Orkney
volunteering opportunities
British Red Cross Charity Shop, Stromness
Volunteers will be involved in handling and pricing donations, operating the till and helping to create eye-catching displays. For more information and to register as a volunteer visit https://volunteer.redcross.org.uk/opportunities/23819-shop-volunteer-stromness-shop-2021-12-13
CLAN Cancer Support (Orkney)
CLAN Cancer Support are looking for volunteers to help in the sorting room and on the till in the CLAN charity shop.
Volunteering in our charity shop is a great way of meeting new people and developing skills. Our sorting room volunteers are responsible for sorting through incoming donations, hanging and sizing clothing, pricing goods, creating displays, helping customers as well as keeping the shop tidy and organised. Our till volunteers work in the shop taking payments and using the till.
Home-Start Orkney
We are seeking individuals who can offer their time and skills towards furthering our goals, and who can take on the responsibility of being a Trustee. We seek enthusiastic individuals who have an interest in the wellbeing of children and families living locally, and who have the ability to work effectively as part of a team, and who seek to be part of a valued local organisation.
Friends of Guiding Kirkwall
If you or your child have ever been involved with Guiding, this is your perfect chance to give something back without too much commitment. We are a friendly, inclusive group who like to work together to ensure that the hall is safe for users. In order for the Kirkwall Guide Hall to run smoothly, we have a committee that oversee various aspects including general maintenance, cleaning and fundraising.
There are a number of roles within the committee:
• General Committee members
• Chair
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Hall Lets
• Cleaning rota co-ordinator and Covid officer
• Fire safety officer
SSAFA - The Armed Forces charity
Could you help SSAFA reach more supporters and raise greater awareness of our services through the magic of social media and digital marketing? You don’t need a military background, just some basic digital skills, the ability to get on with a wide range of people and good written English. If you have I.T or digital marketing experience, that would be great but not essential. We’d love you to get in touch to find out more.
St Colm's Day Centre
St Colms has a large polytunnel and garden area with cold frames where they grow and sell plants. We are looking for volunteers to assist adults with learning disabilities with horticulture activities.This could be in the polytunnel or outdoors. Tasks include sowing seeds, planting out seedlings, weeding and watering.
Greener Orkney
This is a chance to support Greener Orkney who run the community fridges as well as run beach cleans. They are looking for volunteers to help them make a success of their week at the Blue Door. An opportunity for them to raise funds for their projects. You can help them out by signing up for a shift to man the shop but also donate goods and even bake cakes and biscuits to sell.
ARCHIE Foundation
We are looking for individuals to create a support group of The Archie Foundation and promote the work and services we provide. These groups would ideally plan local fundraisers and spread awareness about the work of the Archie Foundation and how they support the people of Orkney. To find out more please visit https://archie.org/volunteer/ or email Cassie McGunnigle (Regional Fundraising Officer) at Cassie.mcgunnigle@archie.org
Friends of Guiding Kirkwall
If you or your child have ever been involved with Guiding, this is your perfect chance to give something back without too much commitment. We are a friendly, inclusive group who like to work together to ensure that the hall is safe for users.
In order for the Kirkwall Guide Hall to stay clean, we are required to have a cleaning rota. This includes parents of the children involved with Girlguides, Brownies and Rainbows. Due to the increase of cleaning that is required (due to Covid) we are looking for more volunteers to join the team. A cleaning Rota co-ordinator is also required to ensure volunteers area available every week.
Guide Dogs
How would you like to be part of the Guide Dogs family and help people with sight loss live the life they choose? We would love to have you onboard to help with our ambition of a future where every person with sight loss has the confidence and support they need to live their lives to the full.
Did you know that we don’t just provide life-changing guide dogs, we also provide advice, skills, emotional and practical support for children, adults and their families living with sight loss to help them live actively, independently and well?
To do all this we need the support of amazing volunteers like you!
If you would like more information, are unsure or need flexibility around the role then chat to us first by emailing VolunteerScotNI@Guidedogs.org.uk and someone will be in touch.
What does the role involve?
