Edinburgh volunteering opportunities
Bloody Brilliant Uni Squad Leader
Give Blood 4 Good
Give Blood 4 Good are looking for students at the University of Edinburgh to form a Bloody Brilliant Uni Squad. The Squad would be tasked with promoting and raising awareness of blood donation at the university. You will work with sports clubs and societies to help them organise blood drives, hold fundraising events and generally educate students and staff about the importance of blood donation.
Board Members
Spilt Milk
We are looking to recruit 3 board members to help steer Spilt Milk at this exciting stage in our development. Board members would be required to attend 5-6 board meetings per year as well as to contribute your skills and experience in one working aspect of Spilt Milk. Board meetings will take place in Edinburgh, most likely on a weekday early evening however we will be flexible to accommodate all members and remote attendance will be possible.
Social media and Website Coordinator
NappiRunz
We are looking for someone to take ownership and manage our social media and website. The role will involve looking over our existing platforms and rebuilding them.
Setting a communication/strategic plan for the pages.
Aligning all the pages.
Constantly create and suggest ways to increase engagement on the pages.
Monitoring the pages.
Updating them regularly.
Work closely with the charity trustees and volunteers.
Volunteer Support Worker (Office)
The Butterfly Trust
This role involves providing support to people and families affected with Cystic Fibrosis.
Providing support to people and families with welfare and disability benefit applications.
Providing support to people and families to secure financial assistance from grant funding organisations.
Providing support to people and families with housing applications.
Residential Community Volunteer
Cyrenians
Volunteers are peer mentors to the community residents and both live within our city and farm communities, and manage the day-to-day domestic tasks and decisions within the building, which is their home. Volunteer tasks may include: Accompanying a resident to appointments, Helping a resident to cook a meal for the whole community, Acting as a sounding board for a problem or difficult situation, Offering mature and calm guidance.
Trustee
Venture Scotland (Edinburgh)
We are seeking Trustees who share our passion for providing personal development opportunities to young adults, who recognise the transformative power of the outdoors and who are interested in helping to shape the future of a charity that makes a real difference to young lives.Our Board of Trustees meets every two months (mostly in Edinburgh and Glasgow), Trustees are also expected to participate in occasional ad-hoc meetings, the AGM, young people’s awards nights and volunter development w/e.
Supportive Flatmate
Rock Trust
This is a live-in volunteering role. Volunteers will live with and support 3 young people who have/are experiencing homelessness. The aim is to provide safe, well-managed supported accommodation. Supportive Flatmates help to create this environment by being a responsible presence, providing practical support around the flat. A budget of £200 per month is available to plan activities with young people. Free rent, bills and internet are included.
Campaigner
Miricyl Mental Illness Research in Children and Young Lives
The Scottish Government have agreed to review how they fund health research and we think this could be worth £5m per year in additional funding for mental health. The review has been postponed and we want to gather support to make sure the review has the best outcome for young people affected by mental illness. If you have the ideas and motivation as to how we could do this please get in touch. This could include a full range of options available: PR and the media; Public Affairs and lobbying; petitions; social media etc.
Shop Assistant
Sue Ryder Shop - Seafield Road
General Volunteers are essential for supporting the smooth running of our shop. From serving at the till, to putting out stock , helping our customers with queries and what they are looking for and collecting as much gift aid from purchases as possible.
Volunteer Buddy
Volunteer Edinburgh - Health and Wellbeing
You can help change someone’s life through volunteering. We are looking for volunteer buddies to be matched with potential volunteers who need some support to volunteer because of a disability, mental health issue or other barrier. Depending on the needs of the volunteer you will possibly accompany the volunteer to meet the organisation, volunteer alongside them and continue to support them through meetings, phone calls, texts, emails etc. Full training and support will be provided.
Digital Printed Products Volunteer
Bare Branding
Makers’ Mentor following full training on the equipment will be in charge of helping the beginner makers. It will include operating a large scale Epson digital printer, vinyl cutter, OKI white toner printer, heat-press and laminator. In return the Makers’ Mentor will be allowed to use the equipment for personal use for free.
Family Befriender
Safe Families
Once approved volunteers can look after a child who has been referred to us and invest time with them by taking them out for a few hours to do fun activities. If they have a spare room they may be able to host them overnight. Others meet up with parents or carers and go to the shops, go out for a walk or help with paperwork but above all else take time to be a listen and support. Resource Friends may do some painting, joinery, gardening or anything practical that helps out.
Youth Activity Volunteer
Whizz-Kidz
Whizz-Kidz aim to transform the lives of young wheelchair users aged between 2 and 25. We do this by providing life changing mobility equipment, exciting youth groups and wheelchair skills training. There are sometimes extra opportunities, such as volunteering at a residential camp. Volunteers can support us to reach this aim by: Supporting young people to get involved in activities, leading activities or ice breakers, acting as a positive role model for young wheelchair users.
Covid-19 Retail Champion Volunteer (Portobello)
Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
Since the outbreak of Covid 19 the government 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 customers at the entrance of the shop
· Managing a socially distanced queuing system
· Advising customers of the COVID19 procedures we have in place in the shop, including hand sanitising and social distancing.
· Accepting donations and completing gift aid applications
· Helping with the ongoing good hygiene procedures of the shop
Volunteer Fundraising Group Member
NSPCC
Are you looking for a flexible and varied volunteering opportunity which allows you to be part of a team? Could you champion the work of NSPCC Scotland in your local area, helping us to raise funds to support our work and keep children in Scotland safe?
We’re looking for friendly, enthusiastic volunteers from across Scotland to create fundraising groups within their local communities. You’ll have the chance to shape and drive the activities of the group and raise vital funds for children.
Planning and Managing Events
Edinburgh Inter-Faith Association
Helping to identify interesting topics around faith and belief to engage and attract participants. Helping to plan and advertise the event. Helping to run and manage the event on the evening. Welcoming guest ensuring everything is in place including room set up, speakers, food, evaluations forms and audio visual requirements.
Online Retail Assistant
Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home
This is a varied role that offers the opportunity to gain experience in online retail whilst supporting local animal welfare charity, Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home.
Online retail volunteers carry out a wide range of tasks which includes the preparation, research, pricing and listing of clothing, accessories and homewares to sell online.
Trustee
Pilton Equalities Project
Set and maintain PEP's vision, mission and values, support strategic development of services, establish and monitor policies, monitor employment procedures alongside Manager, support the Manager, promote the organisation.
Activities Helper / Befriender
Libertus Services
Libertus is a South Edinburgh based charity. We are looking for enthusiastic people to help us with some of the activities & projects which we run. These range from creating bi monthly radio shows, producing films & documentaries, annual theatre productions, intergenerational projects, alternative therapies, exercise & arts and crafts. You will be working with older people, younger people and people living with special needs. Particularly interested in hearing from people with web based skills.
Care Assistant / Passenger Assistant
Libertus Services
This opportunity is about building relationships with our members and to help them carry out everyday tasks within the day care centre. Your Role would be to support and encourage our clients in their activities assisting them with mobilisation and general comfort. Communicating with them and help them build their confidence and self-esteem. You would also be required to assist on our buses by helping passengers get on and off the vehicle ensure they are secure along with any wheelchairs, baggag
Caseworker
SSAFA Forces Help (Edinburgh)
A volunteer caseworker will visit clients, who are either serving military personnel or a veteran in their own home to record details of their request for assistance. This included recording their financial situation , any relevant health issues and family needs. The caseworker then prepares a report to submit to a funding provider for assistance for the client.
Supportive Driver Volunteer
Positive Help
Our volunteer drivers provide service users with lifts to hospital or GP appointments so that they can access vital medical care and treatment. They also help service users to get to support groups, supermarkets and other activities, as well as collecting and delivering prescriptions and helping to take children to playgroups. Drivers quickly get to know service users and build up a rapport with them, making it a really sociable and rewarding role.
Driver
Caring in Craigmillar
Assisting our members to and from the Minibus, operating the tailift and securing members safely ensuring regulations relating to our transport policy are adhered to at all times. Treating our members with dignity and respect at all times, contribute positively with the staff team. Willingness to participate in relevant training as deemed necessary
Workshop Facilitators
Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) Scotland
Deliver workshops for participants from varied backgrounds - must attend 3 weekend workshops to experience programme and train yourself. Facilitators attend a L1, L2 then a training weekend, then are expected to complete their "apprenticeship" of a minimum of 3 workshops delivered within one calendar year. Workshop facilitation involves, public speaking, explaining exercises, assisting with individual learning, helping to explain tasks, running & coming up with ideas for light and lively games.
Gardener
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop (ESW) is looking for volunteers to help with maintaining the grounds around our building which will include weeding and clearing foliage, some trimming of hedges and other similar jobs. Time commitment requirement is dependent on the person applying and their availability, even just 1 day would be good and we are also open to people coming regularly over the summer.
Head Gardener
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop has three areas of planted open ground alongside its purpose built sculpture making facilities adjoining the cyclepath on Hawthornvale in Newhaven. The original planting scheme is faring well but we need to be able to maintain it properly and are looking for someone who would be able to help us with this, either to discuss the best approach with members of staff and do some work on it, or to supervise some volunteers on specified work days.
History Talk Assistant
LifeCare
The History Talk Assistant will be required to help with the running and future planning of the very successful monthly History Talks which take place at LifeCare's Café Life (Stockbridge) Duties will include: room preparation, chatting with attendees as they arrive, help with coffees/teas when needed. Mix and mingle during the break, quiz and afterwards encourage feedback of the event .Tidy the space after the event . help promote the talks and research/plan future talks.
Welfare Rights Adviser
Community Help and Advice Initiative (CHAI)
To help provide advice in a welfare rights office. You will, after training and mentoring, be able to interview clients and provide information whilst being supported by our team. You will be able to offer practical assistance such as filling in forms and writing letters as well as doing arithmetic calculations for benefit entitlement. After training you will have a good knowledge of other agencies and will be able to refer clients as needed. You will be required to record cases and statistics.
Day Care Volunteer
The Open Door Edinburgh
The Open Door needs you to help us create an atmosphere of care, love and laughter in our day care services for older people (80 years plus) including people living with dementia. You will support our members to participate in a fun programme of mulit-sensory activities from arts and crafts to quizzes, seated swing dancing to indoor bowls, poetry readings to sing-a-long sessions. You will also help serve hot drinks and meals to our members and share a freshly cooked lunch with them.
Home Visitor
Home-Start Leith And North East Edinburgh
We are now looking for volunteers - could you make a difference and become a Home-Start Volunteer supporting families in their own homes. If you have been a parent or have parenting experience and have an understanding of how demanding young children can be you could make a difference.
After School Club / Playscheme Support
Venchie Children & Young People's Project
To work with children in a variety of settings which might include group work and individual support. To help ensure overall smooth running of club activities including the setting up preparation and the serving of snack as directed by the senior staff
Scout Leader / Assistant Scout Leader
19th Pentland Scout Group
The planning and delivery of the Balanced Programme, with the help of Assistant Section Leaders, Section Assistants, Young Leaders and members of Scout Active Support as appropriate. Some of the tasks for which the Section Leader is responsible may be delegated to others in the Section, including other Section Leaders, Assistant Section Leaders and Section Assistants.
