Are you passionate about positive mental health? Do you believe in the strength of community? Do you have a few hours to spare every 6-8 weeks (minimum commitment)? We are seeking to appoint new members of the Board of Trustees to support Changes strategic development. Our Trustees are there to lead, control and supervise the organisation’s activities. The main responsibilities of a Trustee are detailed below (Scottish Charity for Voluntary Organisation definitions): • Set and maintain the vision, mission and values of the organisation. • Develop direction, strategy and planning. • Ensure the organisation has the structure and resources for its work. • Establish policies and procedures to govern organisational activity, including guidance for the board, volunteers, and staff. • Establish systems for reporting and monitoring. • Manage risk and ensure compliance and accountability with the governing document, external regulators and the law. • Make certain that the financial affairs of the organisation are conducted properly and are accurately reported.

We are looking for people who can spare a couple hours a week throughout the whole of South Lanarkshire to go to local businesses and collect cans thathave donations in them. Each can route can average £200 a week so the collections and distributions of empty ones are vital to the charity. A driving licence is required.

Supporting our laundry gives valuable time back to our housekeeping staff who are vital in the hospice. It allows them to have more time to spend on the ward. You would be working with washing machines, dryers, and a roller iron. Don’t worry if you have never done anything like this before as all necessary training will be provided as well as PPE

Fancy making a difference? We are run entirely by volunteers who give up their own time to help us. There are two main types of volunteers: the uniformed Leaders and the Executive Committee. We help volunteers get the most out of their experiences by providing opportunities for adventure, training, fun and friendship. The Scout Association award-winning training scheme for volunteers means that adults get as much from Scouts as young people. The approach focuses on what you want to get out of volunteering with Scouts, while respecting how much time you can offer. Over 90% of Scout volunteers say that their skills and experiences have been useful in their work or personal life. In Scouting, our adults have a responsibility to make sure that the Programme is fun and exciting. We must also make sure that it is safe. The Scout Association’s policies, rules, code of behaviour, advice on Child Protection and safety policy are there to ensure our young people stay safe while they enjoy themselves and learn. Volunteering for Scouting is one of the most fun, rewarding and positive things you can ever do. You can give as much or a little time you like and we will match opportunities that fit your skills and time available. If you would like to have fun and make friends, earn professional qualifications and make a real difference to the lives of young people please volunteer with us.

Do you enjoy working with children? Are you available weekday afternoons from 3.30-6.30pm? Do you have an interest in Cooking? Enjoy Helping others? Volunteer required to support the class facilitator (No experience required and training will be provided). To encourage the children of primary school age upwards to learn as much as possible and be confident in the kitchen whilst promoting healthy eating. 1) Assist the class facilitator with preparations prior to class starting. 2) Monitor, assist and support the children with their cooking, as required. 3) Help the children to pack their cooked goods to take home. 4) Assist the children in tidying up and helping the class facilitator to clean and pack everything away. 5) As this involves regulated work a PVG Disclosure is required

