West Dunbartonshire volunteering opportunities
Cadet Force Adult Volunteer
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Battalion Army Cadet Force
The ACF is one of the country’s largest voluntary youth organisations. If you can give up one or two evenings a week and want to do something different with your free time, this could be exactly what you are looking for. You do not need a military background and we will provide all the training you require.
For most people taking part in volunteering projects is about 'giving something back', socialising and making new friends, or getting to know the local community. Others enjoy finding a worthwhile hobby that gives them quality time away from work or a busy lifestyle, or knowing they are making a difference to the lives of young people.
But as any one of our thousands of adults will tell you, it is watching the cadets grow and develop, and knowing that you have helped them along the way, which is the most rewarding part of being in the ACF.
Art Tutor (Adults)
Greenspace West Dunbartonshire
We are looking for someone who enjoys arts and crafts. Ideally, this would be someone who would enjoy spending a few hours a week delivering a variety of art and craft activities and teaching art techniques to a group of 12 adults attending an art workshop.
The role includes setting up and organising activities for that day and clearing away the materials. The volunteer will work with the Community Engagement Ranger present, to carry out these activities which will be rolled out to a group of adult members of the community. This can include helping with the correct use of art materials, assisting with drawing using pens, crayons and pastels as well as painting with acrylics and watercolours and other craft activities.
We would be happy for you to bring your own skills and art and craft ideas to the group and encourage those participating to take part.
Bird Watching
Greenspace West Dunbartonshire
We are looking for someone who enjoys wildlife and has an interest in birdwatching. Ideally, this would be someone who would enjoy spending a few hours a week or more delivering a variety of bird watching activities to various types of groups within the community.
The role involves setting up and organising bird watching activities and surveys which will include identification of different types of bird species within the park, through sight and sound and recording information found. The volunteer will work with the Community Engagement Ranger present, to carry out these activities which will be rolled out to various groups as detailed. This will involve working with different members of the community, school groups, groups of young people and carrying out nature activities at community events and fun days in the park.
We would be happy for you to bring your own skills and ideas to these activities to encourage interested members of the community to take part in and enjoy.
Allotment Assistant
West Dunbartonshire CVS
We are looking for volunteers who are interested in helping to lead and pass on their skills to others at a community allotment in Dalmuir. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with good gardening/allotment skills to pass on their knowledge, skills and experience to other volunteers from different backgrounds. The Allotment Assistants will be responsible, with guidance from WDCVS staff, for the planning, planting, tending, etc of seasonal fruit and vegetables at the allotment.
Foot Care Assistant
West Dunbartonshire CVS
We are looking for a volunteer to provide toe-nail clipping and general foot care advice to people in a community setting. Volunteers will be working alongside the NHS podiatry team, they will be trained and supervised for a period before working with clients of the service. The podiatry team will deliver a short training course to volunteers and a certificate will be issued on successful completion.
Walk Leader - Bowling
West Dunbartonshire CVS
WDCVS are looking for enthusiastic, reliable people to become Health Walk Leaders.
The role of the walk leader will be to lead group walks using local walking routes in a safe, responsible and enjoyable way. The walk leader will work as part of a team to encourage and support members of the public to become more active. Health Walk leaders will support walkers at a pace that suits the walker, ensuring that everyone enjoys the walks.
Health walks are free of charge and are taken on a regular basis. Everyone is welcome to come along, and Walk Leaders will be motivating and encouraging to all walkers regardless of ability or life circumstance.
Health Walk Leaders will receive free training and will be supported by the project coordinator.
After training we would like Health Walk Leaders to commit 6 months to the project.
Walk Leader - Clydebank
West Dunbartonshire CVS
WDCVS are looking for enthusiastic, reliable people to become Health Walk Leaders.
The role of the walk leader will be to lead group walks using local walking routes in a safe, responsible and enjoyable way. The walk leader will work as part of a team to encourage and support members of the public to become more active. Health Walk leaders will support walkers at a pace that suits the walker, ensuring that everyone enjoys the walks.
Health walks are free of charge and are taken on a regular basis. Everyone is welcome to come along, and Walk Leaders will be motivating and encouraging to all walkers regardless of ability or life circumstance.
Health Walk Leaders will receive free training and will be supported by the project coordinator.
After training we would like Health Walk Leaders to commit 6 months to the project.
Information and Outreach Volunteer
Action on Hearing Loss Scotland
To provide information on deafness, hearing loss, tinnitus, products, campaigns and services that Action on Hearing Loss Scotland offer to a variety of service users including older deaf and hard of hearing people, carers, local community groups, schools and professionals.
