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We are looking for Winter Warriors to help grit our local pavements and keep Stockethill, Cornhill, and the surrounding areas safe for residents of all ages and physical abilities. As a Winter Warrior, you will be a part of a team of local residents. Warriors work in pairs to grit pavements and keep the pavements safe to use. The team receives advance warning of bad weather and our Coordinator is responsible for managing the Warriors to ensure best use of resources. You will receive training and all equipment is provided. A fantastic opportunity to help make a real difference for people and the community during winter. All volunteer help is greatly appreciated. For more information please contact Bea Dawkins, Chairperson at email: beadawkins93@gmail.com

Welcome guide volunteers are mobile on the main concourse of Ninewells Hospital. The volunteers provide a warm welcome to patients, visitors and staff coming into the hospital. The volunteers will approach people who may be looking lost or needing additional assistance around the hospital. They can provide directions to appointments, clinics or wards as requested and can if required escort people to their destination within the hospital. They are knowledgable of site information for example locations of public toilets, refreshments, public transport information

As an Inspection volunteer, you will take part in at least 6 inspections per year. You may travel to inspections and join inspectors on site. Also involved will be telephoning people to find out what they think of the service they get and help run focus groups. You will contribute to an inspection report and you and the inspector will feedback to the manager of the service to tell them what people told you and what you saw.

Would you enjoy promoting good ethical research by joining an NHS Research Ethics Committee (REC)? NHS RECs protect research participants and facilitate ethical research by reviewing research applications for approval. They make up the UK-wide ethics review system regulated by the Health Research Authority (HRA). We currently have exciting opportunities for more members to join our NHS Research Ethics Committees (RECs) and contribute to our work. Committees are made up of volunteer members who give their time to make a difference. Their work is varied but includes some of the biggest challenges we face in health and social care today, from cancer to dementia, and more recently COVID-19. REC members are a mixture of experts (registered healthcare professionals, clinical trial statisticians, data and population sciences and other experts in research) and lay members with an interest in health research ethics. Despite having different roles and experiences all members have a shared goal; to ensure research is ethical and fair. Being a REC member offers more than just the chance to shape and improve health and social care research. We provide regular training and support our members’ development, both professionally and personally. REC members develop their knowledge and are kept up to date on the latest developments in research and ethics. Our clinical members also earn Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points for their work with us. Our Committee meet virtually, zia Zoom (web conferencing). Our members join from the clinic, the office or home. We offer role sharing that you can join with a colleague and share the workload. As a REC member you will gain: understanding of research ethics understanding of relevant legislation increased knowledge in research including methodology and statistics specialised knowledge of specific types of research (e.g. clinical trials, paediatrics, medical devices, qualitative research etc.) enhanced committee skills: summarising, debating, evaluating and decision-making access to Health Research Authority and other expert-led training and development opportunity to train for the role of a REC Officer i.e. Chair or Vice Chair. Commitment & Workload: attending full REC meetings virtually via Zoom monthly (minimum 6 meetings per year) full REC meetings last 3-4 hours and require five to six hours of reading in preparation meetings are virtual currently; however, any travel costs for REC work will be reimbursed taking part in sub-committee work with two hours reading for each sub-committee reviewing research applications and amendments electronically through our members’ portal or email induction training within your first six months of appointment, equality, diversity and human rights training within your first year of appointment (can be done through your own employer) a minimum of four hours training related to research ethics for each year as a REC member. We require all prospective candidates to attend a REC meeting as an observer. This is the most effective way of understanding what REC Committees do.

MS Therapy Centre in Dundee is accepting applications from people to join their team of oxygen chamber operators. Our oxygen sessions operate 6 days a week in a non-clinical environment. Volunteers would ideally provide back-up and support to our lead chamber operators. Full training would take place on the premises. As some of our members require assistance in and out of the oxygen chamber, would ask that you are physically fit. Ideally volunteer sessions would last 2-3 hours, once a week. The chamber seats 8 people at one time.

we are looking to recruit volunteers who would be able to help specifically with the fund raising side of our charity. We are a transport charity for the NHS and use kitted out motorcycles and specialist vehicles to transport items for the NHS, surgical equipment, blood samples for testing, case notes, special feeds and controlled drugs between NHS sites and sometimes private addresses. We attend various events throughout the year with a bike or two and engage with the public, explaining what we do and allowing kids of all ages to sit on the bikes and have their photo taken. The role would involve attending these events, chatting with the public, assisting folk on and off the bikes and collecting any donations, either in collection tins or with contactless payments. These events generally take place at weekends, this year we are attending car shows, Highland Games, shopping centres and have been invited invited to Ayr air show. These events are usually split into morning and afternoon shifts although a full day volunteering would be fine as well. Volunteers will be issued with ID for collecting and possibly a charity branded fleece or top for those who can commit to long term volunteering. Generally we do not offer travel expenses but for events further afield transport is usually available from our base at QEUH. Long term volunteers can take on more responsibilities if they wish by helping to find events to attend or organising these events logistics, ie people attending and vehicles to take etc. While a car or bike licence would be useful, it is certainly not required, however for those who can/want to drive, a clean, current licence held at least 3 years is required for our insurance policy if they are driving one of our vehicles.

This is an opportunity to undertake a satisfying and rewarding role. As part of our team of volunteers, you will provide customer support, whilst working in a friendly atmosphere, providing an extremely useful and appreciated service to the Charity. Potential volunteers must have a competent level of the English language. Since the outbreak of covid the goverment has set out guidelines for retail to ensure all our staff, customers and volunteers are safe. This volunteer role will help make this possible by doing the following: •Meeting and greeting customersat the entrance of the shop •Managing a socially distanced queuing system •Advising customers of theCOVID19 procedures we have in placein the shop,including hand sanitising and social distancing. •Accepting donations and completing gift aidapplications•Helping with the ongoing good hygiene procedures of the shop

Time to meet and greet your local community. Become an important member of the British Heart Foundation team and help to support not only your local store but BHF research into heart and circulatory disease. We need volunteers who are chatty, friendly and willing to follow our volunteering guidelines to help us recruit more like minded people. Get involved with your community, face to face and web based, placing adverts online and making contacts within the local colleges and job centers. Join your local team and help to introduce people to the wonderful world of volunteering and our lifesaving research into heart disease.

Do you walk down the street and say hello to everyone you meet? Are you a familiar and friendly face around town? Or are you looking to integrate yourself into the local community? We’re always looking for confident, chatty and driven volunteers to generate great quality stock. You will help to build and maintain friendly relationships with existing and new business contacts, arranging local collections for your local store and talking to local business’ about surplus stock. Become a part of our stock campaigns and get the local community involved in our stock events. All the stock which people like you generate helps us provide funding for over half of the UK’s independent research into heart and circulatory disease!

If you’re tech savvy and know your way around eBay; have a keen eye for unusual or sought after collectables then join our volunteering team. Come and be amazed at some of the items that are donated to your local store and strike gold with those rare finds. We’ve got dedicated eBay resources to help and assist you with this volunteering role. Research the interesting items; package the small items in our eBay boxes and send them off to be sold at our eBay HQ. Every week we’ll send updates about the most unusual and exciting finds we’ve managed to sell though our stores, will your find be the next eBay headliner? Get the thrill of researching the curious objects and revel in the satisfaction of sitting back and watching the bids role in. Become a mighty keyboard warrior and help raise funds for our lifesaving research into heart disease.