Street Based Outreach Volunteer
Streetwork
Outreach volunteers will work with a full time member of staff to deliver street based and detached outreach within partner agencies. Volunteers will gain experience on the frontline for those begging, sleeping rough or living a street based lifestyle, supporting them to take the first step in the journey from the street to a settled home. This role involves making contact and building relationships with people around Edinburgh who may be sleeping rough, begging or living on the street.
Section Leader and Assistant Leader
The Scout Association (Edinburgh)
The District comprises 17 Groups, most of which offer young people the opportunity to join their age section which are Beavers (ages 6-8); Cubs (ages 8-10 & 1/2); Scouts (ages 10 & 1/2 to 14) and Explorers (ages 14 – 18). The roles are for Section Leaders where you will be fully supported by the District Team
Catering and Kitchen Assistant
Community Alliance Trust (CAT)
Working in a professional kitchen or in the community café and get the chance to learn about the catering industry. The kind of volunteering opportunities that are available at The White House would be from food preparation, general kitchen work, front of house serving, clearing tables.
Fundraising Volunteer
Childrens Hospices Across Scotland
Provide support to the Fundraising Team by helping with fundraising activities and awareness raising. You will be involved in fundraising activities such as bucket shakes, bag packs and helping at events. You will be promoting CHAS to the public at these events and helping to raise awareness and funds for the children we look after. Please email volunteering@chas.org.uk to apply or for more information
Shop Assistant
Deaf Action
Do you have a few hours to spare each week? We are looking for volunteers from the local community to dedicate their time and enthusiasm to making our charity shop in South Queensferry a success.
The shop, that is solely managed and run by a friendly group of volunteers, is located on South Queensferry picturesque High Street. It boasts a range of items including ladies’ clothes, textiles, toys accessories and books.
Research Participant
School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences
As a volunteer you:
- play a vital role in our research, since many of our studies rely on collecting data from human participants
- can take part in research studies online and in-person at our research facilities
- choose which studies you want to get involved in
- can withdraw from the research at any time.
We email our volunteers with information about our current studies and they decide if they wish to take part.
Activities Volunteer
Edinburgh Headway Group
You will be working with our members to help improve their cognitive skills and at the same time have fun through playing games, cards, bingo etc. You could be asked to help out with specific groups e.g. quizzes, jewellery making, play pool, board games etc., or assist our less outgoing members to become more integrated with the others. You will actively contribute to the maintenance of a professional & welcoming environment at EHG. This is a rewarding and satisfying role.
Volunteer LEARN Trainer, Understanding Borderline Personality Disorders (Much More Than a Label)
CAPS Independent Advocacy
The role involves sharing your own experiences of living with Borderline Personality Disorder with groups of participants and helping to facilitate training workshops. You will need good communication skills, lived experience of BPD , and be willing to share personal experiences with people from a variety of different backgrounds. A strong sense of commitment and willingness to travel throughout the Lothians are also important.
CAPS /LEARN will provide training and mentoring for this role.
Due to Covid 19 CAPS we have had to alter the way we work. Groups and volunteer roles are currently taking place online until we can resume face to face meetings.
Fundraising Group Members (Penicuik)
Marie Curie (Midlothian)
Every day of your life matters – from the first to the last. That's why the right care at the end of your life is so important. With other group members from your local area, you will organise fundraising events, collections and bring your community together in supporting Marie Curie. The group meets approximately every 6 weeks to organise 2-4 events per year.
Due to Covid-19 at present all volunteer fundraising is being carried out virtually.
Befriender
Leonard Cheshire
Befrienders actively enable our clients to enjoy a more independent lifestyle. By offering your companionship and practical support you will be enabling people to have more choices and control over their lives. We are looking for people who love swimming, bowling, discos and trips to the zoo and city farms. You can help open the door to a wider social network for our clients and have some fun.
Driver
HcL Handicabs
To drive HcL vehicles as required, to provide any necessary assistance for passengers before during or after travel consistent with their transport needs. To utilise equipment provided correctly to ensure passengers travel safely and comfortably. Taking responsibility for the daily upkeep of their vehicle including basic maintenance and cleaning, defect reporting is required. Completion of necessary paperwork including fares collection from passengers and delivery of fares and driver sheets.
Events and Activities Team Member
Crohn’s and Colitis UK - Edinburgh Local Group
We have teams of volunteers based around the country making a positive impact in their local communities to raise awareness of Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Join our local team, take an active role in planning and delivering awareness raising activities. Planning and organising events across the area to raise awareness. Get involved in tasks such as writing articles and creating newsletters to publicise local activities, manage social media pages and fundraising .
Befriender
Waverley Care
Befrienders provide dedicated one-to-one support for people living with HIV or Hepatitis C. The service works by introducing a volunteer befriender to an individual who is living with a blood borne virus. The befriender then meets with the individual they’ve been matched with one-to-one, for approximately 2 hours per week. The support the befrienders provide can be as wide and varied as the needs of each individual and may include meeting for coffee or a meal, going out for a walk etc.
Pre-School Children Family Befriender
Home Link Family Support.
Every family needs something different, but they all love someone to talk to who isn’t going to judge or criticise them. The children are under 5 so they just want to play, sing, hear stories and run about outside. By turning up once a week for 2 hours you can help to de-stress a family and help them to enjoy their kids, because you are there to take a little of the pressure off. By regular visiting you will help families connect with their communities, feel more confident and be more resilient.
Conservation Volunteer
Water of Leith Conservation Trust
Help look after the Water of Leith. Volunteers carry out practical conservation tasks along the river and walkway in conjunction with City of Edinburgh Council Natural Heritage Service. This could be a river clean-up, tree or wildflower planting, meadow cutting, invasive plant control (May-July), vegetation control, footpath maintenance. Children of all ages are welcome if supervised by an adult.
Receptionist
Waverley Care
Answering the phone, transferring calls and taking messages as appropriate. Welcoming visitors to the building, being sociable and supportive. Assisting with general administrative tasks. Using computer skills to make room bookings and to email staff.
Condom Distribution Volunteer
Waverley Care
Deliver safer sex supplies to commercial gay scene venues. Insure venues have stock of condoms and lube, Maintain a log sheet of stock, Order stock, Be a point of contact for venues, Update venue staff on current project work.
Clinic Support
Waverley Care
Set up and dismantle the clinic Welcome men to clinic and explain the testing process Provide guidance on signing in and registration forms Offer refreshments to clients Promote the c card and free condoms and lube as well as other services Complete monitoring forms
Outdoor Volunteer
Venture Scotland (Edinburgh)
Encouraging young people to participate in activities, praising them for their achievements and challenging any unhelpful attitudes or behaviour that they may display. Participating in and, when confident and competent to do so, leading fun and engaging group work, conservation and outdoor activities. You will also be involved in the planning of activities and contributing to the evaluation of each trip. More information is available on our website http://po.st/VSoutdoorvols
Re:discover Befriender
Health In Mind
This role will begin as a distanced role (ie over the phone or internet) with the hope that we can return to face to face support. Therefore we are looking for people who live in the local area.
Re:discover volunteers support people who have become isolated as a result of experiencing mental health difficulties to develop skills and opportunities which help enable them to develop friendships on their own.
Each volunteer supports a re:discover client to recover a sense of who they are by encouraging them to step outside their illness and discover / rediscover activities and interests they enjoy. Volunteers work with clients as a whole person focusing on their talents, skills and assets rather than problems or needs. Volunteers encourage clients to set goals which they will work towards during their time with re:discover. They also act as a 'community bridge builder' supporting clients to step outside their comfort zones whilst providing support and encouragement. Volunteers work with clients for a minimum of 6 months which is the minimum commitment that we are looking for from volunteers.
Volunteers and clients agree together when and where they will meet (not in their own homes) - usually once a week for a few hours. Activities are usually based on shared intersts and have included: meeting for coffee; cinema; theatre; art galleries museums; zumba, martial arts; gym; walks; garden centres; hillwalking; pilates . . . We cover volunteer out of pocket expenses.
Connecting Befriender
Health In Mind
Rediscover Pathway supports adults who have experienced childhood abuse or neglect in care to make connections within their community. Connecting befrienders offer the opportunity for people to build safe, trusting relationships, to explore social activities and to focus on interests and skills rather than problems. Activities have included visiting art galleries, attending cooking classes, going to the gym, cinema visits and walking. Matches meet weekly or fortnightly for up to one year. We offer training, regular supervison and cover expenses.
IT Tutor
Scottish Seniors Computer Clubs - Edinburgh
The club runs for 2 hours each week. Tutoring is on a one to one basis if possible and can cover all types of device from laptops running different versions of Windows to different types of tablet (IPAD, andriods. Hudl). The subjects that our members wish to learn range from an introduction to computing to browsing the internet to find information plus online shopping.
Clothesline Assistant
Hillcrest Futures
Assisting with the general running of Bruntsfield Clothesline Project; we provide clothing, footwear and accessories to those experiencing homelessness or crisis. This service is accessed by agencies through a referral process. The Clothesline is designed to resemble a boutique charity shop, allowing individuals who use the service to browse and select clothes they like. This facilitates personal choice and removes some of the stigma associated with using charity/donation based services.
Fundraising Volunteer
British Red Cross (Edinburgh)
This role is to be part of a group of fundraising volunteers in Edinburgh to run events and fun activities to raise awareness and funds for the British Red Cross.
Perinatal Befriender
Aberlour Childcare Trust
Offer regular listening and emotional support to reduce social isolation
Support mum with responses to her baby
Help mum take the baby outside of the home so they can access services they need – i.e. health services, shops, parks and children’s centres
Give mum support with issues which concern them, for example by signposting to organisations that can help with benefits and housing.
Supermarket Facilitator
Shrub Co-op
Liaise with our supermarket partners to facilitate regular collections of food. Organise a small team of volunteers to pick up food and drop it off in the Zero Waste Hub
Executive Committee Member
150th Craigalmond Scout Group
This may involve helping with fundraising, publicity or ensuring the scout hall runs effectively. We have a big profile locally- our hall is used by lots of community groups and generates £3K profit pa, money which we use to fund activities. We meet every six weeks or so; there are presently 4 others on the Exec- including a Treasurer, Membership Secretary and Group Scout Leader. Our young people aged from 6 to 16, both boys and girls, love the activities, games, camps and hikes.
Short-term Host - Cultural Exchange
HOST UK
Make the world a little friendlier! Spend a weekend with an adult international student in your home, learning about their culture, showing them your local area and inviting them to experience your own home life. Volunteer hosts invite students to stay so the student can experience "real" Britain, away from university and heavy tourism, and so the host can meet new people and learn about diverse cultures from around the world. Choose how often you host, how many people you invite etc.