Assisting your local fundraising group in organising, promoting and taking part in a variety of activities to raise money for Guide Dogs. It costs £58,000 to support one single guide dog throughout it's life, so without our amazing Fundraisers raising money for us, we wouldn't be able to provide our life changing services!
Main responsibilities:
* Organise and facilitate fundraising events such as street collections, stalls at local fairs, tea parties, garden sales, sponsored events and anything else you can think of!
* Attend group meetings
* Take collection boxes to local businesses
* Keeping track of what we sell on our stalls at events (including the cuddly toys!)
* Count donations
Please contact VolunteerScotNI@guidedogs.org.uk for more information.
Braeburn Court Extra Care Housing
This is an opportunity to support service users who live in thier own homes in a supportive environment. If you have an interest in gardening and would enjoy helping someone to maintain their own garden or take it up as a new hobby you would gain satisfaction in enabling someone to lead a fulfilling life.
Braeburn Court Extra Care Housing
Braeburn Court provides respite care and short breaks in St Margaret’s Hope for older people. We are looking for volunteers to help with social activities such as visiting for a chat, reading newspapers or books aloud, making crafts or playing music. This is a great opportunity for anyone wishing to gain experience of volunteering in social care but also anyone who has a fun skill to share, some time to give or just loves having a blether.
SSAFA - The Armed Forces charity
What is a Branch Secretary?
There are SSAFA branches throughout the UK and overseas. These are divided into local areas that we call divisions. Each branch has a secretary to organise day-to-day activities. This is a key role involving administration and coordinating people. As the first point of contact for SSAFA in the area you will play a crucial part in promoting SSAFA locally, organising local events and ensuring the smooth running of SSAFA across the divisions in your branch.
Why do we need you?
We’ve been supporting the Armed Forces community for more than 130 years. Our clients come from all backgrounds and age groups and the number of people contacting us for help rises each year. In recognition of their service to the Nation we aim to provide financial, practical and emotional support when it’s needed most. To do this we need local branches and volunteers who can match clients to volunteers and keep things running.
MS Society
Finance Volunteer
We’re the MS Society – a community of people living with MS, scientists, campaigners, listeners, organisers, ambassadors and fundraisers. Our volunteers are a key part of achieving our goals and their support is vital. Join us.
About this opportunity
We are looking to recruit a Finance Volunteer for our Orkney Group. As a Finance Volunteer, you would be joining a coordinating team of volunteers to plan and deliver services and activities to support people locally.
You will maintain and approve income and expenditure records and explain financial information clearly to other group members. You would ensure our financial requirements and policies are followed, and that money is spent in a cost effective manner.
This is a great opportunity to gain experience with a large charity, develop your existing skills and learn new ones. We need you to get involved and help make positive changes to the lives of people affected by MS.
About you
You’ll have an interest in the MS Society and the work that we do, as well as the enthusiasm to represent both us and our values locally. You will understand the needs of people affected by MS in your area and be sympathetic to the needs and motivations of volunteers. You’ll be comfortable with figures, preferably with an accounting or business background.
Apply
Read through the role description carefully
Please apply online
The MS Society is committed to promoting diversity. We can only offer roles to over 18s.
RSPB Scotland Orkney Office
We need enthusiastic and motivated volunteers to look after or place boxes for us in shops, cafes, vets, pubs, hotels and leisure centres close to your home. You would also be required to bank the donations received.
The boxes need to be visited every month to refill with more badges and collect and bank the money.
We have a secure web-based system which allows you to keep a record of where your boxes are, report the cash you collect and order replacement badges and boxes. You will also have the support of a local team leader as well as dedicated office staff.
Could you place a box in your local shop, or have one on the reception desk at work?
Orkney Talking Newspaper
Each week our volunteer team prepare, read and record articles from The Orcadian for those who are not able to read the newspaper. We are looking for volunteer recorders to help us produce a weekly CD every week. Reading and recording is done on Thursdays and the CD is copied and dispatched on Fridays.
Mind On Orkney
Looking to gain experience in retail or got a few hours a week to lend a hand? Why not sign up for a shop volunteer shift and join the team at the Mind-On charity shop in Kirkwall?
