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We are looking for volunteers to help us: -Maintain the campsite ready for use by Scout Groups -Support groups using the sites -With approval from Clyde Scouts Trustees develop and improve the site -Support any fundraising and events Whether you are great at strimming the grass, cutting hedges, creating events to involve the local community or have any other skills, we'd be delighted to hear from you. All members of the Avondyke Scout Active Support Unit are asked to commit to volunteering for an average of 6 days per year.

Being a Community Facilitator is all about delivering a variety of lifesaving first aid skills in community engagement workshops and projects, within local communities, and primary and secondary schools. A lot of these projects involve talking about and demonstrating the basics of first aid to community groups that can include children, young people, and vulnerable adults. The role is all about promoting first aid awareness and helping to achieve our mission to create a nation of lifesavers.

Our Outdoor Education Assistant role is varied and includes helping our experienced staff to deliver play, school, weekend events and birthday parties. It's a great opportunity to develop new outdoor learning and Play Ranger skills, including designing and delivering activities for all ages. Opportunities exist for this role to also support other desk based developments around our wider education and training offer to communities, namely: - Supporting the ongoing management of our School support packages. - Supporting the development of our online teacher training/support products. - Supporting development of a new‘membership’ package for schools. - Supporting development and roll out online learning packages related to school groups, uniformed organisations, and families.

We are currently looking for volunteers for our open volunteer days on Thursdays. Volunteers will drop in any time between 10am - 5pm and spend time cultivating the market garden and beautifying the Croft. This is not only a good opportunity to get involved in our community, but also a great way to get hands-on experience of gardening and DIY crafts led by our education officers. Spend time outside, learn something and meet great folks!

Are you passionate about recycling? Green transport? Making things more accessible? Do you want to get out and about in your local community whilst giving a helping hand? The Tamfourhill Tenants and Residents Organisation are looking for volunteers to help with a new Project which aims to support people who don’t have access to the recycling centre due to lack of access to a car or other accessibility barriers. In order to enable people to get rid of rubbish and recycling, our team of volunteers will visit houses which have booked a collection, pick up waste, transport it onto e-cargo bikes and then load up a van which will be driven to the recycling centre. This will not only keep the area cleaner in terms of waste, it will also reduce emissions by limiting car trips to the recycling centre and promote cargo bikes as a travel option. This will ensure Camelon and Tamfourhill is a cleaner community for everyone and tackle social isolation. Volunteers are needed in x2 roles: 1. Collection Volunteers are needed to travel around residential areas on foot/bike to collect bagged and unwanted rubbish from residents who have pre-booked a collection. They will also support our e-cargo bikers to load up cargo for the recycling centre or to be taken to a van. 2. E-Cargo Bikers are needed to collect bagged and unwanted rubbish from residents who have pre-booked a collection using a e-cargo bike before cycling the cargo to a nearby van for offloading. Note: If you are interested in becoming an E-Cargo Bike volunteer, Forth Environment Link will be providing training so you can cycle with confidence (even if you have never ridden an e-bike before!). The project will initially run for 4 x 2 week blocks (8 weeks in total) in September and November 2023 and then January and March 2024, so, we are looking for people who can volunteer for a minimum of 4 days (weekdays or weekend days - days meaning 4/5 hours onsite) during the 8 month project. Volunteers will be safety briefed by Tamfourhill Tenants and Residents Organisation and PPE will be provided. All volunteers will also be well supported throughout and there will be a ‘on call’ volunteer available to help, advise and solve any issues. All walking and cycling during collections will be on residential streets. If you are interested in this role please contact Babs McCool, Project Support Volunteer via email: babs.mccool6889@gmail.com or phone: 07746 073782

WDCS Shorewatch programme is looking for dedicated volunteers to carry out 10 minute whale and dolphin monitoring surveys ('Shorewatch') from designated watching sites along the Scottish Coastline., and at points in Caithness. Volunteers will be trained to identify common whale, dolphin and porpoise species found in Scottish waters, use specialised watching equipment and record presence and absense sightings data. The programme aims to provide long term, regular and year-round monitoring at sites of particular interest. With the aim of learning more about how whales and dolphins use these areas; highlighting any changes in distribution and behaviour. By collecting information to help WDCS understand more about whales and dolphins locally, volunteers will be actively contributing to their protection. This opportunity is active all year around.

Volunteer in Dunnet Forest, helping with general maintenance, tree planting etc. We are expanding our volunteer workdays to include Sundays 11am-2pm. This is an opportunity to give something back and help maintain this valued community Woodland for the public. Why not get out and about, fresh air, meet people and also make a difference?

Are you green fingered? Good at growing vegetables? Passionate about getting more people growing food in Falkirk? Project Food at FEL are looking for Volunteers to be Garden Buddies! You’ll be part of a project which aims to plant the seed for healthier, more sustainable futures by helping people grow their own food and make tasty, nutritious meals with it. Through buddying, mentoring, networking and peer learning, we help community leaders and volunteers share food knowledge and get more produce growing locally. As a Garden Buddy, you’ll be matched to a community project with a garden and will be there to guide them as they develop their growing project. So, whether you consider yourself an expert when it comes to growing food or you’ve managed to get some herb pots going and grown some garden veggies – we want to hear from you! How you support and how much time you commit is completely up to you and who you’re matched with. It could be 1 hr a month where you have a monthly planning session over coffee, it could be ad-hoc remote advice, or it could be a couple of hours a week/month of hands-on involvement in the growing process. If you don’t quite consider yourself an expert, this could even be an opportunity to learn alongside your community project if you are looking to build on your own skills and knowledge!

We are developing a pioneering Scotland-wide path network for the benefit of all and we need volunteers in Orkney to help us. This is a great opportunity to improve your confidence in navigation skills and help you learn more about your local area. In Orkney you will be auditing data on existing paths or capturing new, currently un-mapped paths. You will be: -Participating in a short training workshop -Working with the Ramblers Scotland team to gather or capture data on paths in Orkney. -Audit data on existing paths or capture new, currently un-mapped paths. -Accurately assessing local Orkney paths to best capture the type of information we’re looking for -Providing feedback on the process to help inform the project going forward We believe that everyone should be able access the outdoors in Scotland with confidence and there is great potential to improve the mapping of paths in Scotland, to help more people get active and healthy and to feel confident to explore our wonderful nature and landscapes. To find -more visit https://www.ramblers.org.uk/mappingscotlandspaths or contact Heath Brown heath.brown@ramblers.org.uk

Greener Orkney is an environmental charity working with the Orkney community to help reduce Orkney’s carbon footprint and clean up the seas. Each month as part of our activities Greener Orkney visits a different beach or urban area in Orkney to pick up and record litter we find there. Anyone is welcome to join in and there is no need to book - just come to the meeting place at the start time and look out for the Greener Orkney banners. We also support other community groups or individuals who wish to undertake beach cleans by providing equipment and support and guidance. To get in touch with Greener Orkney you can use Facebook messenger or email us on greenerorkney@gmail.com. The programme of beach cleans is also advertised on our website ‘greenerorkney.org.uk’.