph. Routes are on quiet roads and /or easy off road terrain.
There are 2 walk leaders per pre risk assessed easy terrain walks in the Golspie area. Walks last up to 1 hr with plenty of stops along the way if required.
Reach4Reality is a small charity working with autistic young people and young adults from across the Highlands involving them in short outdoor activity sessions tailored to their individual needs. As part of this we run regular weekend camps for small groups of young people/adults either at local outdoor activity centres or in self-catering accommodation and providing the activities ourselves.
We are looking for Activity Volunteers to support us to continue to do this.
Volunteers would take part in activities alongside the young people and support them generally during the social times (e.g. chatting, playing board games).
Activities might include: walking, foundation trail biking, mountain biking, archery, canoeing, team challenges.
On our self-catering weekends we are also looking for volunteers who would be able to assist with the catering for the group.
We also run two 5 day camps/year (24-28.7.23 and 9-13.10.23) and would additionally welcome volunteers who would be able to join us for one of these.
Glasgow Wheelchair Rugby Club are looking for a new coach. This is an exciting and rare opportunity for someone to take on the coaching of Scotland’s only wheelchair rugby club.
Wheelchair rugby is a fun, fast paced, full contact sport. Our club has dedicated team members who are passionate about the sport, and keen to continue to improve and succeed with the help of our new coach.
Coaches duties:
- Training every Tuesday evening 7-9pm at Tollcross Leisure Centre in the east end of Glasgow.
- Travel down to England 3 to 5 times a year for competitions. These competitions usually take place in the north of England over the course of a weekend. Travelling down Friday afternoon/evening and returning Sunday evening.
- Submitting a team sheet prior to competition weekends naming who will be attending and playing.
- Help with equipment and running/ coaching/ supporting the team during competition games.
- Liaising closely with GBWR (our governing body)
- Keeping abreast of all changes and initiatives within the sport of wheelchair rugby.
- This is an opportunity for whoever takes on the role to grow and expand their knowledge of the sport, and stamp their mark on the team with their own training and coaching style.
Volunteering at parkrun
Volunteering at parkrun is an opportunity to get outside, make new friends, have fun, learn new skills and to be a valuable part of your local community. We are always looking for new volunteers. This page explains how to get involved.
How to get involved
Finding out about Prestwick Oval junior parkrun volunteering opportunities couldn't be easier. Simply open a recent parkrun newsletter, results email or volunteer email, click on 'manage my profile', then 'email options', then select the events you'd like to hear from and click 'save opt-in events list'. You will then receive regular emails from those events letting you know all about their volunteering opportunities.
Future volunteer roster
You can see an event's future volunteer roster via their specific future roster page. To get in touch with the event directly, just send an email to prestwickovaljuniors@parkrun.com
What would I do at the Event?
First, and most importantly, we never ask anybody to do anything they're not comfortable with. If you don't want a particular task, please let us know and we will happily give you an alternative job. Nevertheless, none of our tasks are too stressful. You could be organising the finish funnel, operating the timer, or scanning barcodes using the simple Virtual Volunteer app. If you really want to do something in particular, please let us know and we'll see what we can do.
Remember as a volunteer you are the eyes and ears of parkrun. If you have any concerns that arise at a parkrun event, whether involving children or adults, you should discuss those concerns with the Run Director on the day, as soon as possible thereafter or email Head Office at eventsupport@parkrun.com.
The core team
Prestwick Oval junior parkrun happens largely because of our fantastic volunteers. The weekly team of volunteers are led by a small group of parkrun enthusiasts who form what we call the 'core team': They make sure the event is setup and packed away each week, the results published, the tokens resorted, event reports written and so much more.
Event Director - Jamie Marshall-Watt & Paul Deas
We're very grateful to the help provided by everybody, both now and in the past, who've helped make Prestwick Oval junior parkrun happen.
Volunteering at parkrun
Volunteering at parkrun is an opportunity to get outside, make new friends, have fun, learn new skills and to be a valuable part of your local community. We are always looking for new volunteers. This page explains how to get involved.
How to get involved
Finding out about Troon parkrun volunteering opportunities couldn't be easier. Simply open a recent parkrun newsletter, results email or volunteer email, click on 'manage my profile', then 'email options', then select the events you'd like to hear from and click 'save opt-in events list'. You will then receive regular emails from those events letting you know all about their volunteering opportunities.
Future volunteer roster
You can see an event's future volunteer roster via their specific future roster page. To get in touch with the event directly, just send an email to troon@parkrun.com
What would I do at the Event?
First, and most importantly, we never ask anybody to do anything they're not comfortable with. If you don't want a particular task, please let us know and we will happily give you an alternative job. Nevertheless, none of our tasks are too stressful. You could be organising the finish funnel, operating the timer, or scanning barcodes using the simple Virtual Volunteer app. If you really want to do something in particular, please let us know and we'll see what we can do.
Remember as a volunteer you are the eyes and ears of parkrun. If you have any concerns that arise at a parkrun event, whether involving children or adults, you should discuss those concerns with the Run Director on the day, as soon as possible thereafter or email Head Office at eventsupport@parkrun.com.
The core team
Troon parkrun happens largely because of our fantastic volunteers. The weekly team of volunteers are led by a small group of parkrun enthusiasts who form what we call the 'core team': They make sure the event is setup and packed away each week, the results published, the tokens resorted, event reports written and so much more.
Event Directors - Gregor Wilson & Rachel Cox
We're very grateful to the help provided by everybody, both now and in the past, who've helped make Troon parkrun happen.
No matter how good our services are, we can't properly support our users/community well if we don't have good leaders in the team. If this sounds like you?... we would love you to consider volunteering with us for a few hours per week.
The Vale of Leven Trust were established to develop the community of the Vale of Leven.
Are you a person who loves being outdoors, who likes to meet new people and encourage others to stay active, the Vale of Leven Trust are looking for Walk Leaders who are enthusiastic and reliable and would be interested in becoming Social Walk Leaders. You will develop your Leadership, Management and Communication skills and gain the satisfaction of supporting and encouraging members of the local community to stay active, you will receive Walk Leader Training for your role.
The Vale of Leven Trust would ask potential Social Walk Leaders to attend four social walks to understand how the walks run.
No matter how good our services are, we can't properly support our users/community well if we don't have good leaders in the team. If this sounds like you?... we would love you to consider volunteering with us for a few hours per week.
The Vale of Leven Trust were established to develop the community of the Vale of Leven
We are looking for people who love cycling and would like to help others increase their skills and confidence by becoming one of our cycle leaders. We are looking for confident cyclists with a friendly, welcoming and encouraging attitude. Vale of Leven Trust will provide you with the training and cycle leader qualification that you need for the role, they will help you to develop your leadership, management and communication skills as well as the satisfaction from supporting and encouraging members of the local community to stay active.
Vale of Leven Trust would ask potential cycle leaders to attend four of the group rides to enable you to get a sense of how the rides operate.