Playgroup Assistant
St. Fillan’s Playgroup
To help with setting up and clearing away. To help with the activities planned for the children, work alongside the team providing a safe happy and stimulating environment for the children, encourage parents/carers to become involved. To develop and maintain good relations with parents and carers. Develop a stable, friendly and trusting relationship with the children. Be responsible for the safety and the safeguarding of children and minimise risk. Maintain a standard of tidiness.
Covid-19 Retail Champion Volunteer (Morningside)
Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
Since the outbreak of Covid 19 the government 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 customers at the entrance of the shop
· Managing a socially distanced queuing system
· Advising customers of the COVID19 procedures we have in place in the shop, including hand sanitising and social distancing.
· Accepting donations and completing gift aid applications
· Helping with the ongoing good hygiene procedures of the shop
Driver
Move On Wood Recycling
We need volunteer van drivers for a minimum of one day a week (six hours) to help collect waste wood and deliver customer orders. The role also requires you to load and unload the van, or we can provide a driver’s assistant, if you would prefer to stick to the driving!
Cadet Force Adult Volunteer
South Queensferry Army Cadets
During their time in the ACF, cadets work toward the Army Proficiency Certificate (APC) which has five progressive levels of difficulty and covers a broad range of topics from personal standards and team tactics, to map reading and community work, fieldcraft and weapons handling. As an adult volunteer you will be helping guide cadets through the APC syllabus to the best of each individual’s abilities. If that sounds daunting, don’t panic! The greatest achievements start with the decision to try!
Chair of the Board
All or Nothing
We are looking for a new Chair of the Board. We are seeking someone who has a broad understanding of the range and sectors that All or Nothing’s work crosses, as well as the vision to lead the organisation into the new normal.
All or Nothing has continually grown over the past 13 years of its existence and the challenge now is how we can pivot our activities and keep creating, performing and teaching in our changed environment.
The board of AoN meet four times per year in Edinburgh.
Volunteer Sorter
NappiRunz
We are looking for someone with spare time to help us with sorting our collections and arranging our deliveries. The position mainly involves.
Sorting the donations we receive.
Arranging donation packages.
Keeping a close record of stock coming in and going out.
Work closely with the charity trustees and volunteers.
Garden Volunteer
LOVE Gorgie
Assisting in the growing and maintenance of the garden areas within the farm. General gardening tasks need to be undertaken - sowing, potting on, watering, digging, weeding, pruning etc. There is possible opportunity to help with environmental programmes on the farm in the future.
Volunteer Befriender
Anorexia & Bulimia Care
We are looking for people to join our team of trained regional Befrienders supporting those who are currently struggling with an eating disorder. Our Befriending Service provides personal support by linking people who are struggling with those who are recovered and trained. Our volunteer Befrienders will provide a weekly telephone call for approximately 6 months in order to support and guide someone towards recovery.
Fundraiser / Collection Box Volunteer
Leonard Cheshire
We are looking for people who are out and about in their local neighbourhood to find suitable and willing locations to leave collection tins in, empty and count the tins and represent Leonard Cheshire Disability to the public. All funds raised will stay in Edinburgh to directly benefit the people who use our services here.
Gardener
Leonard Cheshire
Participate in gardening and outdoor activities, including planting and growing, building garden benches and weeding, assisting the gardener and people who use our services.
Roaming Digital Buddy
Leonard Cheshire
You will make a difference by coaching people on how to use the internet and email, building digital confidence and troubleshooting basic IT issues.
• Helping clients get started with their IT equipment.
• Supporting clients with IT skills such as using the internet and using Microsoft Office.
• Encouraging disabled people to feel confident in using computer technology.
• Helping clients use adaptive software & hardware.
• Troubleshooting IT issues.
Animal Fosterer
Pet Care Network (Edinburgh)
Fostering with pet Care Network involves taking care of someone's pet in your own home for a week or two and to include them in your day to day routine. You may also be asked to collect and return pets to their owners after you have fostered them although alternative transport can be arranged if necessary. We are asked to care whilst owners are in hospital or respite care. The Volunteers and Fosterers from pet Care Network are ordinary people recruited on the basis of their love of animals.
Befriender for Adults with Disabilities
City of Edinburgh Council - Health & Social Care Department
Volunteers will be supporting adults (aged 30-50) with physical or learning difficulties (i.e. people with Down Syndrome, or people affected by strokes, or with long term condition like MS, cerebral palsy, etc.). Volunteers will be ask to go out with the person: for coffee, walk, cinema, shops or library,
Support always takes place in the community on a 1:1 basis
Volunteer Befriender
The Welcoming
The Welcoming Association's befriending programme matches local volunteer befrienders with newcomers to Edinburgh. Volunteer befrienders commit for 9 months to providing regular friendship to newcomers, enabling them to develop wider social networks, practice English language, improve familiarity with Scottish culture and services, and learn about all the things their new city has to offer. Befriending is about supporting and empowering individuals in their new city to find a sense of belonging.
Kitchen Porter
LifeCare
The kitchen porter is a vital volunteer role in our busy community cafe. The responsibilities include keeping the dishes under control, cleaning surface areas and generally making sure that the kitchen floors are clean.
Café Assistant
LifeCare
CafeLife is a busy community cafe. The role will support the CafeLife team to serve customers with a range of cold and hot food. Tasks include: Serve customers at the café counter, Serve hot meals. Prepare and serve sandwiches, toasties and paninis, Make drinks including coffee, tea and smoothies, Use till.
Community Awareness Volunteer
Heart Research UK
In June 2019 Heart Research UK launched the Heart of Scotland Appeal, 41 people a day in Scotland die of heart disease. The heart of Scotland Appeal is to raise money to be spent in Scotland funding cutting edge research projects. The Heart of Scotland Appeal is calling you to help us spread the word in your communities. We are looking for people who will help us flyer at hospitals, GP's, community groups etc. We are also looking for research volunteer to help us reach out to online communities.
Visitor Guide
St Giles' Cathedral
St Giles' Cathedral is a site of significant spiritual, historical and architectural interest. Each year it attracts over 1,000,000 visitors, drawn from many nationalities, age groups and walks of life. Our volunteer guides are the first point of contact for most visitors and play a crucial role in ensuring the quality of their experience. Feedback from visitors suggests that each encounter with the guides has the potential to make someone's visit; 'I appreciated the warm and personal tour'.
Fresh Start Pantry Till Assistant
Fresh Start
As Pantry Till Assistant, this role includes a level of responsibility serving customers at the till and cash handling, a level of previous retail experience is an advantage
Barochamber Oxygen Treatment Operator
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Therapy Centre (Lothian)
We have been providing therapies and support for people with MS and other conditions for almost 30 years. We need welcoming and friendly people who will help visitors feel comfortable during their time in the Centre. You will operate the barochamber to deliver oxygen therapy, which benefits the health and well-being of people with MS. You will be fully trained to operate the chamber, so no experience is necessary. Training will be at your own pace and usually takes about 10 hours.
Junction Youth Advisor
The Junction - Young People, Health & Wellbeing
Have some fun whilst providing insight into what local young people think and want done to improve health & wellbeing. Meet new people within the group and when promoting and representing The Junction in schools, flyer drops and special one-off events. Make a difference, suggest discussion topics, give ideas for how services can develop, support the creation of resources and even develop your own health change initiatives.
Blogger
Venchie Children & Young People's Project
We need someone to do some blogging on our behalf, we are a small but very busy team and need to get a lot of information out into the community and don't have the time to do either of these important tasks.
Handyman
Venchie Children & Young People's Project
To fix up some wooden toys, change light bulbs, repair locks on doors, keep our storeroom clean and tidy and do general maintenance.
Dog Fostering
Any Dog'll Do Rescue (ADDR)
Every dog we rehome saves 2 lives not just one! Every dog who finds a home will save another life by creating a space in the kennels. Our dogs need time in a foster home to get used to a home environment, before they find their forever home. We are not breed specific and support dogs of all sizes and breeds. Tasks: Caring for one of our dogs, in your own home, Helping with training and socialisation, Reporting to coordinator about their progress, Supporting introductions to potential adopters.
Volunteer Advocacy Promotion
CAPS Independent Advocacy
CAPS are looking for a friendly and approachable individual to provide information on Advocacy Services in the Lothians. You will help others by signposting them to appropraite services and explain how Independent Advocacy might help. You will be offered the opportunity to promote CAPS Independent advocacy at events throughout the Lothians. You will help to set up and man promotional stalls. To monitor leaflets /resources and inform the volunteer coordinator when resources need to be replaced.
CAPS also have a stall at the Information station Walpole Hall. The Information Station is a one stop shop acting as a source of support, information and sign posting. CAPS provides an Information Stall at this weekly event and will provide training and guidance for volunteers.
Due to Covid 19 CAPS we have had to alter the way we work. Groups and volunteer roles are currently taking place online until we can resume face to face meetings.
Collective Advocacy Participant - 'Much More Than A Label' Personality Disorder Project
CAPS Independent Advocacy
This role involves using your own lived experiences of Personality Disorder in a positive way to raise awareness and campaign for change.
The aim of the project is for people who have been given a diagnosis of a personality disorder or had experiences that they feel fit with a personality disorder diagnosis to come together, have a collective voice and create change.The group decides what it wants to do (it is experience-led) and has a CAPS staff member to enable/facilitate its decisions
Individuals can get involved in a way which suits them. Activities and achievements of the group so far have included: developing and delivering experience led training; creating films based around experiences of living with a Personality Disorder; organising various awareness events , creating leaflets and resource packs based on peoples’ lived experience, responding to and creating consultations and attending and delivering presentations at conferences.
(Collective advocacy is where a group of people who are all facing a common problem and have had similar experiences get together to work on specific issues and have their voices heard. The group as a whole may campaign on an issue that affects them. A collective voice can be stronger than that of an individual, as groups are more difficult to ignore.)
Due to Covid 19 CAPS we have had to alter the way we work. Groups and volunteer roles are currently taking place online until we can resume face to face meetings.
Digital Volunteer
Beat
Digital Helpline Volunteers are a national team of volunteers who assist our Helpline by offering support to sufferers and parents/carers/partners/friends of sufferers of eating disorders such as Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, ARFID and OSFED. Helping people of all ages and backgrounds, you will be responding to emails from service users, web chats, and facilitating our nightly online support groups. The role is remote, so you can work from the comfort of your own home
Newsletter Designer
FetLor Youth Club
A remote volunteering opportunity to support a local youth club assisting in designing newsletters and communications using Publisher software. You will communicate by email and phone with the Operations Manager who will discuss with you the content updates and designs that are needed. You will share your ideas for creating visually exciting invites, posters and wider communications materials.
Fundraiser
Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council - (ELREC)
Opportunity to assist our fundraising team. Working under direction of our project coordinators, you’ll assist in completing grant applications and researching grant/funding opportunities. Must have an excellent understanding of written and spoken English, eye for detail and flare for seizing opportunity. Online research to identify trusts / donors to, Draft applications for funding, Write beneficiary case studies for applications, Create content for social media channels, ad hoc jobs.
