Sourced by Oxfam Specialist

Oxfam

Oxfam has long been one of the leaders in the sourcing and selling of fair trade goods. It remains a constantly evolving aspect of Oxfam's fundraising in our Trading division. We need an enthusiastic person with a flair for detail to help organize the receipt and merchandising of new products at the Oxfam shop in Inverness. Full training will be given.

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Fashion Accessories Specialist

Oxfam

An opportunity for an enthusiastic and ideally knowledgable person to assist in the selection, pricing and merchandising of fashion accessories (including ladies' shoes and handbags). Based at the Oxfam shop in Inverness. Full training provided but some knowledge of the product is desirable.

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Sunday Supervisior

Oxfam

Oxfam inverness is keen tp begin core trading hours on a Sunday (4hours). We hope to recruit an enthusiastic and competent person to be in charge of opening and supervising the shop on that day. Full training will be given.

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Garden Carer

Highlife Highland

The Grow Project provides therapeutic and educational based gardening activities for adults with learning difficulties. The Grow Projects promotes Organic Gardening, Wildlife and Recycling. The volunteering opportunity would involve helping the adults in mintaining and developing theri garden, promoting the GROW principles and helping produce products for sale. The GROw Project is specifically designed for adults with learning disabilities. It is operated on behalf of the National Health Service by the Inverness Botanic Gardens - a service within High Life Highland, an 'arms length' organisation set up by The Highland Council. The project provides a sympathetic workplace type environment that uses horticulture therapy training and work experience, and at times, qualifications and to improve trainee levels of independence, social inclusion, health, happiness. The Project can accommodate up to eight trainees per day and has a flexible approach to learning. This opportunity is to help at the GROW project - gardening for adults with learning difficulties. This requires a degree of physical fitness and an understanding of the challenges of working with adults with learning difficulties. This area is open 5 days a week 9am-4pm Monday to Friday. We would be happy with anyone who would like to help whole or part days, one day week or more than one. Volunteers need a reasonable degree of physical fitness and stamina sufficient to participate in our gardening activities which will involve quite long periods of standing. They also need the ability to lift and carry gardening items.

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Back shop Steaming Pricing Processing

P.D.S.A

Sorting through donated items tagging, hanging, steaming, keep tidy

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Fundraiser

Guide Dogs

Assist the local fundraising team in promoting and taking part in a variety of activities to raise money for Guide Dogs. The time commitment can be very flexible and the fundraising groups organise events throughout the year. What does the role involve? You will have the chance to take part in some or all of the following: Street collections on ‘flag’ days Help on stalls at local events Taking collection boxes to local businesses Attending local events organised by branches or Community Fundraisers and keeping track of what we sell on our stalls (including the cuddly toys!) Count donations Fundraisers are usually members of the local fundraising group

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Youth Worker

Inverness Scout District

As a volunteer with the Scouts, as well as helping young people to enjoy the adventure, you'll also have fun, make friends, develop new skills and have unforgettable experiences. We have a wide range of volunteer roles - from casual helpers to leaders, trainers, trustees and more we have a role for everyone. We also offer flexiable volunteering roles too, so we can fit around you and the time that you want to give to Scouting. You don't need to have previous experience in Scouting, just energy and enthusiasm. we can match your existing skills with the right role and help you to develop new skills. All our adult volunteers recieve full induction and ongoing training and support. Our training has been recognized with a National Training by UK Skills and over 90% of our volunteers believe that the skills and experiences they have gained through Scouting have been of relevance to their working or personal lives. As long as you're over 18, you can help out as an adult volunteer in Scouting. There is no upper age limit for adult volunteers.

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Chairperson

Friends of the Birnie

As Chairperson, you will be responsible for co-ordinating a small group of parent carers on the committee who want the group to progress and grow. The Chairperson will organize and chair 3 monthly committee meetings. It is primarily an administrative role which can be done from home. You must have your own computer and printer. Committee meetings are held locally in a location suiting everyone. You will be co-ordinating the committee to make sure the support group continues to run smoothly.

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Netball Coach- Wick Netball Club

Wick Netball Club

Volunteers to help Wick Netball club. Help with committee or hands-on coaching. the club also has a junior section requiring volunteer coaches

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Kitchen Assistant

Ar n-aite

This role will involve the preparation of snacks, light meals and baking, helping General Assistant and staff across the operation of the Café. Will have responsibility for keeping the kitchen clean and hygienic. Ar n-Aite (Our Place) is an exciting new Café venture in the city centre of Inverness. All proceeds are reinvested in supporting those experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. We aim to offer a welcoming environment and atmosphere and an excellent food retail experience for our customers.

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The Conservation Volunteers

TCV

Wood Recycling - Pallet Busting, Joinery Skills, Building planters and bird boxes etc. Inverness GG - Invasive species removal, Litter picks, gardening etc. You will be working alongside a huge variety of volunteers of different ages, backgrounds and ability.