• Deliver taster deaf awareness sessions, or on specific topics (e.g. Tinnitus during Tinnitus Awareness Week) if requested by client group.
• Set up information stands using display boards, leaflets, equipment and offer hearing checks (via laptop).
• Monitor the number of people at stands, talks, hearing checks or when information is given and report back to Communications and Information Officer
• Use enquiry forms if unable to supply information at event and follow up at a later date.
• Check whether venue is accessible (e.g. loop facility, quiet room, good lighting) and bring portable loop if needed.
• Seek out new contacts and book talks or stands in your local area.
• Promote the work of Action on Hearing Loss Scotland
Event Volunteers
Action on Hearing Loss Scotland
We are looking for individuals to volunteer at our events throughout Scotland.
Our volunteers play a vital role in making events a massive success and there are lots of opportunities to get involved.
We need volunteers to:
• Help with the pre planning and organising of our events
• On the day event set up (Greeting Guests, Registration, Raffles)
• Promoting Events in the area
• Be part of the cheer team at running and sports events
You will:
• Make a difference to those living with a hearing loss in Scotland
• Get events management experience and add to your CV
• Develop your leadership, communication and fundraising skills
You can give up as much or as little of your time as you wish. Our events take place throughout the year, at various times of the day and we will always give you lots of notice
Warehouse Assistant
Barnardo's Donation Centre-Clydebank
Barnardo’s Donation Centre in Clydebank are looking for a Warehouse Assistant whose role will be to assist with the unloading of stock, moving the stock to the area designated for it, booking stock in, replacing stock in the shop and assisting customers to their cars with any purchases. Building any furniture that arrives and to assist with any stock rotation as and when required.
Care Experienced Peer Mentor
Y Sort-It
We are looking for peer mentors who are 18-30 and have had experience of the care system. This may be a supervision requirement at home; time spent in a children’s unit; foster care or kinship care. The mentors should have some connection with West Dunbartonshire either current or in the past. Mentors will be asked to mentor care experienced young people in West Dunbartonshire once per week for up to a year.
Housekeeping Audits
Golden Jubilee Hospital
Undertake regular audits of housekeeping policies and procedures aimed at improving patient safety & increasing frontline staff motivation to provide quality health services.
Develop a checklist of the areas that require regular cleaning and organisation to minimize: accidents, injuries and out break of infection across the hospital.
Carry out hands-on regular house keeping audits to ensure GJNH is meeting basic standards of house keeping and best practice in keeping with the safety culture of the prevention and control of infection
Museum Guide
Govan Stones Project
The Govan Stones project is looking for friendly, enthusiastic people to help us provide an excellent visitor experience at the Govan Stones heritage centre. You don't require any previous knowledge of Govan's medieval history, or previous museum experience - all the relevant information is included in our fun, volunteer training package.
The Govan Stones visitor centre is home to 31 ancient carved stone sculptures a world-class collection - and some of the only evidence that remains of the Christian and Viking peoples who lived in Strathclyde over a thousand years ago. We provide tours and talks for adults as well as fun archaeology/ heritage themed activities for children. Additionally, the visitor centre often hosts concerts, lectures, film screenings and art exhibitions. The Govan Stones visitor centre is free for all visitors, with a focus on community engagement and non-discrimination. We strive to ensure the visitor centre is approachable and welcoming as well as educational and informative. The current project is supported by the European Social Fund/ Scottish Government's 'Aspiring Communities Fund' and is dedicated to the principles of equal opportunities, social inclusion, and environmental stability.
The Govan Stones visitor centre offers a variety of roles and activities to best suit your volunteering interests. Many of our volunteers have enjoyed training up to become tour-guides, but this is not compulsory. If you aren't interested in tour-guiding, you might prefer providing a warm-welcome more generally to visitors at the front-desk. Many volunteers prefer to assist with our education and activities programme providing fun history-themed art and learning activities for all ages. You might enjoy providing community outreach and engagement activities at external venues across the city. Alternatively, if you’d rather help behind the scenes, you might like to get involved in our social media or assist with research.
Care Home Driver
Canniesburn Care Home
We would like someone who has a clean driving licence and the relevant classification on their licence to drive a minibus for the older people living in the home to outings in the local area. We would like to get the service users out more often. As a Care Home driver you will be required to be reliable, flexible, have a good communication skills and be patient.
Customer Sales Assistant
DEBRA Charity Shop (Helensburgh)
We are looking for a Customer Sales Assistant; we would like someone with an outgoing nature and enthusiastic personality to fill this role as Customer Sales Assistant.