Gardening at the Kitchen Garden
Community Alliance Trust (CAT)
Volunteer who is experienced in growing fruit and veg to help develop the community kitchen garden. Potential for expansion. Training and food provided. For more information they would need to get in touch with the manager. Tasks include growing food, fruit and veg on raised beds, working with other volunteers, overseeing food growing and laising with chef and manager of the centre.
Pop-Up Shop Assistant
Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home
This is a varied role that offers the opportunity to gain experience running pop-up shops whilst supporting local animal welfare charity, Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home.
Pop-up volunteers provide outstanding customer service to our customers and carry out a wide range of tasks which includes preparing stock for sale and setting up pop-up shops.
Visitor Centre Reception
Water of Leith Conservation Trust
We need volunteers to staff the reception desk, providing the first impression of the centre and the trust, welcoming visitors with a smile, giving help and advice ,making cups of tea and coffee and taking the money for cafe sales. Other duties may include preparing materials for the education and group visits
Community Bike Workshop Volunteer
Shrub Co-op
In this role, volunteers are asked to aid the running of our friendly, open and fun community bike maintenance workshop. The aim of the workshop is to teach others about bike maintenance in a relaxed and supportive environment. Your role at the Wee Spoke Hub’s DIY sessions will be to assist our mechanic in the running of the workshops and help workshop participants feel empowered to fix their own bike.Various tasks involved.
Outreach Volunteer
Waverley Care
Confidently deliver key sexual health messages. Give out literature and safer sex supplies at events and bars/clubs. Complete all monitoring and evaluation forms after each shift. Feedback on learning or FAQ’s
Driver
The Turing Trust
We need the help of a volunteer driver with their own car to help us collect donations of ICT equipment.
This role is vital to our work in getting thousands of computers into African schools, enabling otherwise waste computers to have a second life in a classroom.
The role is quite flexible as we can coordinate collections of computers to suit you. To support us in this role you must have access to your own vehicle, have a valid UK driving license and be able to lift 20kg
Toy Library Volunteer
Smart Play Network
Supporting the running of the toy library on a Tuesday morning term time. Setting up the toys for lending as well as craft activities. Welcoming children and families to the toy library and generally being part of the team. Tasks: Setting up the room with toys and activities, Welcoming parents and children, Supporting the toy library staff with day to day tasks, Computer data entry for toy lending (not obligatory), Packing away at end of session.
Shop Assistant
British Red Cross - Retail - Stockbridge
You will be providing invaluable help with the running of the shop, keeping it stocked and attractively displayed. You can get involved as much or as little as you like by: sorting out stock; putting your own stamp on the shop displays; getting EPOS-trained in order to serve customers at the till. You even get a 20% discount on donated goods. Being part of a huge fundraising effort is very motivating as you provide the best service possible by representing the British Red Cross.
Feedback Volunteers
Fledgling Arts Collective Central
Interacting with online members leaving feedback on the arts they create in a positive constructive way. Having a creative, musical, positive and constructive approach will be required. Mentoring will be provided. Spread your wings and come fly with us.
Seaview Garden Volunteer
Friends of Seaview Charitable Trust
We are looking for volunteers to be involved in gardening at our garden at Seaview Children’s Unit. Seaview is a residential and respite centre for children and young people with severe needs. Volunteers will work with the gardener to maintain and develop the garden doing weeding, watering, planting, propagation and creative projects. The garden offers a therapeutic space for the children and young people, staff, parents and visitors to Seaview. Gardening experience is not required.
Friendship Volunteer
Vintage Vibes
Vintage Vibes is a fresh way of tackling isolation and loneliness among the over 60s in Edinburgh – who we call our VIPs.
We are looking for volunteers with day time availability to be matched 1-1 with a VIP (over 60) to create a friendship based on shared interests. You would meet with your VIP once per week for approximately one hour.
Board Members
Almond Housing Association
Almond Housing Association, West Lothian’s largest Registered Social Landlord, based in Livingston, is seeking applications to fill a number of voluntary Board Member vacancies from candidates with a keen interest in the activities and business of the Association.
To apply, please visit our website at www.almondha.org.uk where full details and application packs are available.
Google Adwords Manager
Miricyl Mental Illness Research in Children and Young Lives
We would like your help spending our $10,000 Adwords grant from google to drive more traffic to our website.
Remode Collective Volunteer
Remode Collective CIC
The main purpose of our volunteering program is help our workshop coordinators with the preparing and running of both our various workshops and community-based projects. Tasks include the preparing of materials and equipment, the collecting and organizing of donations, as well as assisting workshop coordinators in the running of workshops, helping support workshop participants with their projects. Other tasks include general admin duties as well as PR activities.
Secretary
The Scottish Blind Golf Society
The Secretary shall convene all meetings of the Society on behalf of the Captain, and maintain accurate minutes of all procedures and decisions, deal with all correspondence, maintain accurate records of membership, sight classifications, contact details, and to distribute news and information, including match results and minutes of meetings, to all members as required.
Cattitude Boutique Assistant
Cattitude Boutique
We're looking for volunteers with a flair for fashion – could you help? We stock a range of good quality and high end clothing. Our Shop is a fun space where you can express your creativity. No experience is necessary, just an enthusiastic attitude and a willingness to learn. You can help with a variety of tasks including: Creating window displays, serving customers, keeping the shop floor tidy, putting out new stock, researching prices for stock, welcoming and chatting to customers.
Love Music Junior Choir Chaperones
Love Music
Chaperones welcome parents/guardians and children to rehearsals, working together in teams of 3 or 4 to care for up to 20 children all term. Chaperones look after the children’s safety while moving around the building, and help pass on information about arrangements. Chaperones play an essential role in the safeguarding of the children, ensuring that they only leave with known adults, and taking an interest in the children’s wellbeing at rehearsals.
Womens Group Volunteer
YMCA Edinburgh
Activities are varied and will be discussed and agreed with you including; Helping prepare a light lunch, Serving food or Cleaning up after lunch, Helping with registration or craft activities, Chatting to the women Helping in the crèche, Sharing your ideas to improve the group.
Plusone Mentor
YMCA Edinburgh
We are looking for volunteers who are eager to make a difference in their own community and make a difference in the life of a young person. The mentor will regularly meet up with a young person offering a friendly ear, support and guidance and advice on making positive life choices. Full training will be given (over 5 weeks) and a PVG Scheme Record check will be required (no cost involved). You will be expected to meet regularly with the young person and do things together that are fun.
Intandem Mentor
YMCA Edinburgh
Intandem mentors will build a trusting relationship with the young person through weekly meetings, providing a positive role model and supporting access to hobbies and interests. The young people involved face some of the least positive outcomes in life. The ability to be consistent, non-judgemental, supportive, fun and understanding is key to helping these young people. We look for a regular commitment to meeting with the young person to motivate them to succeed in life.
Gardener
Pilton Equalities Project
Pilton Equalities Project is looking for a volunteer to help maintain the grounds around our premises. We have a small garden area and a front entrance that requires upkeep. Any help would be be welcome including a one off session to regular help over the summer.
Breakfast Club Assistant
Libertus Services
Your main duties will be to cook hot breakfast items, welcome members and taking their breakfast orders, Making hot and cold drinks and promoting a welcoming environment, reporting to staff members, assisting with general kitchen duties.
Trustee
Prestonfield and District Neighbourhood Workers Project
We are seeking indivduals with an interest in the care of older people and experience of the operation of Day services in a community setting. Someone with a background in social care, nursing, community work or the operation of a social care business could be the ideal person for this role. Other valuable skills would include business management, social and therapeutic care, personnel or legal background.
Group Facilitator
Pilmeny Development Project
Volunteering with Weekly Older Adult’s Groups based in Leith. These lively and friendly groups meet once a week in the afternoon. The groups provide companionship, activities, a cup of tea and a catch up!
Monday - Women's Group, Tuesday - Drop-In (Male and Female - over 50s), Wednesday - Men's Group.
Music Appreciation Group Facilitator
Positive Futures Project
To facilitate a weekly listening/discussing music group
Ability to make use of appropriate digital music formats and equipment
Encourage all participants to join in with the group
Assist with preparing and clearing up after participants' refreshments
Coffee Bar Helper
Enable Scotland
At our clubs on Wednesday and Saturday evenings we run a coffee bar selling tea, coffee, soft drinks and snacks to our members, who have learning difficulties. The work involves serving customers, making tea and coffee, adding up how much is due and giving change where necessary. The Wednesday Club runs from 7pm to 9pm and the Saturday Disco runs from 7pm to 9:30pm. Coffee bar helpers are asked to arrive by 6:30pm to help with setting up the coffee bar,
StreetReads Volunteer
Streetwork
StreetReads gives away free books to homeless readers. We collect and
catalogue new, donated books and carefully choose a selection to take out
to spaces and services used by homeless people. We also attend services in a Street Reads capacity and represent the project to other organisations,set up book stands and chat to people who use it,build and maintain relationships with partner agents,adhering to Streetwork’s policies/procedures and Code of Practice at all times.
Home Support Volunteer
Childrens Hospices Across Scotland
CHAS have recently piloted an exciting new home support volunteer service to help deliver support to families in their own homes. Due to the success of this pilot we are now looking to expand this service to reach more families who require our help and support. We are looking for individuals to visit a family within their own home for around 2-4 hours on a weekly or fortnightly basis.
Video and Meme Creator
Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council - (ELREC)
Volunteer for a youth led project to tackle hate speech on social media
Create 15 sec amateur videos
Create memes/ captions
Find catchy hashtags and slogans
to tackle the arguments that fuel hate speech on social media
Communities for Conservation Volunteer
Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council - (ELREC)
Providing support in developing services and activities with local community groups and associations, Assisting in home visits to monitor and advise on energy efficiency, Offering advice to households on fuel budget management, grants access and waste management, Working on changes in attitudes towards energy saving as well as food and travel efficiency, Actively reducing households energy consumption through energy monitoring, guides, workbooks etc.
Men's Group Helper
The Open Door Edinburgh
The role involves supporting staff who facilitate a senior mens group in a day service. This would involve making hot drinks, offering the men sandwiches and snacks, clearing cups and plates, washing dishes, loading the sanitiser, ensuring rooms are cleaned and returned to usual set up . It would also involve sitting in for the talks we welcome from visiting speakers. Interaction with the men is welcome, they like to engage in conversation.
Taxi Buddy
Simpson House
As a volunteer taxi buddy we require you to collect and escort children to and from school / home to Sunflower Garden, enabling vulnerable children to access the therapeutic support that otherwise they would be unable to access. The purpose of taxi buddies is to ensure that the children are safe, secure and relaxed on the way to and from the project, as well as connecting them with their carers at the end of each session.
Advice Worker
Community One Stop Shop
The Community One Stop Shop supports the residents of West Edinburgh and helps alleviate the effects of poverty. We work with families and individuals in crisis.
