Befrienders can make a positive difference to a young person’s life. Volunteer Befrienders are needed on a 1:1 basis to support children & young people who face challenges in their daily lives. We are currently looking for caring individuals over the age of 16 years from all walks of life, who can befriend and support a child in East Ayrshire and involve them in activities in the local community to build up their confidence and self-esteem. Volunteer befrienders may be involved with: General Befriending - befriending support for children and young people between the age of 5 – 18 years old who may have low confidence, no social engagement, challenging behaviour, family chaotic lifestyle or care leavers etc. • ADP – this would be very similar to the general befriending service but works to support children and young people who are or have been affected by drug and alcohol misuse and require positive support to re-engage them in community activities. • Tenancy Support – again similar to the general befriending, however this will be supporting young people over the age of 16 who are moving and progressing to live in their own tenancy or supported accommodation and the befriender will take on the role of supporting them with life skills such as cooking, cleaning and being safe within their home. This will encourage the young person to build sustainability within their tenancy.

The volunteer will be able to expand their horizons, meet new people, learn new skills and be able to feel part of the organisation. They will also be secure in the knowledge that they are helping save the lives of death row dogs – no matter how small their contribution. The Rescue will benefit because the management will be able to spend more time on furthering the cause of the Rescue. The dogs will benefit because they will be given the opportunity of more training/exercise. Overall the Rescue organisation will benefit because it will look neater/tidier and more professional.

Coronary heart disease is the UK's single biggest killer but we are leading the fight against it. Volunteering Changes Lives. Are you always on the phone? Are you calm, collected and chatty? We’re always looking for friendly, confident and helpful people to join our team and become the voice of your local store. You will be the first point of contact for our customers helping them with any enquiries and arranging collections for donations and deliveries. Come and be a part of your local team and learn customer service skills and gain experience. If you have good communication skills and able to follow administration processes accurately then come and be a part of our team and laugh and chat with other volunteers over a cup of tea and a biscuit. Perfect for enhancing your CV and skills set.

The Basement Youth Café runs every Friday evening & Saturday afternoon. It is run by a paid youth worker, supported by volunteers to ensure a safe environment. Its aim is to build relationships to support young people as required, offering advice and building self-confidence & self-esteem. Through volunteering with us, volunteers will benefit from gaining practical experiences of working with young people. This will then help in providing young people with a safe environment where they can socialise with friends. Volunteers will also have the opportunity not only to gain experience of working with young people, but also to be able to develop their own skills through helping at the Basement Youth Café. Volunteers are needed on Friday evenings & Saturday afternoons. Volunteers should be prepared to commit to a minimum of 2 sessions a month for at least 3 months. A session lasts 3 hours 15 minutes

We need volunteers with practical DIY skills, including joinery, to help us restore, repair, clean and help maintain old bikes. If you think can turn your hand to these sorts of tasks then we can put your skills to good use. Killie Can Cycle provides low cost bikes for disadvantaged children & individuals by restoring old and broken bikes to full working order. Once repaired and made roadworthy, the bikes are sold on with prices ranging between £5 and £30! We also offer bike repairs and training on how to cycle safely. In addition, we provide refurbished bikes to various communities in developing countries enabling children to cycle to school. Volunteers can gain work experience to add to their CV as part of a motivated and committed team. The objective of the team is to take the charity forward and help to progress its development and growth. Volunteers may also be able to obtain references for future job applications.

We run a youth club two evenings per week on a Monday and Wednesday between 6pm – 8pm. We are keen to recruit more volunteers to enable us to support this work, as the number of children attending is growing and we need to make sure we have an appropriate ratio of adults to children. The YKids Club at the YMCA Kilmarnock operates on Monday evenings between 6pm – 8pm. Volunteers are welcome to come along, by arrangement, for a taster session to see the club and the kids in action. That way volunteers will be able to decide whether they want to continue. There will be opportunities for volunteers to get involved in meetings with other YMCA partners which will may link in well with some college course work.