As a Customer Sales Assistant you must be friendly and reliable with a helpful nature.
The main parts of the role includes: talking to customers and assisting customers. Helping out customers by knowing the location and cost of the items for sale. Other tasks would be: making up information packs for the charity and selling badges etc.
Arts & Crafts
Balquhidder House
Balquhidder House are looking for volunteers who are interested in organising some Arts and Craft activities with our residents, we would like someone who enjoys being in the company of older people and would be happy to assist when necessary. Tasks include: setting up for the activity, organising materials and clearing away materials once the activity has finished. Ideally we would like someone who can assist our residents to participate in the activities and provide some support in their choice of activity, any new ideas are always welcome and our residents might want to try to do something different.
Any Arts and Craft activities will be considered but tasks such as card making, glass painting, mosaics, working with material or clay work are some that are popular.
Gardener
Balquhidder House
At Balquhidder House we are looking for someone who is a keen gardener or an enthusiastic learner to assist with our extensive grounds, role includes: Vegetation clearance, heavy lifting, digging and tree planting, someone with a knowledge of growing plants, grass cutting using lawnmower and then bagging for removal of grass, weeding, tidying and care of tools is essential, reasonable level of fitness and good communication skills.
Supported Dance Volunteer
West Dunbartonshire HSCP
We are looking for someone who can engage our clients to participate in our dance sessions and reach their full potential, the role requires someone to assist with the classes and support the work of our tutors whilst supporting our clients as they participate in the session. Our clients may need a little encouragement to participate but we hope that once they try the sessions they will be keen to continue.
Supported Swimming
West Dunbartonshire HSCP
We require someone to assist with our swimming sessions, our clients enjoy swimming and may need some support getting access to the swimming pool and possibly a level of support whilst they are in the pool. Ideally we require someone who is a strong swimmer and will be able to support our clients whilst they are participating in activities within the pool. This role should not require assisting people to get dressed.
Making and Baking
Crosslet House
We would like someone who is keen on baking and can pass on skills to a small group of residents who are keen bakers, ideally someone who can expand the knowledge of our residents in the area of Baking/Cake Making.
Someone who has been a lot of experience in baking either in a work setting or a keen amateur with the ability to show others how to create and present baked goods and to support everyone with the clearing and washing up. No formal experience is necessary however good home cooking knowledge and skill would be greatly appreciated
Beauty Sessions
Crosslet House
We are looking for a volunteer who can provide regular beauty treatments for our residents and we would like someone who can provide beauty advice. Main tasks will be: Applying makeup, Nail treatments, Waxing & Advice on treatments and contra-indications. We would like someone that could give a facial massage using creams or doing the patients nails for them
You would be qualified to Diploma standard in a relevant area. Therapists do not have to provide their own insurance they are covered through ours
Woodworking Support
Crosslet House
We have a few of our residents who are ex-joiners or have worked in the construction industry and are keen to take on some woodworking projects, we would like someone who is able to assist the residents with the design and creation of various items for use in and around the care home. Ideally we require a volunteer to commit to each project so that our residents have the support needed to complete the structure they have been building.
We need volunteers with practical DIY skills, joinery being the main skill needed. If you think can turn your hand to these sorts of tasks then we can put your skills to good use.
Knitting Circle
Crosslet House
Knitting offers opportunities for creativity and achievement. Knitting basics can be learned easily, but knitting offers enough complexity for a lifetime of interest as a hobby or a career. Duties included are providing help with those wishing to learn the form of knitting/crochet or tapestry. Making of tea and coffee, set up and clear away at end of day. The ability of our residents will be varied so we need a little imagination as to what can be knitted.
We would love to help our residents to enjoy some of their activities. A few have knitted in the past but now need a little help with patterns, casting on/off or just a little motivation by way of a new project. Others have created patchwork covers, clothing etc through sewing.
Ward Trolley Volunteer
Royal Voluntary Service (Queen Elizabeth Hospital)
To assist in the provision of a trolley shop service within a hospital or health care centre environment, offering refreshments, reading material and engaging socially with patients.