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Befriender

Badenoch And Strathspey Community Transport Company

A ‘Befriender’ is someone with a friendly face and a sympathetic ear who visits someone regularly at an agreed time. Befrienders provide company and help to do social activities, continue hobbies and take up new interests both inside and outside the home.

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Lochaber Sensory Care

LSC is the leading charity in the Lochaber area focussing of hearing and sight impairment and has strong links with other organisations both statutory and charitable in these fields. LSC provides very popular and successful services, include hearing aid battery and tube replacement, advice and the supply of hearing and visual aids which help in the everyday functionality of service users, outreach work within the community and the centre provides accessibility to these services. The outreach service also provides a important link within the community between the statutory and third sector. Lip reading classes provided by LSC increases knowledge within the community of hearing impairment which is an essential part of the LSC strategy of championing the needs of the hearing and visually impaired. These classes are very popular and are provided alongside the outreach work. LSC furthers the strategic objective of reducing social isolation by having a very active and popular social club.

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Exhibition Development Assistants

Lochaber Rural Education Trust

To assist the Exhibition co-ordinator in all aspects of the development of the 'Jim Leslie' collection, a permanent photographic exhibition, and the eventual operation of a rural skills centre. This will include an international exhibition of photographic equipment, a 'living' agricultural museum, a children's farm and adventure playground and a fully equipped teaching centre.

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Hello Volunteer

Signpost Inverness

The hello campaign began as a conversation around mental health and wellbeing and the simplest way to connect with our communties is the the gesture of saying hello. The idea of the campaign is simply to spread the word and encourage people to say 'Hello' to one and other. Its that simple. This role invited volunteers to play a part in the campaign, from helping prepare packs to welcoming others and saying Hello and encouraging others to do so at the launch or at stalls.

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Montrose Support Service

Montrose Centre

At the project our clients make different crafts at which to sell at local craft fairs etc. The project is very small and we are currently working hard to build up a decent amount of stock that we can sell on. The ideal candidate would: Have sewing skills Be able to use and show others how to use a sewing machine. Be creative Have an awareness of the needs of people with learning disabilities.

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Minibus Driver

Merkinch Partnership

Minibus driver will drive the activity group on alternate Wednesdays to places of interest. This will include a walk and a picnic lunch. This position could be shared and the organisation will need one driver per group drive.

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Buddy

Birchwood Highland

To provide support to the Birchwood Highland team in order to Support and form positive one-to-one relationships with a service user who may be lonely or isolated as a result of their ill health. Assist with improving a service user's social network and help them become more involved in their local community.

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Health and Safety Advisor

Inverness Men's Shed

The Inverness Men Shed is about to move into new premises in Victoria Drive, Inverness and we are urgently seeking a person to advise and guide us on all aspects of Health and safety. We are at present in small premises and we are moving to a much larger premises and we are very aware of all requirements relating to Health and Safety. At present we have no person with such knowledge on our list of volunteers. We would greatly appreciate the advice and guidance of an experienced Health and Safety person to ensure that as we enter a new development that we comply with the law.

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Peer Tutor

Centre for Mental Health Recovery

Volunteering as a peer tutor within the NHS Highland Recovery College to create, deliver and Co-facilitate focused courses and to provide general study support to students. Volunteer would be expected to draw upon personal and professional experience of mental health, and health and wellbeing to research and design/create a recovery focused course to deliver when you can, to a group of students at the college. Recovery is a user-led concept, emphasising hope, optimisim and valuing individual aspirations and goals. The NHS Highland Recovery College will run educational courses and workshops on a range of topics to help people recognize and develop their personal resourcefulness to order to become experts in their on self care, make informed choices about the assistance they need to do this, and do the things they want to do in life.

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Biking coach

Aviemore Primary School

Aviemore Primary school would like to recruit volunteers to help with the P6 - 7 Bike skills training. If you have an interest in biking and would like to share it with the next generation please contact Jen Flemming, class teacher. 01479 813120.

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Visiting volunteer

Pets as Therapy Lochaber

To visit with your dog or cat to nursing & residential home, hospitals, hospices or day centres to provide companionship and share your pet with people that can no longer keep or have access to pets themselves.

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Talking Book Service Assistant

Sight Action - Inverness

To be responsible for the day to day running of the book service.The co-ordinator will be required to be organised and have a tidy mind. This role will also include talking to service users on the phone and possibly visiting them to demonstrate use of the boom box and choosing books from the catalogue.

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Children's Worker

Iona Community (Highland)

Children's Workers are part of the programme team on Iona and will have a resident Children's Worker as Team Leader and Deputy Warden as Line Manager.

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Strathspey Railway Volunteer

Strathspey Steam Railway

Engineering, plumbing, elctrician, upholsterer, ticket collect, train driver, guardsmen, painter etc.

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Resident Visitor

Invernevis House

By providing company and companionship, volunteers will be enhancing the residents quality of life and helping to reduce any feelings of isolation and loneliness.

