Young Scot Hive (#YSHive) and Transport Scotland are looking for 20 young people from across Scotland aged 11-18 to be part of a co-design panel that will help the development of Transport’s Scotland free bikes programme. Project information 🎂 11-18 years old 📅 July 2022 – April 2023 🗺️ Anywhere in Scotland. Based on Zoom with a couple of in-person sessions across the year, you will meet every 4-6 weeks on Zoom, as well as a couple of in-person sessions. Travel, Food and Accommodation are paid for when taking part in any project activity. Digital support is also available to take part. About the project: Transport Scotland has made a commitment to provide free bikes to young people who cannot afford one. They are currently testing this scheme in 10 places throughout Scotland and want to ensure that young people inform the policy and roll-out of the programme going forward. What you'll do as part of Free Bikes Programme: The Free Bikes Programme Panel will meet every 4 to 6 weeks to explore the scheme, how it might work and its impact on young people across Scotland and provide feedback and recommendations going forward. A dedicated Young Scot staff member will support you throughout your volunteering experience to: - Work as a panel to review the Free Bikes Programme policy and pilots - Gather the views of young people across Scotland to inform your decision making - Work with Transport Scotland to shape the Free Bikes Programme going forward No special knowledge, experience or skills are necessary to take part. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable all young people to take part, and there will be an opportunity when you apply to tell us about any support or adjustments you need to contribute fully.   We are particularly interested to collaborate with young people who are facing barriers due to their personal circumstances including young people from an ethnic minority background, young people who identify as having a disability, young carers, care-experienced young people, young people who live in low-income households and young people who live rural communities. This application form is also available as a word document and we will also accept verbal applications made using video or voice recording over the phone. We’re happy to make reasonable adjustments and provide other additional support to help you apply. Please contact YSHive@young.scot to arrange this. Applications close at noon on Monday 18th July.

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.

Young Scot Hive (#YSHive) is looking for 20 young people from across Scotland aged 16-24 to volunteer on the Young Person’s Guarantee Youth Leadership Panel alongside existing panel members. This Panel will be a diverse group that will be involved in conversations, exploration and co-design of the Young Person’s Guarantee. The Panel will collaborate with the Scottish Government, Developing the Young Workforce, Skills Development Scotland, and other organisations to explore the governance (decision-making and deciding how things are delivered) for the Young Person’s Guarantee, ensuring that young people continue to be involved and meeting the needs of Scotland’s young people. Project information 🎂 16-24 years old 📅 This project will run between July 2022 – March 2023. 🗺️  We are looking for volunteers from all over Scotland Below is the initial timeline: Recruitment selection day and induction Meeting – July/August 2022 Panel meeting every 4-6 weeks - August 2022 – March 2023 Additional meetings with the Scottish Government, Ministers, Employers and Partners About the project The Young Person’s Guarantee says: “We will guarantee to every young person aged between 16 and 24 in Scotland the opportunity, based on their own personal circumstances and ambitions, of going to university or college, an apprenticeship programme, training, fair employment including work experience, or participating in a formal volunteering programme. Find out more about the progress of the Young Person’s Guarantee here. What you'll do as part of the Young Person's Guarantee This project will take place through hybrid work of in-person and online meetings. We understand getting online can be difficult, so please still apply if you have limited access as we can support you with alternative arrangements. We will work together to create a supportive and inclusive team, with opportunities to learn a range of skills, meet new people from across Scotland, take part in training, and develop confidence in yourself. Supported by Young Scot staff, volunteers will meet every 4 – 6 weeks (in-person and online) and work on activities to review progress, provide insight and ideas, and deliver recommendations to Scottish Government about the development and implementation of the Young People’s Guarantee. Volunteers on the Panel will also be available to respond to emerging topics and issues as the programme progresses. Panel members will also receive numeration equivalent to Living Wage for the time participating on Young Person’s Guarantee governance activity. As a #YSHive volunteer you will sometimes be invited to join extra workshops and activities with Young Scot on different topics, but these are optional. No special knowledge, experience or skills are necessary to take part. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable all young people to take part, and there will be an opportunity when you apply to tell us about any support or adjustments you need to contribute fully.   We are particularly interested to collaborate with young people who are facing barriers due to their personal circumstances including young people from an ethnic minority background, young people who identify as having a disability, young carers, care-experienced young people, young people who live in low-income households and young people who live rural communities.

