Each unit of the Scout group is looking for volunteers for young people aged 5 -18 from Kirkintilloch and surrounding areas. With the support, direction and guidance of Unit leaders, Explorer Scouts are encouraged to lead themselves, design their own programme and work towards the top awards that Scouting offers. With exciting prospects like being a part of camps and expeditions both home and abroad; adventurous activities such as mountaineering, parascending and off shore sailing; we offer fun and adventure for all.

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.

We are currently seeking new members to join our board. By joining our board you will have the opportunity to contribute to how our orgainsation can serve our local community and helping the way we govern important matters. We are in need of new members to join our Board. Creative Spark Theatre Arts is a community arts organisation based in East Dunbartonshire with the aim to use the arts to connect and develop our community. We are looking for members with a keen interest in the arts, ideas on what is needed for our community and strong organisational skills. Your commitment would be to attend a board meeting once every 3 months, we also might need you to research things and also if fill in funding applications, experience is this would be great but not essential. We are looking to have a diverse mix of people on our board so everyone is welcome.

You will assist the Peer Support Workers to plan, facilitate and deliver Carer Training and Information sessions. Learn new skills or keep existing skills updated and be part of a lively, fun team! Admin Support (occasional) Volunteers will assist the staff team with the following tasks:  Process Reply Slips  Create and update signup sheets  Contact Carers re course & event interest  Print and prepare handout & course packs  Update course/event evaluations  Produce and distribute course certificates  Collect statistical information for Community Health Partnership reports Facilitator Support Caring with Confidence courses and groups are delivered in various locations throughout East Dunbartonshire. Volunteers attend training events with Carers Link staff thus sharing responsibilities. Caring with Confidence Facilitator Support by helping staff to: -  Prepare and check materials / equipment required for the event  Set up equipment as required  Preparing and offering refreshments  Assisting with group work as required  Providing emotional support to Carers as required  Meeting Carers in relaxed, informal situations where possible

Gavin's Mill are looking for a volunteer book keeper to assist with keeping account of the various streams of funding/revenue which is gathered from a variety of sources i.e. shop, cafe, funders, fundraising

Volunteer work in the new “Rookies” charity shop. Perfect for those interested in charity work, Duke of Edinburgh or anyone with some free time on their hands. Volunteering with us you will gain useful work experience and skills that you can use throughout life. You would be required to prep stock, replenish the store, handle cash, converse with customers, organise the window display and work the till/cash machine.

We are looking to increase the number of volunteer readers on our team that record daily talking newspapers for the blind. Our large studio is set up to enable two readers and a producer to work together as a team. Where we are short of volunteers you may be asked to read and produce in the studio on your own. Our second studio enables a reader to work on their own which means they also need to produce their own articles.We want to build up a more sociable environment which is why we encourage people to form teams of three or four where three of you are the readers and one at least is the main person producing the recordings. If you are interested in being a reader we will then conduct a telephone interview before bringing you into the studio for a trial run.

GRACE are looking for a volunteer to keep account of the fundraising monies which are gathered from a variety of sources i.e. yoga classes, pins & needles etc

Gavins’ Mill café is situated within in this 400 year old watermill on the banks of the Allander water in the town of Milngavie. Supported by a full time Café supervisor the café team of volunteers serve our home baking and fresh soups, all made by volunteers, as well as teas coffees. Our café is vegetarian and focuses on serving home made and fair trade teas and coffees. Our servers are only required to serve, no cooking is required. Our menu is simple and wholesome and very good value. We are fortunate to have a small but lovely outside terrace for our visitors to enjoy their coffees and lunches in the summer months. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys talking to the public, making them feel welcome and well looked after as we are known for friendly personal service and have many regular customers who enjoy our freshly baked scones of a morning or our interesting soups. They know their money spent goes to our fund to buy Gavins Mill for the local community and chose to support us for this reason over other local cafes

The Recovery café meets on the first Saturday of every month. The events are proving very successful and we require volunteers to help with the running of the monthly events.. Volunteer are required to welcome people as they arrive, clearing up after the event and providing a homely atmosphere. The Recovery Café meets in Kirkintilloch Baptist Church.