Offering refreshments and reading materials
Cash handling and reconciliation
Stock replenishment and rotation
Acting as a friendly point of contact for customers
Speaker
Guide Dogs-West Dunbartonshire
• To give talks when requested to local organisations and groups within a 15 mile radius of the your home
• Keeping up to date with Guide Dogs news and key messages
• Talks should be natural and enthusiastic, tailored to the audience and following guidelines on current key messages
• Passing any donations given for talks to the Mobility Team as per guidelines
• Attending cheque presentations when requested by the local Mobility Team
• Informing your Mobility Team Support Worker of any requests to do talks using the speaker cards supplied
• Encouraging local organisations and groups to volunteer or fundraise on behalf of Guide Dogs
Collection Box Co-ordinator
Guide Dogs-West Dunbartonshire
Role involves:
• 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
• Empting 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
• Spotting the potential for further fundraising amongst the box holders for Community Fundraiser
Rehabilitation and Peer Support Volunteer
Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
Everyone has the right to live life to the full. After a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition or a stroke, many people experience fear and isolation and struggle with the impact on their lives. Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland won’t stand for that. The care and support we deliver every day ensures everyone can live the life they want to.
The aims and objectives of rehabilitation and peer support:
To support people who have had a stroke to develop autonomy and confidence in self-management enabling them to fully engage with their community and activities of their choosing. The service follows a pathway from hospital (hospital rehabilitation support) to community (community rehabilitation support) and can be delivered in a one-to-one and/or a group setting. Peer Support Groups are community groups affiliated with CHSS and range from singing groups to swimming groups!
The service can be delivered to provide specified person centred communication support for those with a communication difficulty and/or to support a specific physical or everyday task.
Volunteers can provide support to enable service users to resume everyday activities following a stroke. Service delivery can be very diverse. Peer support groups range from physical activities, singing, walking or just having a good natter.
The volunteering role could take place:
- in a community setting
- in a hospital
- in the home
- in a group setting
Volunteers are involved with unique training to undertake this role with confidence.
Shop Volunteer
Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
Everyone has the right to live life to the full. After a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition or a stroke, many people experience fear and isolation and struggle with the impact on their lives. Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland won’t stand for that. The care and support we deliver every day ensures everyone can live the life they want to.
About Retail:
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.
About Your Role:
This is an opportunity to undertake a satisfying and rewarding role. As part of our team of volunteers, you will provide customer support, whilst working in a friendly atmosphere, providing an extremely useful and appreciated service to the Charity.
The role includes:
• Welcoming and assisting customers
• Customer service and sales service
• Stock control
• Sorting donations
• Hanging and ticketing stock
• Helping to keep store clean and tidy
Treasurer
Dunbartonshire Youth Football League
We are looking for a Treasurer whose duties include:
Financial Reconciliation: -
1) Invoicing of teams fees on a 8 weekly basis
2) Receipt, checking and payment of facility lets.
3) Receipt, checking and payment of any necessary purchases and expenses.
Preparation of accounts
1) preparation of day to day accounts.
2) Preparation of end of year accounts including profit / loss(income / expenditure) and depreciation accounts.
All prepared accounts should be available prior to 3 monthly member meetings and AGM and be suitable and prepared in time for independent auditing.
Attending league meetings / AGM
regular attendance at league member meetings, production of accounts at same and ability to answer questions from members relating to accounts will be required.
Currently the league have age groups ranging from 5 years of age to 13 years of age with plans to grow year on year.
4 age groups play at hub venues which require regular invoicing of participants to cover costs and league owned equipment is located at various hubs requiring basic depreciation accounting.
The depreciation accounting ability is desired but not essential and support from existing committee members will be provided.
RSPB Practical Work Group Assistant
RSPB Loch Lomond
If you like getting your hands dirty and love the great Scottish outdoors, whatever the weather, then this could be just the ticket!
Every week, we organise practical work groups to carry out various habitat management and estate work around the RSPB site. We need your help to keep on top of essential reserve management and one-off tasks across a variety of beautiful habitats.
Typical tasks include fencing repairs, scrub removal, vegetation management, invasive species removal, ditch clearing and lots more!
All tasks are vital for conservation of important wildlife and habitats - you would be directly contributing to the protection of our countryside - and for retaining good access to, and around the site.
An opportunity to help with habitat management, become part of a small, friendly team and learn about the running of the site, plus be involved with one of the RSPB's most exciting sites. You'll get a chance to enjoy the place, learn more about our plans and really get your hands dirty! You'll also pick up or be able to share skills and techniques.
This is an excellent chance to make a genuine contribution to wildlife conservation. You will gain a valuable insight into the workings of Europe's largest conservation charity.
Mentoring
Scottish Waterways Trust - Falkirk
Are you over 16 years of age with time available to help young people reach their full potential and get on the path towards their first job? If you can spare up to two days a week, or less, join our team on our trailblazing canal college outdoors on the Forth & Clyde Canal in West Dunbartonshire. No specific skills are required to be a canal college mentor and help young people, who haven’t been able to get a job or place in further education, learn a raft of new heritage and environment skills and improve their prospects for a brighter future.