CASE stands for Caring And Sharing Effectively and the project began in Kilmarnock in December 1999 as a charity with the vision that it would be supported entirely by volunteers so that all the money would go to local community projects & selected projects abroad with the aim of helping those in need. We need more volunteers to work in our charity shop assisting customers with purchasing of goods, preparing items for sale, providing customer advice & taking payments for goods. Volunteers will learn new skills & gain experience to add to their CV, meeting new people, other volunteers & customers will help to build self-confidence which can help people getting back into the workplace.

We are looking for volunteers who have an interest in arts+crafts, music, film, storytelling, sports, reminiscences etc…to join us in providing activities for people with dementia. These sessions will take place on Tuesday afternoons at Cumnock Community Hospital. The activities will depend on the interests of the people attending the sessions. We welcome volunteers of all ages and appreciate the many and varied reasons that draw people to volunteering. Training, travel expenses and support will be provided.

Men's Shed: Do you have practical/DIY skills that you could share with others or skills you would like to learn or improve? If you are sitting at home with nothing to do and would like to come and join us at our North West Kilmarnock Men's Shed, we would be delighted to see you. If you have practical skills to offer or would like to get involved to help us with practical projects in the local community please come along for a chat and see what we do. We are here on Tuesdays between 1pm and 3pm. The organisation’s purpose is to provide recreational facilities by operating a community centre in the North West of Kilmarnock. Kilmarnock North West Community Partnership is looking for a Treasurer to support our board and assist with the financial management of the partnership. Benefits to Volunteers: Volunteers will be part of a busy and thriving community centre; have the opportunity to use transferable skills; give something back to the people of North West Kilmarnock; Meet new people & contribute ideas of what can happen at the Nwkleus centre.

If you have a basic education and could offer your support to people in your areas then join the Essential Skills team in Bank Avenue. Full training and support will be provided. Other tutors will tell you how rewarding this work is and the social life isn't bad either.

Coronary heart disease is the UK's single biggest killer but we are leading the fight against it. Volunteering Changes Lives. Warehouse Volunteer: Do you find gym memberships too expensive? If you like to keep active and stay in shape volunteering in your local furniture and electrical warehouse could be the answer you’re looking for. We always need helpful and active people to check in and book donations that come through our doors and help to load and unload furniture form our donation vans. It’s not just a physical work out you can expect when volunteering here you can also get involved in putting together our flat packed furniture, maybe something to puzzle over! Come and join your local BHF community and feel part of the team with other like-minded volunteers. We will provide you will all the training you need from guides on manual handling techniques to health and safety modules. Are you always on the phone? Are you calm, collected and chatty? We’re always looking for friendly, confident and helpful people to join our team and become the voice of your local store. You will be the first point of contact for our customers helping them with any enquiries and arranging collections for donations and deliveries. Come and be a part of your local team and learn customer service skills and gain experience. If you have good communication skills and able to follow administration processes accurately then come and be a part of our team and laugh and chat with other volunteers over a cup of tea and a biscuit. Perfect for enhancing your CV and skills set.

Coronary heart disease is the UK's single biggest killer but we are leading the fight against it. Volunteering Changes Lives. Store Merchandiser: Do you have a knack for presentation, an eye for detail and enjoy making things look their best? We’re looking for people like you to volunteer in our F&E stores to help make them look as appealing and inspiring as possible. You can expect to be helping out with visual merchandising, making sure everything is displayed to its full potential, you will also be involved in creating eye catching displays in our homeware department ensuring the items are clean and correctly labelled. So what are you waiting for? Join today and become a valued member of the team, chat with customers and other like-minded volunteers. Pop in store to find out more and meet our friendly and ambitious team. Perfect for enhancing your CV and skills set.