Mind-On is an Orkney charity raising funds for mental health in Orkney. Money raised in the charity shop stays in Orkney to fund grants for organisations supporting positive mental health here – so supporting Mind-On as a volunteer means you are supporting mental health in Orkney.
Shop duties include manning the till, cleaning, helping shoppers to search for items, steaming clothes, tagging and labeling items, being the front face of the charity, providing a welcome to shoppers and having at heart the ethos of the charity. We welcome pro-active involvement by suggestion and ideas for improving our offer, in collaboration with the Duty Manager and/or Board. You will be committed to the shop’s ethos to treat all with respect and kindness, follow charity policy and be directed by the Duty Manager.
Loving Homes Dog Rescue
We are looking for help at our animal shelter cleaning kennels, feeding, exercising and interacting with our rescue dogs.
St Colm's Day Centre
St Colms has a well equipped craft room where they make all kinds of greetings cards and have just began making wedding invitations to order.
We are looking for volunteers assist adults with learning disabilities with various craft activities with the main one being card making
Tasks include cutting out shapes, assembling cards, computer work and photography. This would suit someone who is creative but experience is not necessary as training will be given. Tasks are arranged to suit ability and preference.
St Colm's Day Centre
St Colms has a well equipped workshop and produces many woodwork items such as planters, birdhouses, garden benches, pet houses, creepies and one off items as per customers’ orders.
We are looking for volunteers to assist adults with learning disabilities with woodworking activities which include dismantling pallets, chopping kindling, cutting out wooden shapes, sandpapering and painting. This would suit someone with an interest in woodwork but experience is not necessary as training will be given. Tasks will be arranged to suit ability and preference.
Greener Orkney
Do you care about reducing food waste and have a couple of hours free a week? Why not help Greener Orkney with the Kirkwall, Stromness or Dounby community fridges?
The community fridge aims to reduce the amount of food waste going into landfill and will be stocked with ‘use by’ and ‘best before’ food given by the supermarkets and local businesses. Donations from the public are also accepted under certain circumstances.
As a community fridge volunteer you will be:
· picking up the food from the supermarket (if you have transport)
· Weighing and sorting the food
· assisting members of the public coming to take food away
Full training will be given and there is flexibility on evenings and cover for holidays or sickness etc. If you are interested in helping in any way please contact greenerorkney@gmail.com or call Jane Nelson on 07739 144064.
Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS) are a health charity supporting people and their families across Scotland with chest, heart and stroke conditions and to do this we need fundraising volunteers. The fundraising team raises over 1.5 million each year to support those with chest, heart and stroke conditions and we couldn’t achieve this without the help of our amazing fundraising volunteers.
This volunteer role will include:
Placing CHSS charity collection cans in shops, local businesses, and community venues.
Regularly revisiting the sites where you have placed the collecting can, emptying the can and supporting the site holder with any queries or concerns.
Counting, banking and recording the income from your collecting cans.
This is a very rewarding role that will help you:
-meet new people in your local community.
-improve your own health and wellbeing.
-learn and develop new skills.
-make a difference to the people that CHSS support.
-have fun!
To find out more or apply please contact CHSS directly by emailing volunteering@chss.org.uk or go to their website https://www.chss.org.uk/
Orkney Citizens Advice Bureau
We are looking for volunteers to help in the Orkney Citizens Advice Bureau reception. Tasks will include:
- Greeting clients
- Answering phonecalls
- Arranging appointments
- Providing information to clients.
British Red Cross Charity Shop, Kirkwall
Volunteers will be involved in handling and pricing donations, operating the till and helping to create eye-catching displays. For more information and to register as a volunteer visit https://volunteer.redcross.org.uk/opportunities/23822-shop-volunteer-kirkwall-shop-2021-12-13
Stromness Museum
We are looking for a treasurer to join our team of 12 board members and several part-time members of staff. We regularly meet together, currently online, but previously within the museum itself. Payroll is processed by accountants and there is no requirement for the treasurer to actually find funding, but you should be happy to work with funding bodies and possibly help in pulling together applications.