To be responsible for the sale of merchandise related to The St Magnus Way, ordering merchandise from suppliers and keeping local stockists supplied

Volunteers are needed to regularly walk a section of the St Magnus Way to check the route, clear litter and vegetation and possibly do some grass strimming. The St Magnus Way is a 58-mile pilgrimage route through Mainland Orkney, inspired by the life and death of Magnus, Orkney’s patron saint. You would be maintaining your section to keep it accessible and safe for users and you would be reporting any issues to the St Magnus Way committee to manage. A great way to get outdoors, keep fit and enjoy the scenery and wildlife while conserving Orkney's long distance path for local walkers and visiting pilgrims.

St Magnus Way are looking for a volunteer to help them manage their website and app. The St Magnus Way is a 58-mile pilgrimage route through Mainland Orkney, inspired by the life and death of Magnus, Orkney’s patron saint. The St Magnus Way website provides pilgrims with routes, resources, news and events and the St Magnus Way app is a museum tour guide in your pocket! The app allows pilgrims to access resources relevant to their location whilst you walk. Both the website and app are up and running, so you would be mainly maintaining these and adding and refreshing content. This would be a great opportunity for someone wanting to gain IT experience of website and app management, or for someone who has time to share their IT knowledge and skills.

We are looking for a Community Fundraiser to help us raise money to continue to support individuals significantly affected by Covid-19. This role gives you the chance to get creative and develop new and innovative fundraising activities to raise funds for the charity! The duties of a Community Fundraiser volunteer may include: Planning, organising and promoting fundraising events in your local community – for example a coffee morning or a quiz night! Assisting at fundraising events and collecting funds on behalf of the charity, e.g. bucket collections. Attending group fundraising meetings as required The benefits to you: Experience volunteering within a professional organisation A sense of satisfaction and pride for helping to make a valuable difference Opportunity to learn new skills and/or enhance an existing skillset

We are looking for a Funding Administrator to help us raise money to continue to support individuals significantly affected by Covid-19. This is a remote, flexible volunteering opportunity. Some of the duties of a Funding Administrator may include: • Researching Grants & Trusts to source new funding opportunities • Writing funding applications • Thanking and stewarding supporters The benefits to you: Experience volunteering within a professional organisation A sense of satisfaction and pride for helping to make a valuable difference Develop your skills and experience References for future employers

As a digital charity, our social media channels are very important to us for raising awareness of who we are and what we do. Our aim is to develop a strong online presence and maximise engagement across all of our social media channels: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin & Tiktok. Your role within the charity will help us to reach a wider audience and in turn support more individuals affected by covid-19. The duties of a social media officer volunteer may include: Maintaining active social media accounts Creating and/or posting content on different social media channels, e.g. generating engaging instagram stories/interactive story polls etc Engaging with our social media audience, e.g. responding to comments/messages on our social media channels Suggest ideas to increase online engagement Keep up to date with social media trends and Liaising with other departments (fundraising, community etc) to understand and create effective content that is targeted at specific requirements The benefits to you Experience volunteering within a professional organisation A sense of satisfaction and pride for helping to make a valuable difference Opportunity to learn new skills and/or enhance an existing skillset

Do you have knowledge of boats or fishing? Or maybe you just have a good eye? If you have one of these and an internet connection, then we want you! The Scottish Fisheries Museum has launched a database for the public to access our photo collection online, but now we must catalogue what it is in each image. This role will involve working on our database to add descriptions and keywords to each photo to inform people about the photo subject and optimise searching. No specialist knowledge or experience is required as full training on our system will be provided, but experience of using databases is advantageous. Knowledge of the fishing industry would be useful. As this is a remote position, we can work to your schedule. The Scottish Fisheries Museum has been preserving Scottish fishing heritage for over 50 years. Join us in this task today!