We are looking for an experienced advice worker to help support our clients at our outreach service. Responsibilities include
- Supporting and advising clients on a range of issues primarily; benefits and welfare issues, income maximisation, rights and entitlement.
-Working with clients to maximise their income
Sales Promotion
Edinburgh Community Food
Promoting Healthy Eating by selling Nutritious meal/soup kits, doing soup taster sessions and handing out health literature. Supporting Staff on fruit & veg stall with sales.
Mentor
MCR Pathways
We recruit and train volunteer mentors who are matched with a young person based on personality and career aspirations. Mentors meet with their young person at their school for just one hour a week and provide a compassionate, listening ear. MCR Mentors: Build a relationship, improving the self-esteem of their young person, Help their young people discover their own passion for learning & achieving, Empower their young people to overcome the challenges thrown at them.
IT Support Volunteer
Bethany Christian Trust
This role will involve the following tasks;
• Internal customer problem support and resolution
• System and network support and administration
• System monitoring and response to issues.
• Cloud tenant administration
The Royal Air Forces Association - Befriender
Royal Air Forces Association
Right now, there are RAF veterans in Scotland who are lonely and isolated.
As a Befriender Volunteer, you could step in to change that. It wouldn’t take much of your time and it’s a great way to use your skills, give something back and feel good.
The Royal Air Forces Association (or RAF Association), is a member-led, registered welfare charity that provides welfare support to Serving and Ex-Serving RAF personnel and their families.
The Befriender role is at the heart of the RAF Association’s objectives in delivering welfare support to members of the RAF family requiring it.
The aim of the Befriender role is to help alleviate isolation and loneliness, by giving time to listen to people either in person or over the phone and to encourage communication on a shared interest or topic, to ensure that the beneficiary remains part of the community and feels socially connected.
The role of a Befriender is varied and could involve helping out with practical tasks such as driving someone to a doctor’s appointment, it could simply involve a cup of tea and a chat or it could be to accompany them to their first meeting of an interest group in their community.
Befriender volunteers will develop a wide variety of skills, including:
• Experience of welfare work
• Listening and communications skills
• Building relationships with a wide variety of people
• Team working skills
• Research skills (volunteers will be finding ways to integrate beneficiaries into the community and local groups)
Volunteer Funding Bid Writer
Full Options
This is a longer-term role in which the Bid Writer follows up leads and keeps track of funding acquired. This is a remote role and the hours are flexible to suit you and your commitments. Access to a computer with internet and telephone facilities are essential.
Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
• At least high standard of experience working in a fundraising role – this could be in grants, • individual or corporate giving but a range of experience would be welcomed.
Buddy Volunteer
Edinburgh Headway Group
Do you want to make a difference? Could you share your interests with someone new? Do you like to go for a coffee, for a walk or shopping or visit art museum etc.? Do you have 2-3 hours a week to spare? If you have you could join our team! We can match you with an adult with an acquired brain injury, to allow their unpaid carers to receive valuable respite from their caring role. Each match is different and can fit around your time giving you a flexible way to volunteer. PVG required.
Volunteer Property Manager
Augustine United Church
You will plan and supervise maintenance of our historic building within agreed budgets and develop, with the support of the Centre Property and Finance team and the church’s architects, a rolling five-year plan of repairs and enhancements for the building.
Chef de Vie
Empty Kitchens, Full Hearts
Having set up at the start of the Covid-19 lock down we've created a community of hospitality and food workers helping each other and our communities.
We collect food donations and convert them into free meals for the food insecure citizens of Edinburgh.
We need professional chefs who want to keep their hands in the kitchen and help their communities.
Income Generation Volunteer
Heart of Newhaven
To develop and implement a funding strategy to support our vision of developing Victoria Primary School, Newhaven as a vibrant, age friendly building encouraging, developing and delivering inclusive activities which seek to promote and improve wellbeing, sharing and exchanging culture and heritage, learning, skills, expertise and enterprise in an accessible and welcoming environment
Treasurer / Board Director
Edzell Nursery
Board contribution involves strategic planning and decision making, attending approximately 6 evening meetings per year and helping deliver action points outside of this time. As Treasurer, working alongside the nursery manager and staff, responsibilities will include setting annual budgets and salaries; monitoring council funding allocations; communicating with the Pension Regulator on behalf of the organisation; annual filings with accountant, and monitoring the organisation bank accounts.
Occasional Events Volunteer
Dogs Trust
Key skills for the role:
Be aware of the aims and objectives of Dogs Trust
Enthusiastic, confident and outgoing when interacting with people
Good communication and listening skills
Ability to work as part of a team
Non-judgemental
Diplomatic and considerate
Good numeracy skills and experience of handling money, giving change etc
Conscientious with a can-do attitude
A commitment to support the work of Dogs Trust and represent Dogs Trust in a positive way
Fundraising Collectors
The Butterfly Trust
The Butterfly Trust are the lead providing agency of social support for Scotland's Cystic Fibrosis community.
We are looking for pro-active, enthusiastic volunteers to support our fundraising team at public collections, bag packs and to place/collect static collection cans in the community.
The role involves:
Attending collections in supermarkets, football grounds and street collections
Attending bag packs in supermarkets
Placing & collecting collection cans in local businesses
Digital Buddy
Leonard Cheshire
Are you friendly, patient and adaptable? Do you know how to use Skype? Do you do your shopping online? Did you know that 25% of people with a registered disability are offline compared with 6% of the rest of the UK? Help bridge the digital skills gap and learn new skills by joining our team today.
Youth Club Volunteer
FetLor Youth Club
Planning and setting up activities then helping at youth clubs with cooking, sports, arts & crafts, discussions, gardening and much more. We are looking for a volunteers who can commit to a regular club each week to support our youth work team, generally watching out for the safety of the young people and encouraging them to have fun through participating in different activities. Depending on your experience and interests, there may be opportunities to take forward your own project if you wish.
Shop Assistant
Cats Protection - South Clerk Street Shop
This role involves sorting through donated items, preparing them for the shop floor, and keeping our shop looking great. Creative ideas for displays are always welcome! You will also have opportunities to build your skills in retail work and customer service on the till.
Whether it's sorting through accessories, replenishing the book display, topping up the bric-a-brac or putting your fashion knowledge to use in the stockroom and window displays, there's bound to be a task you'll enjoy!
Receptionist
The Health Agency
1 To act as first point of contact for enquiries by phone and in person.
1.2 To use Salesforce (an online date service) for recording client information, updating client information, recording client phone calls & appointments and scanning attachments.
1.3 To provide admin support to the Health Agency staff team
1.4 To provide information resources for staff team and users of services.
1.5 To record and log messages and pass to the relevant staff member.
Volunteer Chef
Scran Academy
We're looking for a few good volunteers to help us cook delicious meals for hundreds of vulnerable and isolated people across Edinburgh. We need chefs who will relish the challenge of knocking up dishes in 200 + portion batches. We make good old fashioned Scran - mince n tatties, fish pie, stovies, mac cheese, etc - and cook all our dishes from the heart! The role is just to support the last few weeks of the scheme throughout August, so there will only be a few shifts available.
Virtual Support Centre Social Media Campaigner
Scottish Chinese Professionals
Get more exposure for Support Centre and promote its 30 Community Projects:
Generate digital content to raise general public awareness of our support centre work and engage our stakeholders we work with – from clients to volunteers and local organisations
Liaise with local media (UK and Europe) and communities to promote Support Centre services and cover more stories
Develop and manage social media to reach more audiences, help them become more accessible to our services.
Garden Volunteer
Newhaven Heritage Community Gardens & Friends of Newhaven Gardens
We are looking for a volunteer to help with general garden tasks and is happy to potter alone or with others in the community including young people from the local schools. We are also involved in developing the local wildlife and enhancing the local area with local people.
Coaching Volunteers
Edinburgh RC
We’re looking for dynamic, enthusiastic volunteers with a real passion for developing youth cyclists, and for developing their own skills in this area. You’ll support the coaching of youths aged 6-16 in sessions lasting and hour and half. Starting with cycling basics and progressing their learning in other cycling disciplines. Previous coaching or leadership experience is welcome, but this doesn’t need to be within cycling. We will support you to gain the British Cycling qualifications.
Volunteer Cook
Meal Makers
Meal Makers is a local neighbourhood food-sharing project that connects people with a love for cooking who are happy to share an extra portion of home cooked food with an older neighbour (or “diner”) who might be unable or lack the motivation to prepare a meal for themselves. Meals can be shared once a week, once a fortnight or every now and then, at times to suit. It is designed to be a flexible volunteering opportunity based on an everyday activity.
School Visitors National Coordinator
Humanist Society Scotland
To increase the capacity of our schools outreach work – to help educators deliver robust and representative Religious and Moral Education (RME) classes in keeping with the Benchmarks of the Curriculum for Excellence and Qualifications criteria, to coordinate and steward volunteers, and help develop informative materials to effectively engage with children at all levels. To develop and extend the reach of our schools outreach programme.
Trusts / Grants Fundraising Volunteer
Any Dog'll Do Rescue (ADDR)
We are looking for an excellent written communicator to identify and apply for trust and corporate grants. You will be researching funding opportunities and writing grant applications for the rescue, keeping records on appropriate grant giving bodies, (application closing dates and processes), and reporting back to donors the difference their grant has made. You will also keep in touch with our coordinators about the progress of applications.
Heriot's Beavers and Cubs Assistant
7th Braid Edinburgh (George Heriot's School) Scout Group
The Heriot's Beavers and Cubs groups need help! They meet on a Friday evening between 18:30 and 20:00 at George Heriot's School. Cubs are aged 8-10 and Beavers 6-8 years old. The Assistant Leader will support the operation of the group, in particular the planning and delivery of a balanced programme with the help of the Section Leaders. They will actively support and promote the achievement of badges and awards and support the delivery of a safe, exciting and stimulating balanced programme.
Retail Assistant
Barnardo’s Crighton Place Store
Various roles available, for both front of shop and stock room. Stock room sorting, pricing and tagging stock ready for sale, Front of shop putting stock in window, on shelves and hangers etc. Front of shop operating cash register , serving customers.
Volunteer Business Mentor
Sported
Our volunteer business mentors are paired with community sports clubs who need expertise in a particular area e.g. business planning etc. Sported works closely to support our volunteers throughout the process, and the opportunities available are very flexible, this could range from answering a 15 minute call from a club leader who has a particular question, to delivering a workshop or a 6 month mentor placement.
Gardening Volunteer
Leith Community Crops in Pots
We are currently looking for volunteers for our open volunteer days on Thursdays. Volunteers will drop in any time between 10am - 5pm and spend time cultivating the market garden and beautifying the Croft. This is not only a good opportunity to get involved in our community, but also a great way to get hands-on experience of gardening and DIY crafts led by our education officers. Spend time outside, learn something and meet great folks!
Adult Volunteer
Edinburgh Trinity Sea Cadets
We help equip teenagers with all the things they need to cope with and enjoy the big and changing world they're going into. As an adult volunteer with the sea cadets you will be required to undertake regulatory courses and there are plenty of opportunities to expand on other life skills: first aid, sailing, kayaking, rock climbing, rowing, power boating, communications, marine engineering etc. Female preferred.