Adult Befriending Service
The Adult Befriending Service in Orkney offers befriending support to people aged 60 years or over. Our aim is to keep older people in their own homes independently for longer and enhance the quality of life to members of the community who may be socially isolated.
Befrienders offer support by spending time with an older person, either in person or on the telephone. They can just have a chat, or share hobbies and interests, go out for a drive, or visit their local coffee shop for lunch, or a cuppa and a cake.
Befrienders only need to give around one hour of their time per week. Full training, support and expenses are provided.
Guide Dogs
How would you like to be part of the Guide Dogs family and help people with sight loss live the life they choose? We would love to have you onboard to help with our ambition of a future where every person with sight loss has the confidence and support they need to live their lives to the full.
Did you know that we don’t just provide life-changing guide dogs, we also provide advice, skills, emotional and practical support for children, adults and their families living with sight loss to help them live actively, independently and well?
To do all this we need the support of amazing volunteers like you!
If you would like more information, are unsure or need flexibility around the role then chat to us first by emailing VolunteerScotNI@Guidedogs.org.uk and someone will be in touch.
What does the role involve?
Identifying suitable places and placing our iconic dog-shaped collection boxes locally in shops and businesses and counting up the funds every few months before paying them in to Guide Dogs.
Key responsibilities:
* Identifying and placing collecting 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 3-6 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
Please contact VolunteerScotNI@guidedogs.org.uk for more information.
St Magnus Centre
Our role is to keep the Centre running as a non-profit to provide meeting spaces for outreach work by local organisations. At present, the small Committee is made up of the Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and members from Cathedral Session and congregational/non-congregational members.
The Secretary keeps the Committee updated by email on agendas, forthcoming meetings, takes notes at meetings and distributes them afterwards.
The role also involves being the lead for a team which compiles a rota of volunteers to staff the Centre from April to September each year. This is done by group email to our existing volunteers and hard copy to those not on email asking them to record their availability for the upcoming season. A simple spreadsheet is used to record this work. The team then use the information to compile the rota.
Once a year, at the end of the visitor season, the Secretary writes to all volunteers to invite them to a thank-you tea/coffee and light refreshments afternoon.
A volunteer Secretary will be able to use and develop their skills in using email, word processing and maintaining a database of volunteers. In addition, the Secretary plays a key role in supporting the Chair and being part of a small and committed team. It is a role which is greatly appreciated.
Young People's Befriending Project
The Young Person's Befriending Project works alongside young people (aged 8 - 18) offering them support through a volunteer befriender.
Befrienders meet with their young person for a couple of hours every fortnight and take part in a wide variety of activities together. Over these sessions the volunteers aims is to offer support and encouragement, introduce new activities, build the young persons confidence and self-esteem and offer real friendship to them.
We need volunteers of all different walks of life, as no two of our young people are the same!
NHS Orkney
This is an opportunity to provide representation on the Area Drug and Therapeutics Committee (ADTC) at their quarterly meetings. You will get to contribute your viewpoint gained from professional or personal experience of being in the health care system. You will be sharing your perspective alongside a nurse, pharmacist and doctor representative, bringing the voice of the patient and public into the discussions, helping inform important decision making processes.
The committee provides professional and clinical advice and leadership to NHS Orkney to support safe, clinically effective, cost effective and patient centred use of medicines in all care settings. The meetings happen online using Teams so you can take part from home. There will be papers to read beforehand. These can take up to two hours to digest but we hope as the group gets settled in to their 3 monthly meetings the reading will decrease.
This is an opportunity to ensure your local NHS service hears more diverse voices, to help them make more informed decisions. It’s a unique chance to enjoy being part of an interesting and rewarding process.
Voluntary Action Orkney
The Tech Peer Mentor Project based in VAO has the aim of increasing the use of Technology Enabled Care (TEC) in Orkney. The project is seeking to achieve this through providing information and advice about different types of technology that can be used to support health and care. It is also supporting people with health or care needs to develop their digital skills.