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Gardener

Main office Barnardos Family Support

We are currently looking for an individual who have some gardening experience to help us with our garden at the home in Inverness. • Hours can be flexible • Opportunity to share your gardening knowledge with children/young people and their families we support • Meeting new people • Role involves planting seeds and flowers, growing vegetables, weeding and general garden duties • Volunteer support will be provided by a staff member

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Broadford Workshop Helper

Rag Tag 'n' Textile

Rag Tag provide amazing support for those with mental health problems, through crafts and activities but also providing a safe environment. Helpers will help them keep this amazing environment running and interacting with the service users.

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Museum Volunteer

West Highland Museum

A volunteer's role her involve providing a warm welcome and basic information to museum visitors at reception and handling small shop sales. There are also some light cleaning duties and opening up and closing the museum. Hours: A half day per week, we are open Monday to Saturday 10am-4pm at the moment and shift times are 9.45am - 1pm or 1pm -4.15pm. We move to our summer opening hours in May, 10am-5pm. Shifts 9.45am -1.30pm or 1.30pm-5.15pm. There may also be opportunities to help out with some of our office based tasks. We are especially needing help Tuesday mornings, Thursday afternoons, Friday mornings, Friday afternoons and Saturdays.

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Demonstration and Delivery assistant

The British Wireless for the Blind Fund

British Wireless for the Blind Fund is looking for people who can offer a few hours a month to deliver and demonstrate audio equipment to blind and partially-sighted people in their homes. You will phone the recipient, make an appointment that suits you both, deliver the set and show them how it works. The role requires an enhanced Criminal Records Bureau check will be organised by and paid by British wireless for the blind fund.

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Trolley Around Wards

Royal Voluntary Service Highland Western Isles and Invernesshire

Going round the hospital wards selling various items such as newspaper, sweets, drinks, toiletries etc off our trolly and collecting payment for the goods. Ideally work as part of a pair but can be done singlely.

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Pancake Brunch helper

Grantown YMCA Community Centre

Grantown YMCA runs a successful Pancake Brunch. They are looking for volunteers to help out at this monthly event. For more information please contact 01479 872262. Light work such as tables clearing and serving customers required. No experience required, just a friendly willing approach. For more information please contact 01479 872262. Free pancakes for your time.

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Customer Service Assistant

Ar n-aite

This role involves taking orders, servicing customers, using the till. You will also have responsibility of ensuring the front of house is clean and tidy at the end of the day. Experience is welcome but full training will be given. Ar n-Aite (Our Place) is an exciting new Café venture in the City Centre of Inverness. All proceeds are reinvested in supporting those experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. We aim to offer a welcoming environment and atmosphere and an excellent food retail experience for our customers.

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Mens Shed volunteer

Black Isle Men's shed

We meet every week to have a cuppa tea and do some wood work. all welcome.

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shop assistant

Redcross shop alness

Typical volunteering tasks in our charity shops include: serving customers sorting donated items creating eye-catching displays.

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Collecting Can Representative

CHAS Trading (Childrens Hospices Across Scotland)

CHAS collecting can representatives are responsible for placing and collecting fundraising cans from a range of sites including pubs, cafes and shops. People donate to CHAS every day through our network of collecting cans across Scotland, which helps us develop vital services for children and families. Activities; Identifying suitable locations for collection cans to be placed placing collecting cans servicing collecting cans(checking that cans are clearly labelled, numbered and sealed) emptying cans and counting money banking the money keeping a record of all outgoing cans

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Volunteer Speaker

CHAS Trading (Childrens Hospices Across Scotland)

CHAS speakers identify opportunities to engage new audiences in the work of CHAS by arranging and delivering talks. Talks could be to school groups, employees in a local business, a rotary club or any other group of people. The aim of this role is to raise awareness of CHAS in the local community and to encourage others to get involved in supporting the charity through donating money and time. Activities: Identifying opportunities to speak to new groups through local research and knowledge Arranging talks Delivering short talks about CHAS

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Shinty Referee

Camanachd Association

Shinty Referees are required to officiate at matches throughout Scotland but with a particular concentration in the West Highlands and Argyll and Bute. Typical fixtures will see the referee making a round trip of 100 - 150 miles in some of Scotland's most beautiful scenery. The role of the referee requires a good level of fitness to a standard of that expected in a 'Fun run' or 'Bike-a-thon'. Training and support are on hand to initiate you into the rules.

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Animal/watering Team

Lochaber Rural Education Trust

This would involve joining the rota and becoming a member of our morning or evening team. It would take an hour of your time. We would ask that you put our animals in or out depending on the team you join, this includes a guinea pig, a cockerel and 2 chickens and 2 rabbits. Also either opening or closing one or two greenhouses plus watering of plants when required. This would involve maximum 1 hour of your time. As little as once a week.

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Drop In Host

Signpost Inverness

This role will include chatting to attendees, signposting them to relevant organisations, contacting organisations on their behalf and making follow up calls.