You will be helping to transform the lives of people on the autistic spectrum and their families by helping with activities organised by Creatovators. Creatovators organises a monthly Play Scheme and sessional Lego®-based Therapy Sessions. We are looking for volunteers to help set up the rooms, chat to families, work/play with the children and help tidy up. The Play Scheme is fairly relaxed and informal, and volunteers are asked to listen to parents and carers and/or play with the children. During the Lego®-based Therapy Sessions volunteers will be responsible for helping the children learn to be calm, talk and listen to each other, cooperate and play with each other. This is done as they work in teams to build Lego models. There is potential for volunteers to take part in additional services as Creatovators grows.

Gavins’ Mill Fairtrade shop is situated within in this 400 year old watermill on the banks of the Allander water in the town of Milngavie. Supported by a full time shop supervisor the team of volunteers help shoppers to choose from the huge variety of goods for sale in the shop. There are Fairtrade foodstuffs together with many handmade items which have been beautifully crafted all of these provide a fair wage for the producers. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys talking to the public, making them feel welcome and well looked after as we are known for friendly personal service and have many regular customers Travel Details The shop is situated within Gavin’s Mill which also houses a cafe as well as the shop. The town of Milngavie in East Dunbartonshire is easily accessible by train and Gavins Mill is a short 5 minute walk from the station..

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.

Walk With Us will bring people together whilst they walk, have fun and raise funds to support our work. This year we are delighted to partner our event with the Kirkintilloch Canal Festival. Telephone Call Rounds You would make telephone calls from our office during April - August to provide support, enthusiasm and encouragement and also find out how they are getting on with training, fundraising etc. Route Marshall You would be designated to checkpoints throughout the route where they will greet and encourage walkers. They will also be able to indicate to the walkers to points of interest and facilities along the route. Full training will be provided for this post. Ideally you would be able to commit to the whole day on 31st August, however if you can do a few hours this would be appreciated. Route Walking Guide You would accompany the group of walkers to ensure their safety throughout parts of the walk. We are suggesting that for this role you should be physically fit to undertake the approximate 4 or 13 mile walks. Route Walking Guide The Route Guides will be accompanying the group of walkers to ensure their safety throughout parts of the walk. We are suggesting that for this role you should be physically fit to undertake the approximate 4 or 13 mile walks. Carers Link will provide you with training for these roles and out of pocket travel expenses. Please contact our office on 0141 955 2131 or Freephone 0800 955 2131. Milngavie Enterprise Centre, Ellangowan Road, Milngavie, Glasgow, G62 8PH

A Volunteer Gardener is required to help support tenants to maintain their lovely gardens at Bield Oakburn retirement properties

We are currently seeking new members to join our board. By joining our board you will have the opportunity to contribute to how our orgainsation can serve our local community and helping the way we govern important matters. Gavin's Mill Gavin's Mill is an ancient Corn Mill on the banks of the Allander Water in the small town of Milngavie just north of Glasgow. It is home to Gavin's Mill Community Project (GMCP), a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation, which aims to look after Gavin's Mill as a community resource, and to work with local community groups to develop it into a centre for sustainable food and crafts, building on the heritage of the Mill and its surroundings. GMCP also supports development projects in the UK and overseas. @ Gavin's Mill is a fair trade shop and café, owned by Gavin's Mill Community Project, staffed almost entirely by volunteers and covenanting all its profits to GMCP. We stock a huge variety of foods and crafts, including fairly traded goods from around the world and quality local produce. The café serves fair trade teas, coffees and hot chocolate, along with delicious homemade cakes baked by our volunteers, some of which are made here at Gavin's Mill. We also serve light lunches: homemade soup and bread, or cheese and oatcakes with chutney. We can also provide sale-or-return fair trade stalls. Your commitment would be to attend regular board meetings, we also might need you to research things and also fill in funding applications, experience in this would be great but not essential. We are looking to have a diverse mix of people on our board so everyone is welcome.