Golden Years Befriender
Cyrenians
During the match, the client will be supported to identify activities of their choice which involve getting out and about, making links with local groups, developing new friendships and taking up hobbies and interests. This will help them to develop greater confidence and support their return to independence. Activities may include: Going for short walks or outings, attending local groups (e.g. crafts, singing, gardening), making use of local resources (e.g. library, sports centre).
Golden Years Telephone Befriender
Cyrenians
A weekly befriending call offering the older person the opportunity to develop a trusting relationship through conversation. This may help build confidence in themselves and enjoyment of being in touch with someone.
Facilitator
Poppyscotland (Fife)
Bud is Poppyscotland's brand new vehicle for exploration and learning, a truck that transforms into a mobile community space, comprising a mini poppy factory, micro-museum and with interactive learning opportunities.
Bud is an interactive experience that encourages visitors to create their personal remembrance journey through exploring the exhibits. It is helping us keep remembrance relevant all year round.
About the opportunity:
As a Bud Heritage Volunteer, you will support the delivery of the Bud project when Bud is in your area. This could see you supporting in one of the key tasks below:
Welcome members of the public and groups (schools, girl guides, brownies, cubs, cadet etc.) visiting Bud on their arrival.
To Deliver activities both indoor and outdoor as planned by the Bud Team.
To assist with evaluation of Bud by encouraging feedback and collecting data.
To be flexible in the performance of the post and undertake duties requested by the Bud Team.
Support the staff team in set up and take down at visits and events. Support staff in the delivery of activities with schools, groups and public visitors.
IT Can Help Volunteer
AbilityNet
We are looking for volunteers to help clients: Trouble shoot technical issues, offer impartial advice on technology, set up new tech and install hardware and software, show people how to use tier tech at home e.g shop online, send and receive emails and make adaptions to support a disabled persons specific technology needs.
Shop Volunteer
DebRA Shop - Stockbridge
The is a varied role and could include lifting heavy furniture and electrical items, electrical testing ( testing our donated electrical items to make sure they work), customer service, helping to keep the shop spick and span,
making our donated stock and shop floor clean and presentable, handyperson tasks (includes assembling and dismantling as necessary, occasional repair work), helping with rotation of stock, pricing, operating the till and visual merchandiser tasks such as creating displays.
Volunteer Support Worker
FABB Scotland (Edinburgh)
The role includes supporting and encouraging young people throughout the day to engage in activities, help to set up games/activities, help prepare snacks and meals and have fun! Fabb run Themed weekends (FRI – SUN) breaks at Trossachs Tryst Lodge set amidst beautiful scenery on the edge of the Trossachs National Park, Callander. Transport will be provided from Edinburgh, meals and accommodation included. We are keen to hear from you if you are interested.
Community Ambassador
Rock Trust
Community Ambassadors are a small team of supporters who help raise awareness of youth homelessness. This involves attending monthly group meetings with the Community Fundraiser. Community Ambassadors can occasionally assist in the organisation of, and attendance at, community events as well as securing food, toiletries, clothes and monetary donations.
Handy Person
Rock Trust
Support young people to set up a home and personalise this by supporting to paint and decorate, Support young people to develop practical maintenance skills and knowledge to enable them to live independently, Carry out maintenance tasks as required, Contribute to the overall work of the Housing Support Team.
Nightstop Host
Rock Trust
To provide safe overnight accommodation and support for a young person using the scheme including a meal and washing facilities.
To support young people to feel relaxed and comfortable in the accommodation.
To introduce a young person to the household and make them aware of essential routines and act upon any relevant information.
To operate creative methods of assisting young people to articulate their needs.
To ensure a safe, secure and respectful environment within the scheme.
Refurb Assistant
The Turing Trust
A Refurb Assistant at the Turing Trust will be taught all of the procedures we implement to restore a donated PC into a brand new elearning machine. The main tasks involved in the role include: computer repair, computer wiping, data management, PC installation, stock management and a variety of others. In this opportunity you will learn a huge amount about PC repair, maintenance and data management.
Swapshop Volunteer
Shrub Co-op
Key tasks: Welcoming and informing customers at the Shrub, working on the till, helping in the stockroom, sorting donations, helping with merchandising and displays, chatting to customers about carbon and sustainable fashion.
Also opportunities for volunteers with particular interests (e.g. graphic design, photography, organisation skills)
Collection Can Volunteer
The Yard
Identifying suitable locations for collecting cans to be placed in your local community.
Placing and servicing the collection cans (this involves checking that they are sealed and labelled correctly).
Emptying cans and counting the money.
Banking the money.
Keep an accurate record of all outgoing and incoming cans.
ESOL Tutor
Edinburgh College - Community Based English as a Second Language
Volunteering as an English tutor could be for you if you have good English and communications skills, You have an interest in language, You would like to teach in the future and need to gain some practical experience. You would be comfortable going into students' homes to teach them one-to-one. We are looking for volunteers who are interested in teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). We are looking for people with good communication skills and an interest in language learning
Branch Treasurer
SSAFA Forces Help (Edinburgh)
Volunteer Branch Treasurer. The treasurer will record all financial activity of the Branch, specifically the receipt of monies from Benevolent Associations and subsequent payments to clients who have requested our assistance. This will include inputting of financial transactions on client computer application form. Preparation of accounts for external auditing at end of financial year. Administration of annuities for veterans. Close liaison with branch officers.
Supported Shopping Volunteer
Positive Help
The Supportive Shopping Service offers assistance with shopping to people who are living with HIV and/or Hepatitis C. Our clients often struggle to manage to get their shopping independently due to poor physical/mental health, limited mobility, social anxiety or literacy issues.
Befriender
Space at Youth Befriending
Space at Youth Befriending provides one-to-one befriending for children and young people aged 5-16 though supporting them to learn new skills and provide a social experience for children and young people who are experiencing difficulties in their lives due to parental drug and alcohol use. Through the befriending relationship the child / young person and the befriender may touch on topics such as increasing self-esteem; dealing with worries; respect for others.
Fresh Start Pantry Leader
Fresh Start
This role provides support to the volunteers in Fresh Start Pantry, such as responding to requests and suggestions, assisting the Hub Team Leader in hosting team meetings, coordinating attendance and providing practical support where it is needed. This role includes responsibility for key holding and cash handling, a level of previous retail experience is an advantage.
Listening Volunteer
Edinburgh & The Lothians Samaritans
The volunteer will join about 150 other Samaritans in the Branch which operates round the clock - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The volunteer will support people in crisis, either on the phone, in person at the Samaritan Centre, or by email or SMS (phone) Text. Each year we expect to receive about 25,000 phone calls, 300 personal visits, and over 2,000 emails from all over the world. There are also opportunities to take part in running the Branch and in our growing outreach programme.
Cafe Host
LifeCare
The purpose of the role of volunteer Café Host is to help in Café Life with general duties, such as setting up tables, clearing tables, help to keep the café clean and tidy, chatting with customers and getting to know them. This will help make the café a pleasant and inviting place to be. Café Life is LifeCare's community Café is used by those who use our day services, people who come along to the classes held here and the general public.
Pace Maker
Heart Research UK
We will provide posters for you to display in your local shops, community centres, libraries, supermarkets, pharmacies and doctors surgeries to help us reach as many people as possible. We can send you a box of badges to sell to friends, family and colleagues for donations, as well as asking local shops to have a box of badges on their counter (that we can send out directly).
CARDS Volunteer
Rowan Alba
Exciting new opportunities have arisen with our CARDS (Community Alcohol Related Damage Service) project. We are a unique volunteer-led support service, working with people living in Edinburgh whose lives have been affected by alcohol. CARDS recognise the current gap in services for those who continue to drink and provide a service for all who have, or are at risk of ARBD. We are recruiting volunteers now, and run an open application process throughout the year.
Assistant Beaver Leader
64th Stockbridge Scout Group
We are looking for new volunteers both male and female to help to run the Beaver Colony. The Beaver Colony is part of an active Scout Group - together with Cubs (ages 8-10) ensuring a regular stream of new entrants. We meet regularly on a Wednesday evening, but also take part in various activities involving other Beaver Colonies. The main commitment needed is somebody who is going to be prepared to commit to regular attendance on a Wednesday evening: to get involved leading the youngsters.
Shop Volunteer
Palcrafts/Hadeel
Receive customers. Answer questions and help with purchases. Sell goods using electronic till
Pack and post mail orders. Collect goods for orders/sales. Help process returned sales
Assist in stock-taking. Report low stock levels. Assist in pricing, storing and displaying products.
Filing, photocopying and responding to phone calls
Help securely open and shut premises. Prepare shop for trading. Rubbish collection. Washing crockery. Minor local errands.
Romanian Interpreter / Translator
Crisis Skylight Edinburgh
Interpret during member and staff appointments so the members receive the fullest support
• Interpret during phone calls between staff and members to clarify advice given, appointment dates and times
• Translate key advice documents that explain basic housing options, benefits, immigration and other services that can help
• Potentially accompany staff and members on external meetings including to the Job Centre, council / local authority, night shelter or hostel interviews
Event Volunteers
Edinburgh Inter-Faith Association
Helping to run events in the evening. Welcoming guests, taking photos, setting up rooms, speakers, food, evaluations forms and audio visual requirements.
Facilitator of Art Group (Muirhouse)
Positive Futures Project
To facilitate a weekly art/drawing/painting group
Ensure use/storage of appropriate art equipment
Offer positive and encouraging advice to participants
Assist with providing refreshments for the participants
Committee Member
Enable Scotland
1. To assist with the governance of the Branch; in particular by attending the monthly meetings of the Management Committee and by taking responsibility for agreed tasks suited to their abilities. 2. To be one of the key-holders responsible for opening and locking the building before and after club meetings. 3. To help with our three clubs (which include a disco, indoor games, arts and crafts, Scottish country dancing).
Donations Coordinator
Streetwork
The Donations Coordinator will be involved with picking up, sorting and organising donations for easy access and distribution to service users. They will provide support to staff in seeking donations required for service users.
Senior Men's Group Facilitator
The Open Door Edinburgh
Jobs would include helping serve lunch, helping with activities and supporting staff in the day care room. This is a fun relaxed group with between 15-20 men visiting it each week.
Café Assistant
The Open Door Edinburgh
We are a friendly charity that is looking for help within our café. Our café offers hot and cold light bites and refreshments for the local community. Serving customers in a pleasant and courteous manner, Cleaning the kitchen, café area and café toilets in accordance with Health and Safety Regulations and Guidance, Keeping cleaning and temperature records, Undertaking the preparation of the food and beverages served in the café, Clearing tables, Washing up.