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Hospice Hero

Highland Hospice (Highland)

One day you can be assistig in the cafe, serving staff, customers and patient relatives. You would do this alongside another volunteer on a 3 hour shift either in the morning or afternoon during the week (or for 4 hours ona a Saturday). The next day, you could be supporting in our kitchen, helping the two kitchen staff keep the place clear to let them make amazing meals for patients. Alternatively, youj could be helping out in the Volunteer's Office, scanning documents and helping us to keep our paperwork up to date and tidy. You could then be asked to help out in our Day Therapies development working directly alongside patients and our awsome team of Occuptaional Therapists and nurses. This is a full day (10-3) helping to prepare and serve refreshments to patients, and participate in activities. If you have any special skills or interests, you may be encouraged and supported to carry out your own activity with patients. If you have other skills likt IT, photography, graphic design, digital media or marketing then we may be able to work together to come up with your very own project. This could maybe be something you can do whilst helping on our reception desk for example.

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Advocate

Advocacy Highland

Volunteer advocates work with vulnerable people assisting and suporting them and put across their views at meetings. They put across a persons point of view as if it was their own. They access information on behalf of people and help them explore their options. They also help with letter writing and phone calls.

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Shopping Escort

Badenoch And Strathspey Community Transport Company

The volunteer shopping assistant meets the client they are matched with along with the rest of the group. They assist them with their shopping. Some social interaction is required and accountability for managing the clients money can be required.

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Volunteer Befriender

Befriending Caithness

Volunteer Befrienders needed in Caithness to offer face-to-face support to people in their own homes who are facing isolation.

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Activities/trips helper

Lochalsh Youth Community Trust

Fancy getting involved in volunteering with young people in your local community? Then the Kyle Hub is for you. The youth hub is looking for volunteers to help with the planning of activities and trips away as well as providing support to young people while taking part.

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Fundraiser

Lochalsh Youth Community Trust

Fancy getting involved in volunteering with young people in your local community? Then the Kyle Hub is for you. The youth hub is looking for volunteers to help with fundraising for the running of the club and to be able to provide activities to the young people.

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Board Members

Lochalsh Youth Community Trust

Fancy getting involved in volunteering with young people in your local community? Then the Kyle Hub is for you. The youth trust are looking for volunteers to join their board. The board is vital for making decisions for the youth clubs future.

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Drivers

Rag Tag 'n' Textile

Some of the students are unable to access workshops because of inadequate public transport.  Volunteer drivers would be welcomed from anywhere in Skye and Lochalsh for bringing students into Portree and Broadford.

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volunteer

Dingwall Mens shed

VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED TO HELP WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF PRACTICAL TASKS

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General Volunteering Duties in the Community Garden

Greenfingers

General Gardening Tasks

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Executive Forum Member

6th Lochaber

Fundraising chairperson/ charitable Trustee - role largely to seek possible grant opportunities and tie ups with other third parties to enable fundraising. Treasurer/charitable Trustee - treasurer role for bookkeeping and annual OSCR return completion.

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Distance Befrienders

Invernevis House

To be matched on a one to one basis with a friend and being able to communicate with them through your own chosen medium.

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Housekeeping Assistant

Iona Community (Highland)

Housekeeping assistant for the Abbey Centre or MacLeod Centre. To work with the resident housekeeper as part of a team. Work involves cleaning, laundry and other household tasks to ensure that the centres are ready to receive guests. It can be a physically demanding department, but plays a crucial role of hospitality to the guests who come to each of the cenres. The housekeeping team needs to be able to work with a wide variety of people and to ensure that chores are done properly.

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Talking Book Service Reader

Sight Action - Inverness

It is important that the volunteer enjoys reading books and is able to take on the role of some the characters that he/she is reading about.

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Quiz volunteers MS therapy Centre Wick

MS Therapy Centre Wick

Can you help support this group with the monthly fundraising quiz? As a volunteer you could help create quiz sections [eg. music/history questions], or help mark papers or sell raffle tickets. The quiz held on the first Friday of the month in Castletown 8pm

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Youth Volunteer

Police Scotland Youth Volunteers (Highland)

Promote practical understanding of policing amongst all young people Encourage spirit of adventure and good citizenship support local policing priorities through volunteering and give young people a chance to be heard Inspire young people to participate positively in their community

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Independent Custody Visitor

Independent Custody Visiting Scotland - SPA

Independent custody visitors are members of the local community who visit police stations unannounced to check on the treatment of detainees held in custody. Visitors work in pairs and attend unannounced to check on the welfare of people held in custody. Independent custody visiting is a statutory function of the Scottish Police Authority. Full training is given and ongoing support is provided by a dedicated team of staff. The volunteering commitment would be two visits a month and attendance at quarterly meetings and training events. The visits are rota'd on weeks that volunteers have indicated they are available and between pairing you will agree when you wish to make the visit taking into account that visits should be carried out at different times of day/evening/weekends.