Coronary heart disease is the UK's single biggest killer but we are leading the fight against it. Volunteering Changes Lives. Electrical Department Volunteer: Are you a real people person and love to help out? We’re always looking for people who would enjoy giving great customer service and have an interest in electrical items, gadgets and appliances. You’ll get the chance to mingle with the local customers and volunteers, and integrate yourself into the BHF community. Becoming an electrical department volunteer means you will be chatting to the local customers helping them find the right product to suit their needs and making sure that all the stock has been tested and is displayed to our BHF guidelines. If you think you’re ready to take up this electrifying role pop into your local store and meet our friendly team. Perfect for enhancing your CV and skills set.

Coronary heart disease is the UK's single biggest killer but we are leading the fight against it. Volunteering Changes Lives. Online Listings Volunteer: 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. Perfect for enhancing your CV and skills set.

Coronary heart disease is the UK's single biggest killer but we are leading the fight against it. Volunteering Changes Lives. We need volunteers to help deliver British Heart Foundation leaflets to various local venues. Volunteers will accompany a BHF staff member who will take them to and from the area to be leafleted. If you enjoy being out and about walking, this could be the very opportunity for you

The group provide a warm welcome to some of the most marginalised individuals in our community: problematic and chaotic drug and alcohol users. Volunteers are required to help provide a reliable and consistent presence within the project location on a Saturday morning offering a warm welcome to recovery community participants. Duties will include organising and encouraging others to organise and participate in activities helping ensure these activities run as smoothly as possible and helping to tidy up afterwards. On the occasions when people drop in who are very withdrawn and do not want to participate, the volunteer must be sensitive enough to read these signs and respect this, as attending the group can be a huge step for people and sometimes they would rather sit on their own. This is an opportunity to work within the community of East Ayrshire and support individuals on their recovery journey. The volunteer will have access to any and all training available to the group, including Addiction Training, Adult Support and Protection, Child Protection and Committee Skills Training all University of Life training courses and seminars run by the Scottish Recovery Consortium and many more. The role will give the volunteer experience in activity planning with vulnerable groups and assisting those affected by addiction to recover and community development. Group members will benefit by having someone to assist them to keep busy with positive activities in a safe and welcoming environment.

COGS needs volunteers to help with grass cutting for local people in Shortlees. Some gardening experience would also be helpful, but is not essential. Be part of something great, meet people and gain confidence. You will get satisfaction from helping others and making a real difference to the lives of the local community in Shortlees.

General Cleaner: We need someone to help keep our working areas clean and tidy. If you would like to help with general cleaning, please come and have a chat with us. We need volunteers with practical DIY skills to help us restore, repair, clean and help maintain old bikes. If you think can turn your hand to these sorts of tasks then we can put your skills to good use.

We need a group leader to organise and run interesting activities for our group of older women who meet at YMCA on weekly basis for a cuppa & chat. The Good Morning Drop-in for over 50s runs on a Wednesday morning from 10am- 12 noon. Currently, it has 20 registered members, with 12 attending regularly. Members enjoy the company of one another over a cuppa and in the time that the drop-in has been operating a number of good friendships have developed. Apart from chatting over a cuppa, the favourite activities of this group are bingo, raffles with prizes, recreational outings. Members have enjoyed shopping trips and theatre trips to the local Palace Theatre in Kilmarnock. New ideas for some additional creative activities would be welcome. In better weather, our members take their activities outside into the lovely community garden, which was officially opened in August 2016. Someone with some previous experience of organising group activities for older people would be desirable. There will be opportunities for volunteers to get involved in meetings with other YMCA partners which will may link in well with some college course work.

We are looking for keen gardeners who would be willing to come in for a few hours each week to help maintain our community garden, making it possible for us to keep the garden open to the public 7 days a week. The aim is for people to learn how to plant and grow their own vegetables and flowers and have the use of a plot in our community garden to do that if they live in a flat without any garden. People are key to the success of the garden. We want local people to come in and utilise the space, work in it and use it. We have gardening equipment here for people to use, too. Tasks would include: External • Pruning and weeding • Grass cutting • Planting hanging baskets • Watering plants • Cutting grass • Sweeping up and general tidying • People applying their own ideas • Coaching and supporting others Within the workshop, there are lockers to keep personal belongings safe whilst working in the garden. Plenty of gloves and tools for people of all ages. There are tea and coffee making facilities and toilet facilities for both abled and disabled users.

