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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.

We Need Volunteers! Can You Assist Us With: Cleaning Play Equipment, Litter Picking, Gardening, Assisting In Manual Labour (Painting & Light Construction), Photography At The Park, Assisting At Our Clean Up Meeting Point Lock Up Or Even Helping Us Online With Our Website & Our Facebook Page. Interested In Volunteering? What's The Benefits Of Volunteering With Us? A​ Safe & Inclusive Environment, First Aider Onsite, Full PPE Supplied, Free Bottled Water & Sweet Treat, Ability For Youth To Complete A Volunteering Award Such As The Duke of Edinburgh's Award & Saltire Awards, Ability To Gain Confidence, Work As Part Of A Team & Explore Opportunity's To Learn New Skills.

We are looking for personable and outgoing volunteers to join our Zero Waste Cafe team. Cafe volunteers are the first people that visitors see when coming in to our space. Cafe volunteers are essential for welcoming new people to our Zero Waste Hub as well as serving a variety of drinks and delicilous food made in-house by our cooking volunteers.

Welfare Volunteers work together helping to ensure the mental, physical and emotional wellbeing of volunteers and members of the SHRUB Coop. This could include helping create accessible welfare policies, assisting with workshops and drop in sessions and arbitrating conflicts and complaints - not all volunteers have to take part in all tasks, giving the volunteers opportunity to focus on their interest areas. We ask for a minimum commitment of 6 months of volunteering, approximately 2-3h/week.

Key tasks: We have a number of different roles available from shop floor volunteers (Welcoming and informing customers at the Shrub, working on the till, keeping the shop floor tidy, chatting to customers about carbon literacy and sustainable fashion ) to pricing and sorting (helping in the stockroom, sorting and pricing donations, working out which things to keep and which things to pass on) as well as helping with merchandising and displays. We would also love to have some volunteers with particular interests (e.g. graphic design, photography, organisation skills).

Our One Planet Forth Valley (OPFV) collects surplus food from local supermarkets for our Community Fridge. This is food that would otherwise go to waste - ie. food that is close to it's Use By or Best Before dates. We require Fridge Monitor Volunteers to co-ordinate with volunteer drivers and help place food on table, do cleaning of the community fridge, cleaning the fridge tables and sweeping the area, and getting rid of food waste (if any).

Our One Planet Forth Valley (OPFV) collects surplus food from local supermarkets for our Community Fridge. This is food that would otherwise go to waste - ie. food that is close to it's Use By or Best Before dates. We require drivers to pick up the food from the supermarkets and deliver it to our shop in the Howgate Shopping Centre, Falkirk. You would weigh and place food on fridge tables, and co-ordinate with fridge volunteers. o 1-3 hours between Mon-Fri o Mileage covered o Picking up food from local supermarkets and bringing it to our office inside the Howgate Falkirk, weighing and placing food on fridge tables, coordinate with fridge volunteers

We at Scottish Communities Climate Action Network are welcoming volunteers in our Events Circle for 2022. We are a nationwide network with the purpose of supporting community-led action in Scotland to address the climate and nature emergency and work for a just, thriving and resilient Scotland. SCCAN events work to support peer-to-peer networking and learning through: • Running a regular programme of interactive online workshops and meetings for members. (At least 30% of SCCAN members participate in SCCAN regular network events). • Organise one national annual gathering plus regular online open networking events and several regional focused events to nurture the development of new regional networks and / or further support emerging networks. (At least 200 participants). Our events volunteers would commit a couple of hours every two weeks to the following activities: • Setting up and attending event meetings • Facilitating and note taking • Tidying up notes • Event planning • Eventbrite • Delivering the event • Emails prior & post (with evaluation Google form survey) to attendees and reports • Send recordings/pictures and reports • Feedback forms

Forfar Open Gardens are looking for Volunteer Gardeners to provide general help within the garden whether that be pottering in the outdoor or indoor planting areas, clearing and pruning in the large woodland space or any of the many jobs in between. The garden is an open space for people young and old to come along and enjoy so you have a keen interest in gardening or would like to learn then they would love to hear from you. Youth opportunities are available on Friday afternoons. Interested? Want to know more? Get in touch.

**All our volunteering activities are outdoors and managed carefully with covid in mind** Are you passionate about cycling and walking? Could you inspire young people to cycle or walk more? Volunteer with I Bike! I Bike is a really fun and rewarding project to volunteer with that offers plenty of opportunities to get outdoors for cycling-related activities, boost the CV, gain experience of work with children and young people, meet new people and learn new skills. Good training and support is provided to all volunteers including an online Welcome Session, Child Protection Training, Cycling Skills and Bike Repairs. For most activities you don't have to own a bike to join in - bikes and helmets can be provided depending on availability. I Bike aims to help children and young people become more active through taking part in cycling and walking activities. You would be volunteering alongside a dedicated I Bike Officer in schools, supporting activities for children such as learn to cycle, playground cycle skills, led bike rides, led walks, bike maintenance and much more! What could be better than helping children to ride their bike without stabilisers for the first time? Hear from some of our fantastic volunteers via our website link below. We advocate for volunteering for all - please talk to us if you have any accessibility requirements or other specific requirements.