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Badenoch Heritage Ambassador

Badenoch Heritage

Volunteer Ambassadors required to help promote Badenoch's cultural heritage to visitors

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Volunteer Patient Visitor

Belford Hospital

For the patients receiving rehabilitation ; Chatting and listening to patients Reading to patients playing board games/cards Reminiscence activities using discussion, books and ipad (if freely available) Accompanying patients outside for some fresh air Encouraging patients with fluid intake. for patients receiving pallitave care; Providing support, compant and companionship for individual patients who are approaching end of life Alerting trained staff to any signs of agitation in patients

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Receptionist

Highlife Highland

Welcome and orientate visitor to the Botanic Gardens and GROW Project. Sell plants and other garden related products.We need a friendly and welcoming person to greet people at the entrance to the Botanic Gardens. The gardens are free to enter and we depend on donation. The volunteer would be expected to encourage people to donate and take plant sales. welcoming adn orientate people to the gardens, encourage donation and process plant sales. Welcome and orientate people to the gardens, encourage donation and process plant sales. There may be some cleaning duties. The gardens are open 7 days a week from 10am - 5pm. We would be happy with anyone who would like to help whole or part days, one day a week or more than one.

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Carer/activity leader

Speyside Trust

Supporting the staff throughout the summer delivering Outdoor activity breaks to adult and children with learning difficulties. Based in the Cairngorms we have a wide range of activities available including canoeing, rock scrambling, cycling and walking. Our aim is to ensure that everyone gets the opportunity to experience these activities no matter what their ability levels are. Accommodation can be provided if not within local area.

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Quiz/fundraiser for Befriending Charity

Befrienders Highland- Caithness

Would you like to raise funds to help support people over the age of 18 with mental ill health? Could you offer a few hours periodically to run/assist with a fundraising Quiz in Caithness? We are keen to host a quiz throughout Caithness on a regular basis but reguire volunteers to offer to mark, quiz-master, sell raffles etc. This is a good opportunity to get involved in a worthwhile service without a lot of commitment. Quiz material provided

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Handy Person

Nansen Highland

This opportunity does not require working directly with the students, but assisting the organisation to keep a safe and pleasant environment for their studies. This position would suit a person with practical and DIY skills and a few hours a week to spare.

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Support Worker

Nansen Highland

To help and support young adult with learning disabilities to become as independent as possible. helping with social skills and life skills for independence for example cooking, English, computer, budgeting.

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Fundraising group leader

CHAS Trading (Childrens Hospices Across Scotland)

Fundraising groups are the local face of CHAS in the community. The groups plan and deliver events and activities in the local community to raise vital funds for CHAS. The Group Lead role heads the group and is responsible for group membership and planning delivering activities. Activities: Recruiting and supporting new members of the fundraising group leading the group and organising regular meeting planning, organising and promoting fundraising events and collections with other members representing CHAS at community events collecting funds and maintaining collection cans in your local area distributing promotional leaflets for CHAS keeping the records of the group's accounts and banking raised

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Coaches

Highland Wildcats

Positional Coaches-required for the Highland Wildcats Junior Squad Assistant Coaches- required for the Highland Wildcats Senior Squad No experience required, just a willingness to learn and ability to get on with people. Where: The Bught Park, Playing Fields.

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Red Cross Charity shop assistant- Thurso

British Red Cross-caithness

Help go on the rota to assist the shop to provide a service to members of the public and to raise funding for the Red Cross.

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Collecting Can Co-ordinator

British Heart Foundation (BHF) Scotland

We need a volunteer who will be the pointt of contact for the placement of collecting cans in the local community, contacting buisnesses, organisations, hotels etc to see whether they would be willing to hold a can until at least the end of February (which is National Heart Month). The volunteer will be responsible for collecting the cans when full and issuing an empty can so that collection can continue. Cans will be sent direct to the volunteer so once they have a list of places that have agreed to hold a can, they can distribute them accordingly.

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Shop Assistant

Cancer Research UK (fort william)

To sort clothes that come in by sorting them in size, male, female, children, etc. and putting on hangers and pricing. Checking off bought goods. Also need people for customer service, till work, filling shelves and keeping shop clean and tidy helping to produce and send out campaign mailings in our campaign answering enquires about the campaign assisting local staff to organise and launch event and subsequent promotional activities helping local staff to promote the campaign within your local community and to encourage local people and businesses to get involved on occasion attending fundraising and charity representative.

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shop assistant

Red cross shop

ypical volunteering tasks in our charity shops include: serving customers sorting donated items creating eye-catching displays.

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General Assistant

Ar n-aite

This role involves clearing and wiping tables, washing dishes and assisting with cleaning in all areas of the café. Ar n-Aite (Our Place) is an exciting new Café venture in the city centre of Inverness. All proceeds are reinvested in supporting those experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. We aim to offer a welcoming environment and atmosphere and an excellent food retail experience for our customers.

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weekend Sales Assistant

Oxfam

Weekend front-of-house volunteer sales assistant at Oxfam in Inverness. Full training provided. Customer facing and cash handling. Some stocking of shelves and general tidying of shop. Good interpersonal skills and numeracy essential.

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Support worker

Invernevis House

Spend a period of time weekly with one or more residents encouraging activities and outside interests. Working with older people.