Community Friends offers a weekly drop-in service every Monday, Wednesday & Friday afternoon offering support for people experiencing homelessness issues. We offer food, friendship advice and social activities. The service is manned by volunteers with professional advice being offered by statutory agencies (Housing Options; Community Health & Addiction Services). The aim is that those who attend will gain confidence, receive assistance to set goals for the future & will have regular opportunities to engage with relevant support services in a neutral environment.

Coronary heart disease is the UK's single biggest killer but we are leading the fight against it. Volunteering Changes Lives. Cash Desk Volunteer: Are you a social butterfly? Love getting in to conversations? Always have a welcoming smile on your face? Get to know the people from your community with this versatile volunteering role. Gain valuable experience in customer service adding value to your CV. You’ll be at the heart of the BHF’s fight against heart disease. You will be serving customers, helping to promote our stock and awareness campaigns and encouraging every donor to become part of our Gift Aid scheme. If you want to get to know the community around you this is a perfect way to integrate yourself into your local area and maybe spread the volunteering bug to new recruits. Perfect for enhancing your CV and skills set.

Most families are affected by heart disease. We need volunteers to help A key part of our shop operation is behind the scenes in the warehouse. This is where we check the furniture and electrical items etc for quality before it goes on the shop floor. We assist the van crews to load and unload the goods, clean, ticket and price them. This is a very interesting and varied opportunity and you will enjoy working as part of the warehouse team. British Heart Foundation is looking for volunteers to join our shop teams, volunteers are the lifeblood of our organisation as well as contributing to a worthwhile cause. Volunteering is something practical you can do to help fight heart disease the UK's biggest killer. You will make new friends, learn new skills and have opportunities to develop within the British Heart Foundation, the shop manager will support you in your training. Charity shops contribute large amounts of money to the fight against heart disease. We need your help so that we can continue to fund the vital research work that is needed to combat heart disease.

Running a successful Barnardo's store requires a great team of enthusiastic volunteers and you could be a part of it. Our retail assistants are trained to undertake a wide range of activities such as serving customers, taking receipt of stock donations from the public and merchandising stock to make our rails visually appealling and tidy. Volunteering with us in retail will provide a great opportunity to build upon your communication, team working and customer service skills. If you also have a particular skill or interest, our teams would be delighted to discuss how we could help you utilise your interests in store. Whatever your talents, please do share with us and pop into your local store to enquire about volunteering. To see all opportunities to volunteer within Barnardo's, you can visit our website at www.barnardos.org.uk/volunteering.

Working behind the scenes is as important as being on stage! As a Stock Room Volunteer in a Donation Centre, your key role will be to make sure that quality stock is made ready to go on sale in the store. Our donation centres process hundreds of bags of donated stock every week in order to distribute it out to our stores across the country. Our volunteers come from a diverse range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of skills to the organisation. They come together to generate vital funds for Barnardo's work with children, young people and their families. Tasks involved: * Carrying incoming stock from the front of the store to the sorting floor * Looking through our donations to select and sort the quality stock for the shop floor. * Sorting and organising stock in the stockroom so that the area is kept in order. * Working behind the scenes to help to hang, size and price stock. * Bagging up sorted donations to deliver to other stores or to store for seasonal deliveries.

Volunteer drivers needed to transport patients from their homes to various hospitals for cancer treatments. Volunteering provides many benefits from meeting new people & gaining confidence to the satisfaction of knowing you are helping cancer patients in your own community. Service users benefit from having one less thing to worry about during treatment.

Coronary heart disease is the UK's single biggest killer but we are leading the fight against it. Volunteering Changes Lives. Stock Generation Volunteer: 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! Perfect for enhancing your CV and skills set.

