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No matter how good our services are, we can't properly support our users/community well if we don't have skilled people in the team. If this sounds like you?... we would love you to consider volunteering with us for a few hours per week. Tullochan Training Academy gives young people the opportunity to learn from more experienced people to develop their own gardening and landscaping skills and put them to some good use. Tullochan Training Academy need volunteers who are keen to undertake a level of garden maintenance including weeding, mulching, edging,raking, digging over ground, staking and tying in plants, pruning plants, dead heading, preparation of flower beds, tidying and path maintenance in addition to Seasonal maintenance, composting, bed renovation and development of grounds, clearing overgrown areas, training will be provided. The gardening project is designed to support local charities and businesses in keeping their greenspace/grounds clean and tidy so that we can create better public or private spaces for the benefit of the local community. We will provide volunteers with an induction, including health and safety procedures. Specific horticultural skills will be developed whilst on the job. So, whether you are looking to use your time well, update your skills or have the chance to do something a bit new, we would love to hear from you. In return, we can offer you a warm welcome and all of the support and help you could need. We are seeing a rise in demand for our services, everyday. Having your help will allow us to be there for the people who need us. Any time you can give will make a real difference.

Clean Up Aberdeen is part of Keep Scotland Beautiful's national mass-engagement campaign Clean Up Scotland. Litter picking clean ups are a great way of bringing people together. Young and old alike can roll up their sleeves together to show that they care about their neighbourhood. Everyone can take part from individuals to schools, community groups and businesses. Clean Ups are great fun and make a noticeable difference to areas. Environmental Services can lend you litter picking tongs, high viz vests, gloves and black bags and will uplift the collected rubbish. All you have to do is pick and bag the litter. For more details, or to get help organising an event call 03000 200 292 or e-mail cleanaberdeen@aberdeencity.gov.uk You can also register a Clean Up of your local community with friends and family, work colleagues or your community group at: https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/environment/clean-aberdeen

Murton Trust is a registered charity and Murton Farm, Tea Room and Nature Reserve is also a popular visitor attraction based 2 miles outside of Forfar, Angus and currently has opportunities for anyone interested in volunteering. Do you have a few hours to spare? Would you like to get involved in helping Murton Trust? As an adult volunteer with us you can share a particular skill you have whether that be organisational providing office support, photography social media, estate management & animal handling. However experience or specific skill set is not needed as we will provide training to volunteers. If you have the ability to work independently this is highly advantageous however should you require a bit of support this is also available for limited number of people too. If you are interested or would like to find out more please get in touch.

PC Build Department - Will be involved in refurbishing PC’s starting with an empty shell and reloading all hardware/software and operating systems. Will learn how to image machines and build to a standard to pass to Quality Control for checking. Other duties are moving stock from cages, separating PC equipment and sorting items as required

Aberdeen Climate Action (ACA) is seeking Social Media Lead volunteers to help with the crucial work in our Social Media team. Our website and social media provide information on climate change, sustainable living, and relevant events. The purpose of social media team is to guide the creation of new posts, to unify the organisation’s social media presence. ACA is a volunteer led organisation, which focuses on educating and prompting action on climate change in the North East of Scotland. As a Social Media Lead Volunteer, you’ll find yourself helping with • Primarily promoting the climate café each month. • Managing the messages to social media accounts. • Promoting events. • Creating graphics. • Making relevant content. • Creating Facebook events for the café. • Promoting sustainability articles/ideas via our social media platforms while liaising with other groups such as XR and Friends Of the Earth. You’ll be working alongside a diverse collection of individuals; from students to retirees; lawyers to oil and gas professionals; local Aberdonians to peoples from across the globe. ACA wants to offer you an interesting and valuable opportunity that can help bolster your CV, develop or gain skills; make new friends; or just do your part to help the environment. No matter what, your time and the work you do helps ACA complete its valuable work in the North East. For more information or any queries, please email our volunteer support team: recruit@aberdeenclimateaction.org

- Willing to participate in activities and learn about new cultures? - Ready to create social change and improve peoples lives? No matter where you are in Scotland, you have access to training and learning opportunities abroad that can help you gain skills, boost confidence, and earn qualifications. Our organisation offers multiple trips throughout the year, with mentors available to provide support. We partner with other organizations to offer placements in Ghana, Romania, and potentially Eastern European countries, each with a unique set of activities and tasks that focus on developing various skills. We offer shorter 3 to 4 day trips for young people, aged 16-30, as well as longer trips of 2 to 3 weeks for anyone over 16. An exciting and great opportunity to help and make a difference. For more information please contact Megan Beattie, Project Delivery Lead at email: start@standinternational.org or telephone: 0131 659 9943. Further information is also available at: https://www.standinternational.org/