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Volunteer Helper

Sight Action - Inverness

We have equipment and literature that needs to be catalogued and booked out. These items require catalogueing and ensuring they are clean and easily accessed.

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Assistant Leader

6th Lochaber

Assistant leader role is a youth facing one. You will be assisting the section leader deliver a balanced program to our young people.

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Brownie young helper

2nd Kingussie Guides & Brownies

2nd Kingussie Brownies would like to recruit some young helpers to assist them in delivering their fun and active programme to the Brownies.

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Admin

Talk Lochaber

The Admin job requires 2 hours of your time on a Thursday afternoon once a month and involves preparing the mail pouches to be sent out and blanking the memory sticks which contain the recording. Although you would be working on your own its not complicated procedure and training is always given and assistance is only a phone call away.

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Centre Support Volunteer- Hearing & Sight Care Caithness

Hearing and Sight Care

volunteers to help support people with Hearing loss and visual impairment in Caithness, offices in wick and Thurso. volunteers available to help in office and meet people with sensory impairment

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Adviser

Lochaber Citizens Advice Bureau (Highland)

The difference this advice can make to peoples lives can be far reaching i.e maximizing income, advocating with a third party etc. The opportunity involves advising in its full meaning and office administration.

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Sighted Guide

Sight Action - Inverness

To provide assistance in guiding someone to appointments-for example a G.P appointment, appointment at the hospital, to the train station before making a journey, or similar

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Tutors

Invernevis House

Work with client on 1 to 1 basis one hour per week, at mutually agreed venue. Help with reading, writing, spelling and maths. Preparing for interviews and exams.

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Office Worker

Highland Communities Credit Union Lochaber

Processing payments through Credit Union banking system. Dealing with member enquires. Assisting manager with administrative duties. Promoting and developing credit union. The commitment needed would be one consistent day would be desirable. Office hours are 9am to 1pm Monday to Thursday.

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HOH Secretary

Highland Hospitals Carol Concert Committee

General Duties: Liaise with Eden Court. Sign cheques for Treasurer and Chairperson. Maintain and distribute list of committee members and contact details. Send our notices for meetings. Book rooms in Eden Court.

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Gardener

Barnados

There will be opportunity to share your gardening knowledge with children / young people and their families we support. Planting seeds and flowers, growing vegetables and all general gardening duties.

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Handy Person

Cheshire House

On an as and when basis doing D.I.Y. Building flat pack furniture, putting up pictures and mirrors, small jobs and minor repairs, training will be given.

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front of House and Research

The Highlanders Museum

Volunteers willing to give a few hours a week assisting with the running of the museum front of house, or with research.

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Front of House

P.D.S.A

Able to use a till or learn to do so. Keep shop clean and tidy, customer service.

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Shop assistance

Barnardos Shop (Inverness)

Volunteers required to help in our local charity shop in Inverness. Tasks include serving the public, stock checking, pricing, cleaning and checking donations before placing them in the shop.

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Senior Youth Club worker

Lochalsh Youth Community Trust

Fancy getting involved in volunteering with young people in your local community? Then the Kyle Hub is for you. The youth hub is looking for volunteers to help with the running of their youth club sessions, providing activities and support.

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Museum Assistant

West Highland Museum

To provide a welcome and give basic information about the museum, cash handling and handle small shop sales, to undertake opening and/or closing procedures following museum guidelines. To help visitors with any queries or redirect them if appropriate. To help with cleaning and housekeeping tasks. To help care for the museum's collection and cataloging if appropriate.

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befriender

Main office Barnardos Family Support

Are you passionate about helping children, young people and families? We are looking for volunteers to support, listen and build confidence in children and young people. This may take place in the community or in supported living. You will receive on-going support, meet new people, and develop skills but most of all HAVE FUN!!

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Fundraiser MS Therapy Centre Wick

MS Therapy Centre Wick

Willing volunteers to get involved with fundraising events to help refurbish the therapy ccentre at Wick Breahead. Extensive renovation required including roof repairs, so an ongoing program of fundraising required, can you dedicate some time to help? even seasonally or for one-off

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General Volunteer/Participant

Scottish Waterways Trust (Inverness)

Our canal college volunteer participants carry out a range of work tasks around the Muirtown Basin area of the canal. In return for the voluntary work you do, you will gain valuable work experience and skills; increase your confidence: self esteem, help you identify employment or training opportunities and gain valuable qualifications. We'll guide you to identifying next steps towards employment or training. Our participants carry out work to help maintain our cultural heritage, and includes work with archaelology: maintance including painting and stone wall repairs: 1st aid and health and safety training bushcraft. You will be supported to achieve qualifications, including a SVQ level 2 in Cultural Heritage, working Safel unit: John Muir Award, Saltire Award and Archaeology Hereos Award. Our next programme begins on Tuesday 22 January until Tuesday 23 April 2019. It runs for 14 weeks, at the canal on a Tuesday and Wednesday and at Barnados Works on a Thursday. You don't need any previous experience but you must be willing to work outside. We'll provide waterproof clothing and all PPE: all materials and resources to undertake qualifications: tea and biscuits and travel expenses.