Coronary heart disease is the UK's single biggest killer but we are leading the fight against it. Volunteering Changes Lives. Restorer / Repairer: Are you a DIY fan? Love a bit of tinkering and putting things right? Unleash your creative flare by volunteering with the British Heart Foundation restoring donated items that are in need of a little TLC. If you have an interest in restoring furniture and want to help a lifesaving cause come and visit your local Furniture & Electrical store and join the team. We will give you all the training you need to be able to safely and confidently carry out this role. Come and join your local BHF community and feel part of the team with other like-minded volunteers and help us to raise funds for our lifesaving research into heart disease. Perfect for enhancing your CV and skills set.

Who we are: The National Autistic Society is here to transform lives, change attitudes and create a society that works for autistic people. We transform lives by providing support, information and practical advice for the 700,000 autistic adults and children in the UK, as well as their three million family members and carers. Since 1962, autistic people have turned to us at key moments or challenging times in their lives, be it getting a diagnosis, going to school or finding work. We change attitudes by improving public understanding of autism and the difficulties many autistic people face. We also work closely with businesses, local authorities and government to help them provide more autism-friendly spaces, deliver better services and improve laws. Why we need you We are looking for administration volunteers to support our Adult Services Support team at Catrine Bank in Catrine, Ayrshire. You will support our Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner, our Speech and Language Therapist and our Learning and Development manager by assisting with their administration tasks. Volunteers have a vital role in supporting the smooth running of the services What you will be doing • General administrative duties such as printing and laminating. • Help with training logistics such as booking venues • Provide support to the management team to input data – such as incidents, accidents, reviews. • Run reports for the managers for data analysis What you could get out of it • Gain confidence and experience of admin and data entry skills • An opportunity to work closely with experts in their field. • Access to online training relevant to the role. • Have a worthwhile achievement to be proud of and add to your CV along with and up to date reference. We seek applications from anyone interested in the role, but particularly welcome applications from those on the autism spectrum

Main Tasks: Plant produce; Weeding; Light gardening; Planting seedlings; Hanging baskets & general garden tasks. Tasks involved are all aimed at enhancing the community garden. Ensuring all volunteering Health & Safety procedures are adhered to at all times. The Knowe Community garden is being developed and requires ongoing maintenance of plants and weeding etc. We have a Geodome and polytunnel, therefore, some of the tasks may be indoors in bad weather. We will be planting seeds, growing plants, tomatoes and other vegetables for use in the local community.

Driver will have the opportunity to drive 3 ½ ton van with trailer. The task would be to transport garden operatives to various places of work. Mostly in and around Auchinleck area. Main volunteer tasks will include routine maintenance of van to keep it in roadworthy condition, ie check oil, fuel, tyre pressure etc,. To carry out driving tasks as required and assist with associated tasks being undertaken by ACDI staff and other volunteers . Main task will be to drop off and collect gardening operatives and equipment, driving the van and trailer to take garden refuse and rubbish away to community recycling facility and other various driving duties as required. There will be an element of customer service with this volunteer position. We aim to treat our staff and service users with respect.

1. Opening building for events and workshops. 2. Checking damage/security every morning on arrival at the premises. 3. Meeting with those letting the building to check everything is ok. 4. Overall security of the premises including the locking of all windows, shutters and doors at the end of events. 5. To carry out general maintenance and cleaning to ensure operational standards and compliance with health and safety. 6. To report any maintenance issues or defects to our Facilities Volunteer for inspection or repair. 7. To assist volunteers or groups with setting up or clearing away any equipment or facilities necessary. 8. To ensure health and safety procedures are followed by visitors and other users of the centre. 9. To carry out any other reasonable requests by the Facilities Volunteer.