We need volunteer mentors to work closely with our local canal college Project Co-ordinator to help deliver one or more of our 14 week programmes.
• Do you have the skills to help us teach landscaping, tree and vegetation management, stonework, carpentry, wildlife conservation, trail creation, engineering or maintenance?
• Can you help us encourage a good understanding of the many job opportunities within the heritage and environment sectors or how these skills might transfer to other roles?
• Perhaps you can help us develop softer skills, such as problem solving and how to behave and flourish in a work environment.
Befriender
Bield Housing - The Croft
Have fun, learn new skills and make a difference to the lives of older people in your area. Bield Housing and Care are looking for volunteer Befrienders to join the team at retirement housing developments, Alexandria and Dunbarton.
Volunteers help reduce isolation and loneliness by supporting older people in a variety of different ways. Our Befrienders might visit someone in their own home, or offer companionship by helping them to get out and about locally. We are ideally looking for someone to help out once every two weeks for just a couple of hours.
We will offer full training and support to allow you to make a real difference to someone’s life. Expenses will be provided and the minimum age for the role is 18 years old.
Sales Floor Assistant
British Heart Foundation - Furniture and Electrical
Meet and greet customers; accept donated stock and introduce Gift Aid; security; merchandising & maintaining departments; housekeeping.
Customer Service Volunteer
British Heart Foundation Clydebank
Do you love to chat and get to know people? Can you talk about anything and everything? If this sounds like you we have a fantastic opportunity to let you do just that!
In our shops we talk to our customers, make them feel welcome, help them find the things they’re looking for and inform them of the BHF’s life saving heart research. So, we’re always looking for outgoing and enthusiastic customer service volunteers.
We keep the shop floor looking fresh and inspiring and thank everyone who brings in their donations and custom. Come and be a part of your local team and learn customer service skills and gain experience. Don’t worry if you’re not a confident speaker, with this role all you need is a welcoming and helpful attitude.
We’ll provide you with all the support and help you need. Perfect for enhancing your CV.
Volunteer Recruiter
British Heart Foundation Clydebank
Volunteers are essential to our success and we are looking for people who would love to help us recruit more volunteers to help us raise funds in our shops for our lifesaving research. We need volunteers who are chatty, friendly and willing to follow our volunteering guidelines to help us recruit more like minded people.
This role will see you get involved in your local community, face to face and online. You will spend time making contacts within the local colleges, volunteer centre and job centre letting them know about our work and our opportunities.
You will place adverts online and find out about the volunteer recruitment opportunities where you live.
This is a great role for those who love a challenge and the chance to use their existing skills. Ideal for those who are looking for a role to give them work experience where they can practise their transferable skills. Join your local team and help to introduce people to the wonderful world of volunteering and our lifesaving research in to heart disease.
Telephone/Admin Volunteer
British Heart Foundation Clydebank
Are you calm, collected and happy to chat on the phone? We’re always looking for friendly, confident and helpful people to join our team and become the voice of your local shop. You will be the first point of contact for our customers helping them with any enquiries and arranging collections for donations.
Come and be a part of your local team and learn customer service skills and gain experience. If you have good communication skills and able to follow administration processes accurately then come and be a part of our team and laugh and chat with other volunteers over a cup of tea and a biscuit. Perfect for enhancing your CV.
International Volunteer-Playschemes
Concordia
When you take part in a volunteering project through Concordia, you can be sure you’ll be making a real difference to a community, and to yourself. For nearly 70 years now, we've provided volunteering and work opportunities overseas and here in the UK. Today we work with 80 like minded, non-profit partner organisations from 60 countries, to offer medium and short term community volunteering, around the world. A selection of projects is available for teenagers aged 16 and 17. Types of international volunteer projects include conservation, restoration, archaeology, construction, arts, children’s play-schemes and teaching.
Board and accommodation is free of charge for projects in Europe, North America, Japan and South Korea. For projects in Latin America, Asia, Middle East and Africa volunteer pay an extra on arrival fee of approx. £150/200 that covers food and accommodation, as well as funding the programme in the country.
Production Assistants
Rockvale Rebound Talking Newspaper
We require production Assistants to copy and prepare newstapes from a master tape recording and get them ready for distribution. The role requires someone to copy the next issue of the Rockvale Rebound Talking Newspaper, replace the older recording with the new one, seal the package, check the address label and check that the return label is correct and Post prepared packages
On the Rebound Magazine Assistants
Rockvale Rebound Talking Newspaper
Digital recording of On the Rebound Magazine is a new project from Rockvale Rebound Talking Newspaper which, for the time being, will run in tandem with the current tape cassettes. On the Rebound will provide information such as social events, recipes, anecdotes and local memories. We are looking for people to assist with the process, people with a clear voice and able to read our scripts for recording, the role will require an element of research which can be done from home. We also require our volunteers to learn how to record, copy recordings and prepare them for distribution.