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Delivery Driver

Oxfam

Volunteer Driver - collection of donated product. We are looking for someone who is willing to help the Oxfam shop in Inverness with the sourcing of donated products. Picking up larger donations, particularly of books and music collections from private donors and donation points in the local area.

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Director

Safe Strong And Free Project

The Directors collectively manage and guide the Project, maintaining the quality and high standards expected of the service. Attend Board meetings - The Board meets monthly during school term times, in the evening or afternoon at present, plus our AGM in October. A Director is a valued representative of ssf and makes sure that the organisation achieves its aims and objectives. Each Board member brings new ideas and his/her own skills to the Project, and contributes to discussions in an informed and positive way. The Board supports the ssf staff; in particular the Co-ordinator who is responsible for the day to day management of ssf. The Directors Commitment Be committed to the aims of the organisation. Directors are expected to attend at least 6 out of approx. 8 meetings per annum. Send apologies if unable to attend. To conduct themselves in a manner that will not bring ssf to disrepute.

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over 50's Club Volunteer

Tuesday Social Club

Assist at Tuesday Social club, assisting elderly off and on the mini bus, providing support when playing games etc. Making and serving tea/coffee to members. Ability to run club alone if the volunteers are on holiday or unavailable. Collecting membership fee every week. Ideas for activities would be welcome.

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Befriender

Birchwood Highland

To work alongside support workers in assisting with social activities Support and form positive one-to-one relationships with a service user who may be lonely or isolated as a result of their ill health. Assist with improving a service user's social network and help them become more involved in the local community. Meeting regularly with service user(s) unsupervised to take part in a mutually agreed social activity. Helping service user(s) to gain confidence in social settings.

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Front Desk and Museum

Lochaber Rural Education Trust

Manning reception, welcoming visitors, answering the phone, and showing visitors our crofting museum. We would ask you to do a 2 hour shift. This volunteer vacancy will cover the centre on the day it is not manned by our manager. As well as assist on other days too.

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MAC's Cafe Helper

Connecting Carers

A responsible volunteer is required to manage the duties and responsibilities that day to day life at the Mac's Cafe brings.

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SLCVO assistant

Skye & Lochalsh CVO

The volunteer will help in day to day running of the office but also help out organise and attend events.

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Fundraising Group Member

CHAS Trading (Childrens Hospices Across Scotland)

Fundraising groups are the local face of CHAS in the community. The groups plan deliver events and activities in the local community to raise vital funds for CHAS. 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. Activities Planning, organising and promoting fundraising events and collections with other members Representing CHAS at community events distributing promotional leaflets for CHAS keeping the records of the groups accounts and banking money raised attending group meetings acting as an ambassador for CHAS by building community networks

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Children's Camp Coordinator - Scotland

Cleft Lip And Palate Association

CLAPA is a national charity. We have recently appointed a dedicated Children's Coordinator to develop the Children's and Young People's Service. We want to increase the number of children's camps in Scotland and want them to be in many locations and centres. We need an individual to firstly research new activity centres within Scotland and then go and visit each centre and report on their suitability including-location, cost, amenities and activity choices available.

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Collection box co-ordinator

Guide Dogs

To place our iconic boxes locally as part of their daily life and every few months tally up the funds before paying them in to Guide Dogs. The time commitment for this role is flexible and would include spotting opportunities to place boxes during your daily activities. What does the role involve? Identifying and placing collection boxes in suitable locations Talking to the shop owner, receptionist etc. at the location about how the boxes will help Guide Dogs and what we do Emptying boxes every three to six months (as they get full) and banking the income through the paying in book provided. Give a receipt and letter of thanks to the hosts Keeping a written record of the location of all boxes for your supervisor, the dates they are emptied and the dates/amounts banked If boxes aren’t collecting much, you’ll decide to move them to a better location. Your supervisor may also ask you to remove boxes Reporting any stolen boxes to the Local Mobility Team Spotting the potential for further fundraising amongst the box holders for Community Fundraisers

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Home Visting Volunteers

Home-Start East Highland

Home-Start supports Mums, Dads and families that may feel vulnerable in some way, or face challenges because of things like isolation or lack of a wider family network. Our trainded volunteers are at the heart of everything we do and provide emontional and practical support to parents in their own homes. Our volunteers are normally parents or grand parents themselves abd have a good common sense understanding of the challanges involved in raising a family. Everyone needs a bit of help sometimes because it's not easy raising a family. Home-Start supports Mums, Dads and families that need help todeal with the challenges we all face at home. We understand what life is like when people feel isolated or don't have a family network to help or when someone just wants a friendly face to offer advice and emotional support. We're very friendly, our services are confidential and all our staff and specialist volunteers are trained to help in lots of practical ways. If you feel you could offer a family a little bit of extra help, or would simply like to learn more about our services please contact our office.