As part of this approach the project has set up a ‘TEC Library’ which is used to demonstrate consumer technology such as smart speakers and linked devices. The TEC Library will also be starting to offer some of these devices out for short loan. The volunteer would be in Kirkwall Library one morning per week with the TEC Library devices speaking to members of the public. There may also be potential to expand the role to offering digital champion support to members of the public as well.
MS Society
Finance Volunteer
We’re the MS Society – a community of people living with MS, scientists, campaigners, listeners, organisers, ambassadors and fundraisers. Our volunteers are a key part of achieving our goals and their support is vital. Join us.
About this opportunity
We are looking to recruit a Finance Volunteer for our Lothian-wide Group. As a Finance Volunteer, you would be joining a coordinating team of volunteers to plan and deliver services and activities to support people locally.
You will maintain and approve income and expenditure records and explain financial information clearly to other group members. You would ensure our financial requirements and policies are followed, and that money is spent in a cost effective manner.
This is a great opportunity to gain experience with a large charity, develop your existing skills and learn new ones. We need you to get involved and help make positive changes to the lives of people affected by MS.
About you
You’ll have an interest in the MS Society and the work that we do, as well as the enthusiasm to represent both us and our values locally. You will understand the needs of people affected by MS in your area and be sympathetic to the needs and motivations of volunteers. You’ll be comfortable with figures, preferably with an accounting or business background.
Apply
Read through the role description carefully
Please apply online
The MS Society is committed to promoting diversity. We can only offer roles to over 18s.
Loving Homes Dog Rescue
We need help with all administration duties for the organisation and Trustees group including:
- arranging Trustees meetings
- taking minutes at Trustee meetings
- assisting with charity paperwork, emails and grant applications
- assisting with the website and social media
Loving Homes Dog Rescue
We need a practical helper for jobs including:
- General maintenance around the animal shelter including the house, kennels, and grounds
- Painting and work on tunnel and landscaping garden
- General grounds management including weeding tidying bushes and borders
- Minor work involved in maintenance and upgrades of buildings fences etc
- Assistance with managing drainage.
Orkney Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre
We are looking for a Chairperson who is committed to the aims of the Orkney Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre charity to aid and improve the condition of those suffering with multiple sclerosis in Orkney. You will help the committee, staff and volunteer operatives as we support clients and run our Centre on Junction Road in Kirkwall.
The Centre consists of a two person oxygen chamber, a physiotherapy surgery and a massage surgery - all things that can help alleviate symptoms of MS - and is a space for connecting and supporting clients and their carers. The oxygen chamber is where clients have pure oxygen therapy wearing an individual mask sitting in a pressurized chamber and the Chairperson will be trained and supported to use this with clients.
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The Young People’s Befriending Project is expanding its horizons and hoping to support even more children and young people in Orkney this year. The service has lowered its referral age to 5 years old and is simultaneously developing a more intentional, mentoring approach to the older young people it supports. The Volunteering Team is looking to expand once again so that the Project can offer this support to more of Orkney’s young people. All you need are a few free hours every fortnight, an enthusiasm to work alongside a child or young person, a hobby or interest to share, and a friendly and kind personality – and we’ll take care of the rest.
Last updated 3 days ago
Our Virtual Home Assessors play a vital role in delivery of our service by interviewing potential volunteer pet foster carers to assess their house, home situation and the fosterer.
All of our home assessments are currently carried out either by telephone interview only (for cats,birds and small animals) or by video call (Zoom/WhatsApp) for dogs.
You can choose to be involved in one or both of the methods available.
You will be contacted by the Home Assessment Coordinator when a new applicant becomes available.
Main tasks include; contacting the potential fosterer by telephone/email/text to arrange a suitable date and time for the home assessment to take place. Once confirmed to carry out the assessment by either telephone or video.
A home assessment form will be provided to you for completion during the call which covers the criterias required by PFSS for the potential fosterer to be accepted. Once completed this form is then to be uploaded onto our database via our website volunteer team page.