Ideally we want our volunteers to learn the whole process from researching to distribution
General Credit Union Assistant
Dumbarton Credit Union Limited
The opportunity will involve all aspects of running a credit union , from serving customers, completing forms to accounts or reception work. The opportunity would give an individual good banking experience, customer care not to mention team working skills . There are also good opportunities for training.
Management Committee Member
Dumbarton District Women's Aid
An opportunity to join the Management Committee of Dumbarton District Women's Aid. Our Organisation supports women, children & young people who are/ or have experienced domestic abuse, we are looking for people who will be interested in supporting the organisation to develop its strategy, plan and review policies and procedures. Interested parties will participate in an induction programme which will introduce the organisation and its aims and objectives.
Department Volunteer
Sue Ryder Shop Dumbarton
Are you interested in volunteering in a specific area of our shop. We are looking for people who would enjoy giving great customer service and keeping their area looking great. You may have an interest in homewares, books or music department.
Becoming a department volunteer means you will be chatting to the local customers helping them find the right product to suit their needs and making sure that all the stock has been prepared and is displayed to our guidelines.
Volunteer Merchandiser
Sue Ryder Shop Dumbarton
Do you enjoy following fashion and would like to use your skills to put together eye-catching displays of clothes, bags and accessories in our shop then this could be the role for you.
Are you interested in fashion and trends and love accessorising your outfits? This is the perfect role to suit someone who would love to get involved in sorting our donations and selecting and displaying our amazing stock of clothes and accessories to great effect.
Whether you’re a lover of handbags and shoes, stunning jewellery or beautiful accessories or just fancy joining the company of other friendly volunteers this role could be the one for you. We’ll provide you with all the support and training you need, perfect for enhancing your CV and skills set.
Supporter of Victims/Witnesses
Victim Support Scotland (West Dunbartonshire)
Victim Support Scotland needs volunteers to support victims of crime and witnesses attending court in West Dunbartonshire. Volunteers may be involved in a range of activities, including making contact with victims/witnesses by phone, supporting witnesses attending court and visiting victims in their own homes to offer practical and emotional support in the aftermath of crime.
General Office Volunteers
Armed Forces Veterans Association
We are looking for volunteers to staff the office on Dumbarton Central train station platform. We have a small shop where we fund raise for the Association which involves working with the public, minimal cash handling and paperwork. There is also the opportunity to help create displays, conduct research and update our social media pages.
We require individuals who have some time to spare, even a few hours per week, to help in our office. Our volunteers will work with the Co-ordinator and Secretary in keeping the office open and running. This role will include but is not limited to:
Meeting members of the public,
Helping at fundraisers, if possible;
Counting of money raised;
Helping maintain stock;
Rotating of items in the office
Helping out with the Heritage Centre.
Managing the front desk,
Filing duties
Computer work ie word documents, spreadsheets, etc.
Days within the office are fluid on a day to day basis and the individual would require to be flexible in turning their hand to many other tasks.
Health Defence Motivational Support Volunteer
Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland - Community Stroke Services
The vision for the CHSS Health Defence programme is to be the face of prevention; raising awareness of risk factors for our conditions and supporting behaviour change to modify risk factors. This work aligns closely to the Public Health Priorities for Scotland.
The programme will deliver health checks; healthy lifestyle workshops. This role will support lifestyle change to reduce the risk of our conditions in local communities, particularly where there is a high prevalence of health inequalities and deprivation.
Information about the role:
Providing a safe, welcoming and supportive environment for service users
Contact the service user on a regular basis to motivate and support lifestyle change
Supporting and promoting health and wellbeing changes using a people-driven approach
Celebrating service users success
In Memorium Secretary
British Heart Foundation (Edinburgh)
You will build relationships with local funeral directors, and you will be responsible for the collecting and banking of donations, keeping accurate records of income and writing letters of acknowledgement. You should be caring, responsible snd mindful of other people's feelings.
Speaker
British Heart Foundation (Edinburgh)
By volunteering as a BHF Speaker, you will help us to maximise the number of these arrangements that can be attended, and so raise awareness of our vital work. The range of talks will be agreed depending on your public speaking experience.
Pet Foster Carer
Pet Fostering Service Scotland
Provide a full time caring home for pets, who may be under stress having been temporarily separated from their owners, while they are unable to care for them.