Retail Volunteer
British Red Cross (Edinburgh)
There are opportunities to work front or back of house in our new retail operation in Leith Walk, from till work to merchandising and window dressing. The back shop is where all the preparation happens, with the sorting, steaming and labelling of items for sale. There are roles in social media cover, general housekeeping, admin, gift aid promotion, brand research and customer care. We run a friendly sociable team in a busy, popular shop and would love to welcome some new volunteers to join us.
Driver & Quarry Worker
Tiphereth Trading
We are looking for volunteers to join our diverse quarry team who produce firewood and compost. We are looking for a confident driver who can help our team deliver our products to the local community and to help with on the ground work to maintain our site. The volunteer would have the opportunity to get involved in community life and gain valuable experience of working for a small charity, as well as practical experience with firewood and compost.
Trustee
Friends of Granton Castle Walled Garden
After a successful campaign to save the 15th century Walled Garden for community use and enjoyment, the Friends group is anticipating an exciting future as part of the green spaces of the forthcoming Granton Waterfront Development. We are seeking trustees of all ages and backgrounds to expand our managing committee as we continue.
Gardeners
Friends of Granton Castle Walled Garden
Who can resist the chance to help restore a 'lost' 15th century walled garden here in Edinburgh? Or to get fit without paying gym costs? We are keen to recruit volunteers for a wide variety of gardening tasks. You don't have to have specific gardening skills – enthusiasm counts. A wide variety of tasks are involved in the restoration project – digging, clearing, weeding, planting, laying bases for greenhouse and composting toilet, making tea, helping with planning, harvesting seasonal produce.
Resource Befriender
Safe Families
Resource Befrienders may do some painting, joinery, gardening or anything practical that helps out the family on a practical level.
Fundraiser
Bare Branding
Bare Branding is a social enterprise and to function as a non-profit open access makers workshop relies on funding. Fundraiser will have the responsibility to contact relevant bodies in regards to funding opportunities and fill in the relevant paperwork. It will allow to build budget to subsidize those who can’t afford paying for the materials and in this way ensure equal opportunities for everybody. Moreover, funding will allow us to organise more events and workshops for targeted groups.
Covid-19 Retail Champion Volunteer (Bruntsfield)
Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
Since the outbreak of Covid 19 the government 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 customers at the entrance of the shop
· Managing a socially distanced queuing system
· Advising customers of the COVID19 procedures we have in place in the shop, including hand sanitising and social distancing.
· Accepting donations and completing gift aid applications
· Helping with the ongoing good hygiene procedures of the shop
Cafe Worker
LOVE Gorgie
This is a brilliant opportunity to get involved with a well love community resource. Until we can re-open our gates we are operating our cafe as a take away. We are in need of volunteers to work in our kitchen making meals for customers and to work the counter to take orders, make tea and coffee and take payments. Assistance may be required in our food bank at busier times. All work will be carried out following strict social distancing guidelines.
Scout Leader
85th Braid Scout Group
We are looking for 2-3 motivated volunteers who would enjoy working with young people (10 ½ - 14) to be leaders of our Scout Troop, planning and delivering the Scouting programme over the year. Primary task is to plan and deliver the "Scouting programme" (a mixture of games and activities that work towards the many badges Scouts can earn), alongside the other leaders in the team. This involves attendance at our Wednesday evening meetings (during term time only), etc.
Advocacy - Eating Disorders
CAPS Independent Advocacy
This role involves using your own lived experiences of eating disorders in a positive way to raise awareness, fight against stigma and campaign for change. Working as a team, 'Seen but not Heard' eating disorders collective advocacy have developed training around eating disorders, two films, awareness events, attended conferences, responded to/developed consultations and have produced leaflets and resource packs.
Advocacy - Personality Disorders
CAPS Independent Advocacy
The role involves using personal experiences of living with a Personality disorder as part of CAPS collective advocacy group (Much More Than A Label); to raise awareness of PD, promote understanding, fight against stigma and campaign for change. The group have made films, produced a resource pack & training workshop, attended conferences & are working on awareness raising around personality disorders.
Learn Volunteer - Personality Disorder
CAPS Independent Advocacy
The role involves sharing personal experiences of living with Borderline Personality disorder with groups of participants & helping to facilitate training workshops, aimed at raising awareness of BPD. You will need good communication skills, lived experience of living with a Personality Disorder, & be willing to share experiences with people from different backgrounds. A sense of commitment & willingness to travel locally are important.
Assistant Scout Leader / Scout Leader
150th Craigalmond Scout Group
Assist other leaders with running the Cubs (kids aged 8-10) or Scouts (10-14) groups. Help young people have new experiences and adventures. Have fun, make friends and develop new skills. Volunteers will develop teamwork, confidence and leadership skills. Meetings are usually held in our Scout Hall at Saughton Crescent, Edinburgh but we often go on trips to local parks and woods as well as other places of interest.
Communications Assistant
Bridgend Inspiring Growth
This is the chance to help out in building closer connections and communications with people to promote and to engage with the Bridgend Farmhouse Renovation Project. You will have the opportunity to work with a small charity that is embedded within surrounding local communities to raise awareness, reach out and strengthen information sharing. You can practice developing inclusive, informative and eye-catching information to share with members and organisations.
Peer Mentor
Action for M.E..
This peer mentor role provides mentoring support from people with experience of M.E. to people living with M.E.. The aim is to give both people an opportunity to develop and enhance their skills and capacity to self- manage. Online training for mentors will be provided and one to one and group support will be available as well as further skills development. Action for M.E. will provide information on how to create, manage and sustain a mentoring relationship, which will be online or by phone for now.
Golf Guide/Driver
The Scottish Blind Golf Society
Visually impaired golfers need a guide to take them to and from golf courses, to help them before, during and after the match. The guide indicates the direction the golfer has to aim and follows the ball. You do not need to be a golfer yourself. The visually impaired golfer takes part in Blind Golf Scotland events in various locations in Scotland, and beyond if possible. Competitions take place approximately once a month during the summer but you could guide as many, or as few as you wish.
Volunteer Advisor (Foodbank)
Salvation Army Employment Plus
The Salvation Army, in partnership with Trussel Trust are seeking volunteers to provide an advice service in various Food banks throughout the City of Edinburgh.
Our quest is to provide an “on hand” resource and signposting service to those accessing Food bank provision.
The role involves regular weekly attendance at your designated foodbank, getting to know both staff and volunteers, and interacting with service users to identify their support needs.
Shop Volunteer
DebRA Shop - Stockbridge
The is a varied role and could include lifting heavy furniture and electrical items, electrical testing ( testing our donated electrical items to make sure they work), customer service, helping to keep the shop spick and span,
making our donated stock and shop floor clean and presentable, handyperson tasks (includes assembling and dismantling as necessary, occasional repair work), helping with rotation of stock, pricing, operating the till and visual merchandiser tasks such as creating displays.
Trustee
Tommy’s Honour Education Trust
This is an excellent opportunity to become part of an education charity based in West Lothian. We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to become part of the board of trustees to provide support and oversee the work of Tommy's Honour Education Trust. We are a young organisation and are looking for trustees with varying backgrounds to help shape and influence the direction of the Trust.
Fundraising Team Admin support
The Butterfly Trust
This role involves providing support to our fundraising team based in our Head Office.
This would include send out letters/e-mails.
Updating databases.
Sending out fundraising packs/collection cans.
Counting money from collection cans.
Various other duties to support fundraising team.
Trustees
Lothian Autistic Society
Board members are the strategic drive for the organisation and are expected to show a commitment to the organisation’s values. The board meets once a month to oversee services and finances, ensuring that each are aligned with the strategic business plan. The plan is reviewed annually and renewed every three years. Board members provide guidance and support to the organisation’s staff through the CEO, provide a link with the society’s membership and ensure the needs of our service.
Digital Buddy for Argyle Street
Leonard Cheshire
We need friendly, patient people with a basic knowledge of IT to support disabled people to access the digital world. We especially want someone who can use iPad and/or Android tablets, and likes to use the internet for leisure and learning. The most important qualities our volunteers need are patience and an ability to explain things people may be unfamiliar with. You must also be able to adapt your expectations and language as needed in order to support clients.
Horticultural Assistant
Newhaven Heritage Community Gardens & Friends of Newhaven Gardens
Volunteer who has basic knowledge in plants and wants to help grow plants, shrubs, trees, flowers, fruit and veg in plots around Newhaven and help with groups of people that come to volunteer though also happy to potter alone. There are raised beds to tend and weeding as well as planting in shady areas. The local primary school and after school club often help out and feel inspired and enjoy looking at wildlife and volunteer with tasks and would appreciate some instruction.
Activity Sessions Volunteer
Pilmeny Youth Centre
Being part of a team with 3 or 4 experienced session youth workers, facilitating activities and provision for children and young people. Light sports activity – Music Room – TV lounge and kitchen supervision.
Google Adwords Role
The Turing Trust
Through Google Ad Grants we already have multiple adverts set up and running but we need some help maintaining our adverts and ensuring they are as effective as possible. If you have past experience in using AdWords and are keen to gain experience in the charity sector then we are looking for your help, this can be from home or in our Edinburgh facility certain days of the week.
Welfare Volunteer
Shrub Co-op
Welfare Volunteers work together helping to ensure the mental, physical and emotional wellbeing of volunteers and members of the SHRUB Coop. This could include helping create accessible welfare policies, assisting with workshops and drop in sessions and arbitrating conflicts and complaints - not all volunteers have to take part in all tasks, giving the volunteers opportunity to focus on their interest areas. We ask for a minimum commitment of 6 months of volunteering, approximately 2-3h/week.
Dispatcher
HcL Handicabs
To take passenger bookings, arrange journeys, deal with enquiries and to provide information when requested. To ensure the smooth scheduling of journey requests. General clerical work, including filing, correspondence, and day to day running of the office, including preparation of drivers sheets. Using various office equipment correctly, including computers, telephones, fax machine and photocopier. To undertake any induction and in-service training program required.
Befriender
ECAS (Edinburgh)
Befriending can be very rewarding. Our volunteer Befrienders are from all walks of life - retired, students, able-bodied or disabled. Once linked with a 'Befriendee', you would visit them regularly (usually on a weekly basis) to keep them company, sit and chat, play games or help get them out and about. Trips out can involve simply going along to a café for a cup There will also be regular opportunities to of tea or a longer trip (up to 3 hrs) to go shopping or to the cinema for example.
Telephone Befriender
Meal Makers
As a Call Befriender you must have access to a phone and be willing to make outbound calls. The role includes: contacting a small list of older people on a regular basis for a chit chat; submitting a brief record of the calls and to report any matters of concern to staff; informing Meal Makers Staff of any accidents, incidents or complaints; maintaining confidentiality; representing Meal Makers in a professional manner to our members and the wider community
Participant Midlothian Voices Collective Advocacy Project
CAPS Independent Advocacy
Midlothian Voices is a Collective advocacy group of people in Midlothian who identify as having Mental Health issues. CAPS facilitate their group to enable them to come together to achieve their goals. The group is fairly new but since getting together as the end of last year they have identified three goals for the group to work on: To engage with services at a strategic level by attending meetings and events where decision making happens, to work on topic specific issues that are important to people such as Welfare Reform and reducing stigma and to bring people in Midlothian together around these issues.