Last updated 8 days ago
We are looking for volunteers who would like to send regular letters to a CHAS referred child or sibling. You will send a letter to a child/young person either once or twice a month (this is dependant on whether you get a reply or not) for at least a year.
What activities will I be involved in?
Writing letters to children
Quarterly catch up sessions for letter writing volunteers
You will manage or access sensitive and confidential medical and personal information regarding the children and families accessing our services
What skills and abilities will I need to have?
Ability to write a letter to a child or young person using appropriate and child friendly language
Good written communication skills
An ability to represent CHAS enthusiastically and appropriately
Adhere to rules around GDPR and a strong understanding of confidentiality
Shared values with the organisation: respect, care, honesty, accountability
How much time should I offer?
1 hour a month
What ongoing learning/support/guidance will I receive?
It’s important to us that you feel happy, safe and confident in your role. As a CHAS volunteer you will be invited to complete a short core learning package that is tailored to your role.
We are always developing new opportunities for volunteers to learn and offer a range of options for volunteers.
What are the benefits to me?
Learning new skills
Getting more involved and making a real difference to the families of children with a life-shortening condition.
Adding to your CV
Meeting new people
Having fun!
What are the benefits to the children and families supported by CHAS?
Writing letters to siblings and children/young people who use CHAS will mean they will receive something in the post just for them. This is a great way to help spread joy.
What else should I know?
This role is for those aged 16+ and requires a basic disclosure certificate.
We will pay your out of pocket expenses in line with the CHAS volunteer expenses policy.
CHAS is committed to providing a quality volunteering experience to all volunteers free from discrimination and prejudice. This will ensure that CHAS is an equal, diverse, and inclusive organisation while improving the quality of care we provide to help us reach more families and children, and maximise a wide variety of knowledge, experience and expertise.
We welcome volunteer applications from those who are refugees, asylum seekers, benefit claimants and those with a disability. We can provide more information on if you are allowed to volunteer and what adjustments we can put in place to ensure your volunteering experience is a positive one.
What’s the next step?
If you’re interested in the role you can apply online at https://www.chas.org.uk/get-involved/volunteer/volunteer-application-form or if you have any questions please contact the Volunteering Team at volunteering@chas.org.uk or 01577 866065.
Last updated 8 days ago
Cruse Scotland supports bereaved adults, children and young people across Scotland. We are currently looking for new volunteers to help staff our helpline and to offer practice placement places for students completing counselling diploma and degree courses. Gain valuable experience and training to enable you to make a real difference to people’s lives.
Helpline supporters are the first point of contact for bereaved people seeking support by telephone and email. You don’t have to be a trained counsellor. We provide full training and supervision. Volunteers can work remotely.
Practice Placement for students can provide valuable experience in the area of grief and be of huge benefit with interpersonal and communication skills
Last updated 9 days ago
We are Citizens of Cyber, our mission is to bring together cyber-specialists and connect individuals and professional bodies, to support and assist in cyber-education and the development of safer online practices, aimed at people of all ages and knowledge levels.
We wish to use our professional network to keep up to date with the activities of hackers and online scammers and produce resources for use by schools, groups, and individuals, whether online, offline, or through face-to-face sessions.
We want cyber-users to know how to protect themselves and others online, whilst being confident and making the best of their online interactions, and still remain within the confines of the law while doing so. In addition, we aim to ensure that support is available for anyone affected by negative interactions online and to help anyone who finds themselves in cyber-related difficulties.
Our volunteers are at the heart of what we do and it is important for us to ensure we provide the best working environment possible. Volunteers work remotely during hours they set, our team focuses on ensuring clear deliverables are identified and agreed to allow volunteers to manage their own time.
Meetings with the whole team will be held regularly to make sure everyone knows each other and work together.
Role includes but is not limited too:
Provide advice and guidance on equality and diversity issues;
Actively promote equality and diversity within Citizens of Cyber and the wider community;
Raise awareness of diversity issues both within schools/at events and within Citizens of Cyber;
Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of anti-discriminatory legislation;
Develop systems for reporting any incidents of discrimination and where required, respond to
complaints and provide further information on options for complainants;
Present reports and recommendations for how best to comply with equality legislation;
Responsible for ensuring the practices of Citizens of Cyber follow legal requirements by translating equality legislation in to practice;
Assist web teams in ensuring website is fully accessible; and Report back to the CEO and Board on a regular basis.