As a pet foster carer you will be fully responsible for the animal in your care and the daily needs of the pet, which include feeding, cleaning, grooming, exercising and socialising until the pet is returned to its owner.
We ask cat foster carers to keep foster cats indoors at all times, it is important that all members of the household are vigilant in ensuring the cat is kept in the home.
It is preferred that dogs are kept on the lead when walking. We will supply a
strong extending dog lead to allow the dog more freedom in open areas.
Dogs should not be walked by children unsupervised.
Please make your Area Organiser aware if your own pets are neutered or not.
If you have children under 5 years old, please be extra careful of their interaction with the animal.
Please remember to ‘pick-up’ after your foster dog.
As a fosterer you will be expected to foster a minimum of one animal per year.
If you foster a dog, we recommend that the dog is not alone for longer than 5 hours. For some dogs with special requirements, the time they can be left alone could be considerably less than this.
All pets should wear a collar and tag with your telephone number as well as the PFSS dog tag, which is included in your Welcome Pack.
Pet food will be either supplied or funded by the owner and any approved veterinary costs will be paid by the owner or the PFSS hardship fund.
Home Care Lay Assessor
West Dunbartonshire Community Health and Care Partnership
The role involves telephoning or visiting care users in their own homes and holding confidential discussions, using a questionnaire, about the quality of care they receive.
Duties Include:
• Arranging a time to conduct the interviews
• If visiting a client show them your identification and authorisation
• Ability to relay information about Home Care, making sure the person is comfortable talking to you and the reason for the visit
• Attending lay assessors’ meetings and training sessions as required
• Keeping to Home Care's Confidentiality policy
• Returning the completed questionnaires to the office by the agreed date
• Liaising with the Home Care Organiser responsible for the project
• Helping to recruit and train new lay assessors, and occasionally representing the project at West Dunbartonshire Council meetings
• Working in accordance with Impetus Equalities, Lone Worker, Confidentiality and Vulnerable Adults policies
You will also be expected to attend lay assessors’ group support meetings once every three months, and meet with our Care at Home Manager every six months to discuss your satisfaction with the job and your training and development needs
Shop Assistants
Royal Voluntary Service (NL)
RVS runs a shop serving staff visitors and patients of the newly named West Glasgow Ambulatory Care Hospital based at the site in Yorkhill. The shop runs 7 days a week from 8am to 8pm. Our team needs assistants to serve customers, fill shelves, operate the till and so on. We have three shifts each day in the morning, afternoon and early evenings and can be flexible to suit your availability. Many of the families using the hospital services do so over a number of months and we often develop friendships with them. The kids love to get out of the wards when they can and come to spend their pocket money with RVS.
Group Worker
Community Lifestyles
Community Lifestyles supports adults with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and mental health problems. We recognise the importance of enabling service users to develop friendships and community support networks. You could become part of this! Lifestyles has set up various groups across Glasgow covering a wide range of activities including, arts & crafts, drumming, baking, singing, tea dances, Ceilidh dancing, cycling, karaoke, football, lunch clubs and walking. We are looking for volunteer involvement in all of these groups – so if you have an interest in any of these activities or would just like to invest some time working with people in the community we would like to hear from you. No previous experience required, just a genuine interest in working with adults with various disabilities.
Group Support Volunteers
Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland - Community Stroke Services
We require volunteers to provide levels of support to enable service users to resume everyday activities. Service delivery can be very diverse and your level of involvement can be adapted as necessary.
Potential volunteers must have a competent level of English language.
Volunteers will support service users to access communication based activities and conversation within our group services setting.
These services take the form of short term, small groups which support individuals with significant communication support needs. This is done with a focus on building personal communication skills and confidence in expressing opinions
Group services are delivered by fully trained staff and volunteers in a safe environment. We bring together a number of service users and volunteers in a group setting to chat in a relaxed setting which helps overcome any anxiety about loss of words, and help them to communicate again using alternative methods, build confidence, and resume independent active living instead of having a life half lived
Drivers
Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland - Community Stroke Services
We are looking for car owners who are physically fit, reliable and caring with good communication skills. The level of involvement is arranged to suit as we require regular weekly drivers.
Often the only barrier to service users accessing our services is transport and that is why drivers are so important.
Drivers may assist with transporting passengers from home to services and home again.
All necessary training will be provided by Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland and all volunteers will be supported by their local coordinator.
