Help us and join Scotland’s fight against coronavirus. Volunteering as a Community Kindness Supporter means you will be helping the most vulnerable people in Scotland to stay safe and well at home. Our charity supports people with chest, heart and stroke conditions every day and right now those people are the most at risk in the country. Many are scared, worried and isolated and need our help more than ever. That is why this role as a Community Kindness Supporter is so important. Volunteering to be a Community Kindness Supporter will help people living with our conditions who may be isolated and stuck in their homes with deliveries of shopping and essential items such as medication, which they otherwise may not be able to obtain. You must have no underlying health conditions, don't get a flu jag and under 70 years old to be a Community Kindness Volunteer.

This is an opportunity to undertake a satisfying and rewarding role. As part of our team of volunteers, you will collect and transfer donations for the shop, providing an extremely useful and appreciated service to the Charity. The role includes: • Collecting donated stock • Delivering stock to the charity shop • Transferring donations between shops • Put collection bags out in the community to be collected We currently have around 50 shops/ community hubs across Scotland. Our shops and hubs help us raise funds so we can provide our services to the people who need us. Every one of our stores relies on a team of volunteers to help run it and support our staff. Quite simply, we cannot provide our services or raise funds without the amazing support of our volunteers.

Fundraising involves helping Guide Dogs raise money through events. Our fundraisers are normally members of their local fundraising group. You will have the chance to take part in some – or all – of the following: •Street collections •Helping us on stalls at local events •Delivering 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!) •Counting donations

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. •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

Role Overview The Grant and Bid Writer Volunteer supports the Director for developing and writing grant proposals to trusts, foundations and other grant-making organisations such as Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, UKAID, USAID, EU grants, DFID tenders, etc, and persuasively communicates AHO's mission and programmes to potential funders. In collaboration with the Director, the Volunteer administers the organisation’s grant management activities, including grant proposal writing, editing and compilation, submissions and follow up and prospect research. This position helps to write tenders based on instruction and detailed information from the Director, referring back for editing and final approval, leading to increased success in winning contracts and funding. Applications are welcome from any part of the world as you work from online. Purpose of Role To identify grant and bid opportunities, managing the grant development and proposal process and to produce successful tender proposals – as well as other fundraising applications when required based on good research and excellent communication. Duties and Responsibilities Grant writing • Developing and writing grant proposals to foundations and other grant-making organisations persuasively communicating the organisation’s mission and programmes to potential funders; • Assembling and submitting grant requests, including letters, proposals, budgets, and presentations; • Track and create a calendar of grant opportunities – including deadline dates, required materials, • Complete and submit grant applications to secure funding • Researches and identifies potential sources of foundation and corporate grants and governmental funding. Bid writing • Writing tenders based on instruction and detailed information from the Director referring back for editing and final approval, leading to increased success in winning contracts • Maintaining an awareness of contracts due for tender and taking responsibility for acquiring pre-qualification questionnaires and tender documentation • Collating the input of disparate contributions to create a coherent and well-structured final tender and ensuring the timely submission of tenders and other proposals

Help us and join Scotland’s fight against coronavirus. Volunteering as a digital Kindness volunteer means you will be helping the most vulnerable people in Scotland to stay safe and well at home. Our charity supports people with chest, heart and stroke conditions every day and right now those people are the most at risk in the country. Many are scared, worried and isolated and need our help more than ever. That is why this role as a Digital Kindness Supporter is so important. Volunteering to be a Digital Kindness Supporter will help people living with our conditions who may be isolated and stuck in their homes access information and support to enable them to stay as healthy as possible.

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland Community Hubs are located in the heart of local communities, unifying our activities and presence and bringing together CHSS Retail, Services and Fundraising. In essence, they provide a ‘front door’ for everything we do. Supporting a ‘Healthy Community’ (striving to be Mentally Healthy, Physically Healthy, Financially Healthy, Socially Healthy & Nutritionally Healthy), your CHSS Hub Team will engage with and host organisations that provide local opportunities for our service users and the wider community. This whole ‘Community’ approach will ensure that CHSS service users are at the heart of everything we do in our CHSS Community Hubs. Every Hub event, meeting or activity will support a CHSS Healthy Community in one or more of these five key areas. Quite simply, we cannot operate our Community Hubs without the amazing support of our volunteers. The time, support and the work they do is vital to us and the people we help. By supporting our Community Hub, you can make a difference to people and their families in Scotland and help to create a Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland Healthy Community. About Your Role It is vital that to the success of the Community Hub that we ensure that the stakeholders who engage with us: • are welcomed • understand the resources that we have to offer • have a positive experience • have the opportunity to feedback on their experience • make suggestions for future engagement The role therefore includes: • welcoming customers/ members of the public to the Community Hub and the Coffee Corner • signposting users of the Coffee Corner and Community Spaces to other areas within the hub e.g. advice line, donation station and community rooms • assisting users with the online booking of Community Spaces and being confident in showing the Community Space available to potential users • recording customer feedback on their experience of using the Community Spaces • recording customer feedback on suggestions for future engagement • keeping the tables and shelves in the area tidy

We currently have around 50 shops/ community hubs across Scotland. Our shops and hubs help us raise funds so we can provide our services to the people who need us. Every one of our stores relies on a team of volunteers to help run it and support our staff. Quite simply, we cannot provide our services or raise funds without the amazing support of our volunteers. The time, support and the work they do is vital to us and the people we help. By helping out in one of our stores, you can make a difference to people and their families in Scotland who are isolated, scared or anxious about their condition.

Can you make a difference to elderly patients within a health setting? Patients that have been in hospital for a prolonged period of time can experience isolation and frustration due to a lack of stimulation and visitors. We are looking for mature, confident volunteers with plenty of life experience to help improve the patients’ stay. The main role of the volunteer is to provide friendship and stimulation for elderly patients, many of whom will have some form of cognitive impairment. Tasks will include; • Chatting to patients on a one to one basis and exploring their personal interests • Reading to patients, or playing games such as dominos, board games and crosswords • Providing verbal encouragement and support to the patient during mealtimes • Supporting the activities coordinator with activities on the ward Volunteers can enhance their experience in hospital and potentially avoid them becoming frustrated, which can stem from prolonged periods of time where stimulation is lacking. Many of these patients don’t have visitors.

Help us and join Scotland’s fight against coronavirus. Volunteering as a Kindness Caller means you will be helping the most vulnerable people in Scotland to stay safe and well at home. Our charity supports people with chest, heart and stroke conditions every day and right now those people are the most at risk in the country. Many are scared, worried and isolated and need our help more than ever. That is why this role as a kindness caller is so important. Volunteering to be a kindness caller will help reduce social isolation and loneliness and provide a check in service for those who are stuck in their homes. This can be done through our new telephone check in service, text message or facetime call to our existing service users and anyone who needs us