Last updated 9 days ago
We are Citizens of Cyber, our mission is to bring together cyber-specialists and connect individuals and professional bodies, to support and assist in cyber-education and the development of safer online practices, aimed at people of all ages and knowledge levels.
We wish to use our professional network to keep up to date with the activities of hackers and online scammers and produce resources for use by schools, groups, and individuals, whether online, offline, or through face-to-face sessions.
We want cyber-users to know how to protect themselves and others online, whilst being confident and making the best of their online interactions, and still remain within the confines of the law while doing so. In addition, we aim to ensure that support is available for anyone affected by negative interactions online and to help anyone who finds themselves in cyber-related difficulties.
Our volunteers are at the heart of what we do and it is important for us to ensure we provide the best working environment possible. Volunteers work remotely during hours they set, our team focuses on ensuring clear deliverables are identified and agreed to allow volunteers to manage their own time.
Meetings with the whole team will be held regularly to make sure everyone knows each other and work together.
Role includes but is not limited too:
Identify areas/resources from Citizens of Cyber which require further research/development;
Identify potential sources of funding and prepare funding applications;
Identify new audiences which would benefit from the resources offered by Citizens of Cyber;
Assist in the production of materials to aid in reaching out to new audiences for Citizens of Cyber;
Validate information/materials produced by Citizens of Cyber for accuracy and reliability through the use of multiple trustworthy sources;
Research and advise Citizens of Cyber volunteers on trustworthy sources of information;
Advise Citizens of Cyber volunteers on how to identify trustworthy information and how to best validate information used in their roles;
You will be speaking/teaching/ working with young children and vulnerable adults as a volunteer of Citizens of Cyber.
Last updated 9 days ago
We are a small voluntary group that promotes the use of Fairtrade goods in Orkney, and publicises the work of the Fair Trade movement. We need help with setting up and making the most of social media for publicity and promotion. We have a Facebook page and maintain this but need to keep it lively and appealing with links to other relevant pages. We are open to new ideas. This can all be done very flexibly and from home of course, and to suit the volunteer’s availability. It needs a commitment for at least six months initially to get processes well established and members trained up to use them. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who wants to use their social media and website skills to make a difference.
Last updated 9 days ago
Could you help SSAFA reach more supporters and raise greater awareness of our services through the magic of social media and digital marketing? You don’t need a military background, just some basic digital skills, the ability to get on with a wide range of people and good written English. If you have I.T or digital marketing experience, that would be great but not essential. We’d love you to get in touch to find out more.
Last updated 10 days ago
This is a chance to support Greener Orkney who run the community fridges as well as run beach cleans. They are looking for volunteers to help them make a success of their week at the Blue Door. An opportunity for them to raise funds for their projects. You can help them out by signing up for a shift to man the shop but also donate goods and even bake cakes and biscuits to sell.
Last updated 10 days ago
Our role is to keep the Centre running as a non-profit to provide meeting spaces for outreach work by local organisations. At present, the small Committee is made up of the Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and members from Cathedral Session and congregational/non-congregational members.
The Secretary keeps the Committee updated by email on agendas, forthcoming meetings, takes notes at meetings and distributes them afterwards.
The role also involves being the lead for a team which compiles a rota of volunteers to staff the Centre from April to September each year. This is done by group email to our existing volunteers and hard copy to those not on email asking them to record their availability for the upcoming season. A simple spreadsheet is used to record this work. The team then use the information to compile the rota.
Once a year, at the end of the visitor season, the Secretary writes to all volunteers to invite them to a thank-you tea/coffee and light refreshments afternoon.
A volunteer Secretary will be able to use and develop their skills in using email, word processing and maintaining a database of volunteers. In addition, the Secretary plays a key role in supporting the Chair and being part of a small and committed team. It is a role which is greatly appreciated.
Last updated 10 days ago