The SSAFA Mentoring service provides long-term, one-to-one, face-to-face support during transition and for up to two years post discharge to all members of our armed forces. By supporting, guiding and signposting individuals we can ensure a successful transition is achieved. Our volunteer mentors are an integral part of the team supporting the service user into civilian life often helping them to understand and navigate their new environment. A SSAFA Mentor is an individual who commits the time to build a professional relationship with a service leaver or their family through a challenging period of time. Providing support and guidance along the way. Mentoring is natural skill that we all have, the ability to listen and empathise as well as question and challenge in an environment that sees rewards at different levels. Leaving the Armed Forces can a difficult and stressful time for serving personnel: to ensure the SSAFA mentoring team can continue to offer face to face mentors to those in transition it is important to encourage and recruit new mentors to the team. Mentors provide weekly meetings within a 50 mile radius of their home address and will: Assist the client to establish realistic goals and work towards achieving them. Act as a sounding board when the client wants to discuss decisions and ideas. Challenge opportunities, problems, personal strengths and weaknesses. Signpost to other organisations and sources of knowledge. Seek opportunities to help the client practice and develop key skills for the future. Pass on know-how and essential thinking patterns and attitudes. Generate workable solutions together in a mutually respectful way. Motivate, advise and support whilst empowering the service leaver to make their own decisions and take responsibility for their own actions and development. Maintain regular contact with your Regional Mentoring Coordinator and provide accurate meeting records after every meeting via a secure email system. What can you gain from this volunteering role? Support people in your community with a military background using your patience, time and life experience Support and friendship from the Mentoring team and fellow mentors Experience, training and skills that you can highlight on your CV and in job interviews Better physical and mental health – studies show that volunteers live longer and experience lower levels of stress and depression! Key role responsibilities Meet with their client for an hour each week for a period of up to but not limited to12 months. Support the client and SSAFA ensure they receive any necessary support from SSAFA or external organisations. Complete (mandatory) accurate records of all contact made with the client, by using the SSAFA Email system Maintain regular contact with their Regional Mentoring Coordinator Agree to any supervision deemed necessary. Attend mandatory Network/Refresher training every three years Uphold the aims and values of SSAFA and comply with all current policies; confidentiality, impartiality and equal opportunities. To be reliable and fulfil any time commitment made to a client DBS Check will be required. IT literacy.

Santa is looking for some enthusiastic, fun-loving volunteer Elves to help him in his workshop in Bon Accord Centre Aberdeen this Christmas. Elves will meet and greet children and their families, check bookings, ensure gifts are ready to be handed out, introduce children to Santa, prepare and take photographs, sell Charlie House merchandise and photo packages, and ensure that the workshop is clean and tidy. There will always to a Chief Elf on hand to keep any mischievous elves in order! This is a busy and fun role where you will be helping to make special Christmas memories for local families. You will also be helping to raise funds for Charlie House. The charity was founded in 2011 with the goal of improving quality of life for babies, children and young people in the North-east of Scotland who have life-limiting or life-threatening conditions and to provide support for their families. A fantastic opportunity to help. All help (and Christmas Elves) makes a real difference and is greatly appreciated. For more details please contact us at E Mail: volunteer@charliehouse.org.uk or telephone: 01224 313333.

Colourful Carnoustie is a group of volunteers who develop and maintain the floral ‘look’ of the town by providing and maintaining hanging baskets, cascades, planters, train station tubs, and other projects that help to brighten up Carnoustie, especially during the summer months. We work with local schools and organisations and are dedicated to improving the environment that we live in and in involving all sections of the community. In 2015, 2016 and 2018 Carnoustie won gold awards in the Beautiful Scotland competition. After the 2018 Open Golf ended the R&A invited bids for participation in The Open Legacy Fund. We were successful and have been awarded money, principally to upgrade the so-called Rest Garden, opposite the Leisure Centre, plus other projects Carnoustie to Barry is a long town, as I am sure you know. Slowly but surely we have managed to move both east and west from the town centre, with summer hanging baskets and other projects. If you haven’t seen the work done at the start of the cycle path as you leave Carnoustie to East Haven, or at the Dibble Tree, to name just two examples, do have a look. As always we need Help! Help of any kind is much appreciated, whether in providing ideas, helping with projects, an hour or two of planting up or weeding, taking responsibility for watering one or some planters or fund-raising.

We are running our usual 1st Saturday Beach Clean at Monifieth. Litter picker, bin bag holders and bags are available. All are welcome but children aged 16 and under need to be accompaied by a responsible adult.

We are looking for volunteers who could contribute to the children starting a fruit and vegetable garden to allow the children to learn how to plant, watch grow then produce soup, jams, etc for the community and possibly start a little garden shop enterprise. We have ongoing projects involving painting, maintenance, building sheds, planting, and weeding developing areas within the school grounds. We have a pond and the children enjoy getting involved with pond dipping to see what wildlife it attracts so additional volunteers would allow us to plan more days doing these things. We are a small village school with a great group of children some of whom would benefit greatly from working and learning from adults out with the classroom.