Are you interested in gaining more experience as a treasurer? Have you a lot of time on your hands? Can you commit long-term? If so, then we want you. Be part of something great, meet people and gain confidence. You will get satisfaction from making a real difference to the lives of our members and the local community. •As a member of the COGS Committee you will be responsible for keeping all financial records and look after all monies within the group and bank as required. •Maintain accurate records/receipts of all income and expenditure regularly. •Counting and banking all monies as soon as possible. •Preparing yearly accounts for OSCR working with an Independent Examiner. •Give monthly update to committee and give yearly report at AGM with balance sheet. •Assisting with funding applications.

Do you love the country park and want to get more involved? Friends of Dean Castle Country Park is a group for everyone who wants to help keep the park looking great and encourage our wildlife to flourish. If you love being outdoors whatever the weather, learning new skills and doing practical work, this could be the volunteer role for you. There will be twice monthly practical conservation and grounds maintenance tasks to get stuck into and make a real difference. These twice-monthly practical conservation and grounds maintenance tasks will usually happen on the first Sunday of the month (1pm-3.30pm) and the last Tuesday of the month (9am – 12 noon). Anyone with an interest in conservation, environmental issues and encouraging wildlife biodiversity will find interesting activities to take part in. Volunteers who just want to be outdoors doing practical tasks will also find plenty to do in helping with the upkeep and general maintenance of the park.

Coronary heart disease is the UK's single biggest killer but we are leading the fight against it. Volunteering Changes Lives. Volunteer Recruiter: 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. Perfect for enhancing your CV and skills set.

Coronary heart disease is the UK's single biggest killer but we are leading the fight against it. Volunteering Changes Lives. Electrical Function Tester: If you like playing with different gadgets, figuring out how they work and making sure they are safe to use this is the perfect volunteering role for you. We’re looking for people like you to test the electrical equipment that is donated to us making sure it is suitable and safe for sale before moving on to the final stage of appliance testing. We will give you all the training you need to be able to safely and confidently carry out this role. So if you have an interest in electrical items, can work in a safe and organised manner and would like to broaden your skill set pop down to your local Furniture & Electrical store for more information and join the BHF team. Perfect for enhancing your CV and skills set.

Are your existing cash-handling skills going to waste, or would you like to learn new skills? Would you like to build up your work experience for your CV? Cashiers are the Credit Union’s initial contact with the public, offering information as well as dealing with payments and other transactions. Volunteers will gain experience and skills useful either for seeking employment or just for job satisfaction. These include cash handling, use of specialist software, general admin and work with the public. Relevant training is given but basic IT skills will be advantageous. Our service is saving, affordable credit and budgeting services. Credit unions are owned by their members and mainly run by volunteers to provide an affordable and ethical financial service. Additional person power will enable us to grow our service and extend it to more communities. We arrange for all volunteers who might come into contact with vulnerable service users to be disclosure checked. Volunteers’ legitimate travel expenses are reimbursed.

To work in shops assisting customers with purchasing of goods, preparing items for sale, providing customer advice & taking payments for goods. Volunteers will learn new skills, gain experience to add to CV, meet like-minded people & be able to take pride in helping others within their own community. Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS) offer advice, support and practical help to people to get their lives back on track after a stroke or diagnosis of a chest or heart condition. Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland’s Retail team currently operates 34 shops across Scotland. Volunteers play a huge part in the running of our stores and our retail chain could not function without the support they provide. Our shops are open to increase profits for Chest, Heart & Stroke & to help meet customer demand for our support services.

CASE stands for Caring And Sharing Effectively and the project began in Kilmarnock in December 1999 as a charity with the vision that it would be supported entirely by volunteers so that all the money would go to local community projects & selected projects abroad with the aim of helping those in need. We need more volunteers to help out in the warehouse area upstairs in our charity shop. This will involve transferring donation bags from cars/vans; sorting the donations & pricing items ready for displaying in the main shop for sale to customers. Volunteers will learn new skills, experience to add to their CV. Meeting new people, other volunteers & customers will help to build self-confidence which can help people getting back into the workplace.