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Home Visting Volunteers

Home-Start East Highland

Home-Start supports Mums, Dads and families that may feel vulnerable in some way, or face challenges because of things like isolation or lack of a wider family network. Our trainded volunteers are at the heart of everything we do and provide emontional and practical support to parents in their own homes. Our volunteers are normally parents or grand parents themselves abd have a good common sense understanding of the challanges involved in raising a family. Everyone needs a bit of help sometimes because it's not easy raising a family. Home-Start supports Mums, Dads and families that need help todeal with the challenges we all face at home. We understand what life is like when people feel isolated or don't have a family network to help or when someone just wants a friendly face to offer advice and emotional support. We're very friendly, our services are confidential and all our staff and specialist volunteers are trained to help in lots of practical ways. If you feel you could offer a family a little bit of extra help, or would simply like to learn more about our services please contact our office.

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Timberness/ Green Gym Volunteer

TCV

Wood Recycling project. Workshop based, Woodwork skills and projects

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Sunday School

Bethany Gospel Hall

Volunteer to help with the Bethany Gospel Church Sunday School in Wick

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Trolley Assistant

Royal Voluntary Service Highland Western Isles and Invernesshire

To assist with the provision of the trolley service to patients in wards, selling goods such as toiletries and confectionery. "Getting out and about on the wards with a trolley full of goodies is really rewarding and you can bring a smile to patients' faces and share a little news at the same time" RVS Project Manager, Raigmore Hospital.

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Instructors

Lochaber Sea Cadets

As a local charity, we aim to give young people a structured opportunity to learn a variety of skills e.g. sports, sailing, stewarding, music, first aid, electronics, engineering and much more. We need people who would be willing to help us take these people through various vourses offered. Full training will be provided.

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One-OFF-events

HTSI Caithness voluntary Group

As part of Make-a-difference-day in october, and volunteers week in june. volunteers are welcome to participate in the events taking part that year

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Children's workers

Iona Community (Highland)

The children's programme offers activities to children of different ages that are both creative and fun, helping them to explore God's creation in many different ways. A times when no children are staying in either centre, children's workers will be required to work as general assistants.

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Administration/ Office Support

Waverley Care

Providing administration and office support across various projects for Waverley Care - Scotland's HIV and Hepatitis C Charity Printing and collating hand-out materials for training courses. Assisting with the administration of our 'condoms by post' scheme; packing, posting & data entry. Preparing safer sex materials for outreach. maintaining a stock of information leaflets in our reception area and organizing the ones in our stockroom. Reception and answering the telephone. Assistaning with data entry across all projects.

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Befriender

Birchwood Highland (Lochaber)

Meeting regularly with your friend to take part in mutually agreed social activity • Helping your friend to gain confidence in social settings • Encouraging the developing of a warm, mutual and respectful relationship • Attending monthly support and supervision meeting with the service co-ordinator • Referring any difficulties to the service coordinator

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Collection point volunteers

Highland Communities Credit Union Lochaber

Collection point for Fort William is based in the Council building on the High Street and is from 11.30am to 12,30pm every Thursday. Collection points also run within schools. Volunteers need to check with schools for their opening times as these are restricted to the most suitable times within the school curriculum. Volunteering in schools requires commitment for up to 1 hour a week throughout term time. It will involve supervising and helping children with the money transactions and then banking money at the local post office. Promoting the benefits of saving and understanding money is also helpful. Collection points in schools in Lochaber area, Arisaig,Banavie, Caol, Gaelic School - hoping to start august 2016, Lochaber high School, Lundavra - hoping to start August 2016, Kinlochleven - hoping to start August 2016.

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Guide Leader

2nd Kingussie Guides & Brownies

The group are looking for enthusiastic and fun volunteers to assist and lead activities. No previous experience needed. The group enjoy crafts, games, exploring the outdoors and completing badges as well as trips and pack holidays

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Entertainer/Musician

Belford Hospital

Belford Hospital has two key ward areas where elderly patients are cared for and rehabilitated before returning to the community. To support this process, staff are keen to provide patients with informal care which enhances patient mood and contributes to a positive atmosphere. The volunteer would help by providing musical input to groups of patients in the lounge area.

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Mentor

Scottish Waterways Trust

We need volunteer mentors t work closely with our Youth Outreach workers to help deliver our 14 week programme. Our programme runs on a Tuesday and Wenesday between 10am and 4pm from Muirtown Basin. our programme includes landscaping, vegetation clearance, maintenance work such as painting and stone wall repairs, conservation and archaeology. Our participants are young people - men and women age between 16 and 30 who are not currently in employment or training. Our mentors encoursge young people to gain an understanding of job opportunities: standard working practices, employer expectations and how the skills they learn may be transferred to ther roles. Our members help young people develop confidence and self esteen: help ensure they are included are involved in taking part in tasks and provide support with building evidence for qualification portfolio's. You must be willing to work outdoors as we spend most our time on the canal side: on the Nature Reserve and sometimes at Dunain Community Woodlands. We provide all PPE including waterproof clothing. While you don't need any specific experience if you can be a good listener; understanding; challenging sensitive and empathetic; sharing and inclusive this would be a rewarding opportunity for you.

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