Looking for Walk Leaders for health and buggy walks in the Falkirk area. We have lovely walks all over Falkirk and we are looking to start new walk. All our current Walk Leader Volunteers are the most amazing people and we appreciate their help so much, and without them the walks would not be possible. So if you would like to be part of our team of volunteers, meet new people and get fresh air whilst getting fitter yourself, please get in touch; we would love to have you in our team. Step Forth is a walking for health initiative. We run health walks, longer walks, buggy groups, Nordic walking and falls prevention classes. We have 13 walks across the Falkirk Council area, and hoping to start more walks in the near future. Joining a walking group makes a huge difference to people’s lives, physically, mentally and socially. Our walks allow people to meet up, make friends, find new areas to walk and get a bit fitter. Walks are well organised and very sociable. This is all down to our fantastic volunteer walk leaders. Once trained, walk leaders will be able to lead a short, safe and social led walk with a pace that suits everyone. New walk leaders will be asked to shadow an existing walk to gain experience from other leaders. They will also be the supported by the Step Forth Coordinator. Walk leaders duties are: • Take register of everyone attending the walk. • Ask new walkers to fill in a health questionnaire. • Lead a safe walk. • Make sure that everyone has spoken or has spoken to someone on the walk. • Make sure that everyone gets back to meeting point.

Do you love clothing, fashion, or a good bargain? Or perhaps you want to meet people in your local community and help provide a service that benefits them? Come volunteer in our unique high street R:evolve retail shops as a R:evolve Retail Assistant! Our R:evolve shops in Hamilton and Rutherglen allow customers to swap their unwanted clothing for free using our points-based system or grab a second-hand bargain from our for sale sections. The shops are also home to Wee Jinty’s Haberdashery which stocks preloved and repurposed haberdashery, second hand equipment and handmade gifts. As part of a team of volunteers at your chosen location, you will provide customer service and engagement, general upkeep of the shops, and carry out duties requested by the Shops Supervisor As a volunteer R:evolve Retail Assistant you will: • Welcome and assist customers. • Weigh / check donations. • Calculate points for swapping transactions. • Handle cash for sales transactions. • Sort, steam, and prepare donations for display. • Price items for sale. • Help keep the shop clean and tidy. • Display clothing, accessories, and materials to make the shop attractive. • Follow shop and organisation procedures and policies. • Promote the goals of the R:evolve project to customers. • Attend occasional training refreshers and review catch-up meetings as required. APPLY VIA OUR WEBSITE www.revolve-recycle.co.uk/volunteering

Do you love finding charity shop treasures? Do you have an eye for bringing tired clothing back to life as something new? Or maybe you prefer to work back stage and not in a customer-facing role. Why not Volunteer at R:evolve Roots! Our sorting space team members are the foundation of our organisation. They work together in teams supported by R:evolve staff to sort and process our clothing and textile donations making sure that everything gets to the correct place within R:evolve. Joining the Sorting Space Team gives you first-look at all the donations we receive at the project – an added bonus! As a R:evolve Sorting Space Team Member you will: · Sort, steam, and prepare donations. · Identify items to be sold in our online shop, or sold at thrift + gift, or upcycled and repaired at our community workshops. · Prep clothing for events, displays, and photographing. · Sort, price, and package items to be sold in thrift + gift or at Wee Jinty’s Haberdashery · Carry out basic textile repair e.g., zip replacement, seam mending. (Only assigned to volunteers who feel comfortable doing so). · Follow organisation procedures and policies. · Attend occasional training refreshers and review meetings as required. APPLY VIA OUR WEBSITE www.revolve-recycle.co.uk/volunteering

Do you love clothing, fashion, or a good bargain? Or perhaps you want to meet people in your local community and help provide a service that benefits them? Come volunteer in our unique high street R:evolve retail shops as a R:evolve Retail Assistant! Our R:evolve shops in Hamilton and Rutherglen allow customers to swap their unwanted clothing for free using our points-based system or grab a second-hand bargain from our for sale sections. The shops are also home to Wee Jinty’s Haberdashery which stocks preloved and repurposed haberdashery, second hand equipment and handmade gifts. As part of a team of volunteers at your chosen location, you will provide customer service and engagement, general upkeep of the shops, and carry out duties requested by the Shops Supervisor As a volunteer R:evolve Retail Assistant you will: • Welcome and assist customers. • Weigh / check donations. • Calculate points for swapping transactions. • Handle cash for sales transactions. • Sort, steam, and prepare donations for display. • Price items for sale. • Help keep the shop clean and tidy. • Display clothing, accessories, and materials to make the shop attractive. • Follow shop and organisation procedures and policies. • Promote the goals of the R:evolve project to customers. • Attend occasional training refreshers and review catch-up meetings as required. APPLY VIA OUR WEBSITE www.revolve-recycle.co.uk/volunteering