So far members of the group have attended Lothian wide events on Human Rights and the reform of the Scottish Health Council and have looked at how these issues are relevant in Midlothian and fed back through the Mental Health Strategy group on their thoughts. They have also been part of a sit down with the Minister for Mental Health at the NHS annual conference to ask questions about Mental Health services in Midlothian
Midlothian voices describe themselves as a go-getting friendly group and have many ideas on issues they would like to work on in the future, they are very much looking forward to welcoming new members of the group and generating new ideas. Individuals can get involved in the project at a level that suits their own abilities, skills and commitments. Meetings usually take place every six weeks.
Due to Covid 19 CAPS we have had to alter the way we work. Groups and volunteer roles are currently taking place online until we can resume face to face meetings.
Volunteer Driver
NappiRunz
We are looking for someone with spare time to help us with our collections and deliveries. The position mainly involves.
Picking up donations from our various points
Dropping donations in store
Delivering donations to the charities we support
Keeping good records of our outgoing and incoming donations
Work closely with the charity trustees and volunteers.
Volunteer Exhibition Assistant
Talbot Rice Gallery
We look for volunteers to get involved in every exhibition at the Gallery as Volunteer Exhibition Assistants. Our team of volunteers are crucial in the success of our exhibitions and provide essential and valued support. All volunteers receive training for their role and a high level of support from the Gallery team throughout their time volunteering with us. We offer practical experience of working in a contemporary gallery space, public engagement and the opportunity to meet artists.
Befriender Volunteer (Adults)
Grassmarket Community Project
We are looking for volunteers to join our Befriending Telephone Service which reaches out to the local communities most vulnerable and isolated. Volunteers will be asked to call a member at an agreed time each week. The calls can be arranged for anytime between 9am-9pm and any day of the week as long as it suits both parties. The calls can coincide with going out for a walk but this is optional.
Facilitator of Art Group (Dumbiedykes)
Positive Futures Project
To facilitate a weekly art group
Ensure the use and storage of appropriate art equipment
Offer positive, encouraging, non-judgmental advice
To assist with providing refreshments for all participants in the group
Shop Volunteer
Hospice of Hope Shop, Stockbridge
Hospices of Hope's mission is to improve the quality of life for the terminally ill and their families in Romania and other countries in the region through increased provision and access to palliative care services and training. By Volunteering with us in our charity shops, you contribute to making this happen. Help us to sort, prepare and price stock for sale. On our sales floor, learn how to operate the till, serve and assist customers and display stock so that we can maximise every sale.
Gardener
Venchie Children & Young People's Project
Do you have green fingers, do you enjoy making green spaces neat and tidy. You would be required to cut grass and weed borders, help plant out seasonal plants and sweeping up of leaves and rubbish. We are a children and young people?s project based in East Edinburgh.
Leader over 18 or Young Leader 14-18
102nd Craigalmond Scout Group
Provision of fun activities to children in a safe but challenging environment. Various activities which included creative, outdoors and camping.
Hub Volunteer
Streetwork
Tasks may include:
Assisting with amenities such as accessing showers, laundry, phone, post and locker facilities
Helping to sort donations
Managing the clothing store
Serving teas, coffee and breakfast
Giving out basic sign-posting information (free food, directions,etc)
Helping with workshops
Welcoming new service users and showing them round the Hub
Checking the bathrooms
Please get in touch at volunteering@simonscotland.org to find out more about our Volunteer Information Evening.
Activity Volunteer
Streetwork
We are seeking volunteers with specialist skills we can offer to our service users and/or the organisation. This may be for individuals, groups or a specific activity to service users/the organisation on an ongoing or one- off basis. Skills could include haircuts, chiropody, complementary therapies, art therapy, literacy classes, practical support, marketing, fundraising, IT or business skills. Whatever you feel you may be able to offer.
Pop Up Shop Van Driver
Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home
This is a varied role that offers the opportunity to gain experience running pop-up shops whilst supporting local animal welfare charity, Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home.
This role involves driving to and from events and helping set up shop.
Community Group Volunteer
The Yard
The aim of the role is to work within a group to plan and deliver fundraising events to raise money to continue to allow us to provide fun and friendship for disabled children across the east of Scotland. You can either join your local group or if there is no group in your local area we will support you to set up your own group. You will be our friendly local face in the community.
Dementia Day Care Worker
Prestonfield and District Neighbourhood Workers Project
Specific Duties - along with Project staff collecting transport lists from office and then going with vehicle and driver to collect clients from their home, physically assist them onto the vehicle and ensure they are properly seated and securely fastened in. Clients are then brought to the Neighbourhood Centre, assisted in alighting from the vehicle into the Centre and seated for the daycare, lunch and social activities The volunteer will assist the social care workers in the general operations.
Awareness Raising Volunteer Assistants: Oral Health
LINKnet Mentoring
LINKnet are looking for volunteers to support paid staff to increase awareness of oral health among ME (minority ethnic) communities by bringing the communities in and delivering oral and wider health improvement messages in an accessible manner. “Edinburgh Smile”, is a project of LINKnet that partners MEHIS (Minority Ethnic Health Inclusion Service)- NHS. The successful candidates will be involved in the development and coordination of activities to raise awareness.
Drop In and Outreach Volunteer
Crew
Crew is a psycho-stimulant drug service providing information, advice and support around drugs and sexual health to young people. As a Crew volunteer you will have the opportunity to volunteer in our Edinburgh drop in shop and on outreach events at pubs, clubs and festivals. You will be given full training, including drugs, sexual health and peer support. You will be working with a strong and diverse team of staff and volunteers to provide information, advice and support to young people.
Befriender (Adults and Elderly)
City of Edinburgh Council - Health & Social Care Department
The COVID-19 crisis is difficult for us all but people with caring responsibilities (unpaid carers) are under even more pressure and stress. Reduced/closed services mean that many carers have no choice but to care round the clock for loved ones without any hope of break.
Once the support is restored, many carers will feel burnt out and physically and emotionally tired. We hope that this is where you can step in. As a volunteer you will be spending 1:1 time with the person to give their carer a break
Gardener
City of Edinburgh Council - Health & Social Care Department
We are looking for gardeners who can help the elderly to maintain their gardens. Tasks involve general gardening tasks such as weeding and mowing the grass, leaf picking, tidying up borders, planting flower bulbs and sometimes growing some vegetables. Your initiative and imagination will be welcomed! No gardening knowledge required. There will also be a bit of chat and time for a cuppa! Some people, if able, may even join you and do some gardening with you.
Foodbank Assistant
Community One Stop Shop
Foodbank assistant require. To assist with the preparation of food bags, sorting stock and donations. Stock taking and recording individual donations. Heavy lifting involved.
We are also in need of volunteers with a driving license that can deliver food to our clients by car.
Cycling for Newcomers Volunteer
The Welcoming
• Map appropriate routes for monthly cycling group
• Assist newcomers with fitting helmets, hi-vis vests, lights and adjusting seat heights on bikes
• Doing pre-ride bike safety checks, and performing any minor maintenance
• Ensuring that all participants are safe on the cycle routes
• Administering first aid if necessary
• Ensuring all bikes and equipment are returned to the office after the bike rides
• Advising participants as to where they can buy bikes, and access bike maintenance services
Peer Support Volunteer - CARDS
Rowan Alba
Many of our clients who engage with the CARDS Service become curious about or wish to engage in recovery or with dedicated recovery services. In response to feedback from clients and volunteers we now have dedicated Peer Volunteers who themselves are in recovery and have lived experience of that journey and can provide our clients with hope and belief that they can make a positive change.
Peer Support Volunteer
Turning Point Scotland (Edinburgh)
The Peer Supporter will provide support, encouragement and inspiration to clients attending the Recovery Hub. The Peer Supporter will make informal contact with clients when they attend the service. The Peer Supporter will listen to clients and use their own experience of addiction and recovery to provide support as appropriate. They may take on other roles as their confidence and skills expand like co facilitate groups , shadow one to one engagements and needle exchange.
Home Visitor
Pet Fostering Service Scotland
Our Home Visitors play a vital role in delivery of our service by visiting potential volunteer pet foster carers to assess their house, home situation and the fosterer.
You will be contacted by PFSS when there is a need for a home visit in your area.
Main tasks:
Contact the potential fosterer and arrange a time for the home visit to take place
Carry out the home visit following the guidelines provided by PFSS.
Complete the home visit report and return a copy to the Home Visit Coordinator
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1.2 To use Salesforce (an online date service) for recording client information, updating client information, recording client phone calls & appointments and scanning attachments.
1.3 To provide admin support to the Health Agency staff team
1.4 To provide information resources for staff team and users of services.
1.5 To record and log messages and pass to the relevant staff member.
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Our volunteer business mentors are paired with community sports clubs who need expertise in a particular area e.g. business planning etc. Sported works closely to support our volunteers throughout the process, and the opportunities available are very flexible, this could range from answering a 15 minute call from a club leader who has a particular question, to delivering a workshop or a 6 month mentor placement.
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Help look after the Water of Leith. Volunteers carry out practical conservation tasks along the river and walkway in conjunction with City of Edinburgh Council Natural Heritage Service. This could be a river clean-up, tree or wildflower planting, meadow cutting, invasive plant control (May-July), vegetation control, footpath maintenance. Children of all ages are welcome if supervised by an adult.
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We need volunteers to staff the reception desk, providing the first impression of the centre and the trust, welcoming visitors with a smile, giving help and advice ,making cups of tea and coffee and taking the money for cafe sales. Other duties may include preparing materials for the education and group visits
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This role involves sorting through donated items, preparing them for the shop floor, and keeping our shop looking great. Creative ideas for displays are always welcome! You will also have opportunities to build your skills in retail work and customer service on the till.
Whether it's sorting through accessories, replenishing the book display, topping up the bric-a-brac or putting your fashion knowledge to use in the stockroom and window displays, there's bound to be a task you'll enjoy!
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Our Home Visitors play a vital role in delivery of our service by visiting potential volunteer pet foster carers to assess their house, home situation and the fosterer.
You will be contacted by PFSS when there is a need for a home visit in your area.
Main tasks:
Contact the potential fosterer and arrange a time for the home visit to take place
Carry out the home visit following the guidelines provided by PFSS.
Complete the home visit report and return a copy to the Home Visit Coordinator
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Every family needs something different, but they all love someone to talk to who isn’t going to judge or criticise them. The children are under 5 so they just want to play, sing, hear stories and run about outside. By turning up once a week for 2 hours you can help to de-stress a family and help them to enjoy their kids, because you are there to take a little of the pressure off. By regular visiting you will help families connect with their communities, feel more confident and be more resilient.
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Various roles available, for both front of shop and stock room. Stock room sorting, pricing and tagging stock ready for sale, Front of shop putting stock in window, on shelves and hangers etc. Front of shop operating cash register , serving customers.
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