Front of House Worker/Handy Person
Clyde Shopmobility
We have a vacancy for someone with a sunny disposition to meet and greet people as they arrive, note their details, direct them to their allotted space and deliver any mobility equipment they require to their car, and to log details on a computer. We would also like someone who enjoys DIY, has a practical background and can give a few hours per week to help us maintain our mobility equipment. We are looking for someone to ensure that the mobility equipment is clean and in good order for our customers' safety and comfort. This is an extremely important role, as you never get a second chance to make a first impression.
This is your chance to provide practical help to people with limited mobility and be part of a vibrant service making a real difference to West Dunbartonshire. To the right volunteers we would offer training and support in the service that we provide and the reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses.
Play Worker-Art Funshops
Haldane Youth Services
Seeking volunteers to help at The Hop, Skip & Jump Project which is aimed at P4 – P7 children in Haldane and surrounding area. Our Art Funshops promote creativity enabling the children to gain knowledge and use a variety of materials to create art pieces. Funshops run from 3pm – 5pm.
Walking Hub selector and Medal Routes Promoter
Helensburgh and West Dunbartonshire Ramblers Group
Do you have the enthusiasm to encourage more people to be more active in their local communities? Would you like to set up walking routes in your area ? Can you help people to find their local park or a way to walk their children to school? This project aims to encourage more people to be more active outdoors in their local communities through walking independently on Medal Routes (short circular walks of approx 15, 30 and 60 minutes duration starting and finishing at a Walking Hub) and, in time, on other local paths.
Walking Hubs are places where people gather and where the short circular Medal Routes walks start and finish, for example a library, a café, a health centre. We are looking for volunteers to raise awareness of the walking hub in their local area, ensuring hubs have appropriate marketing materials, publicising taster walks, encouraging people to walk the routes and liaising with ‘taster walk’ organiser as required.
Access to the internet is essential as the ability to keep a record of hours volunteered, and a commitment to maintain all confidentialities at all times.
Shop Volunteer
Marie Curie (Alexandria)
Volunteers are needed to assist in the day to day running of the Marie Curie shop. You will be involved in all aspects of the shop work, including Clothing Sorting, DVD's and Books, Bric a Brac Jewellery and Accessories the role involves meeting and serving the public, taking donations that are handed in and helping to keep the shop area tidy.
Admin
Home From Home (Scotland)
We are looking for an Admin person who has good literacy skills, basic computer skills, filing skills, be good with members of the public and have a good telephone manner.
Part of the role includes being able to manage and prioritise multiple tasks, keep records up to date and have the ability to work independently.
Parent & Toddler Group Helper
Rock Community Church Dumbarton
We are looking to provide a safe, friendly and fun place for the parents and toddlers of Castlehill, Brucehill and Westcliff to enjoy.
We need someone who can interact with both the parents and toddlers and to assist our under 3’s worker with the delivery of activities within our two groups, Munch Bunch and Tots and You services. The role requires someone to provide a safe and supportive environment for all those in attendance, help set up and clear away the materials of the activities before, during and after the sessions.
As part of your role we require that you follow the Phoenix guidelines and operating procedures ensuring the highest standards of safeguarding and Health and Safety policies and procedures are followed at all times
Youth Cafe Worker
Rock Community Church Dumbarton
We are looking to provide a safe, friendly and fun place for the young people of Castlehill, Brucehill and Westcliff to socialise with their peers.
We are looking for someone to come along to our Youth Cafe to assist our youth leader with activities for local young people. Activities include; playing pool, art, football, computer games, workshops and making food and drink. If you are creative, active or just passionate about youth work we want to hear from you. Your role will involve planning activities and making suggestions to the youth leader. You will interact with the young people and be able to manage their behaviour positively and effectively. You will also be a key role model for our young people inspiring them and challenging them to be their best selves. You will also ensure that The Phoenix is a safe inclusive environment for everyone regardless of age, gender, sexuality, race or religion.
As part of your role we require that you follow the Phoenix guidelines and operating procedures ensuring the highest standards of safeguarding and Health and Safety are followed at all times
Online Forum Volunteer
Scottish Rural Action
Scottish Rural Action (SRA) aims to be a powerful voice for the people of rural Scotland. We were established in 2013 as a non-profit organisation to deliver the Scottish Rural Parliament and build the foundations for a longer term rural movement.
The next stage in our development is to build our grass-roots presence and influence by engaging volunteers in our campaigns on issues prioritised by rural communities. In 2017-18 these are digital connectivity, land, business, transport and democracy and governance.
The main purpose of this volunteer role is to manage and moderate online discussion forums. The online forum is a key medium for SRA to engage with members throughout Scotland and offer an opportunity for members to contribute their thoughts, ideas and issues in online conversation.
Group Facilitator
Sporting Memories Foundation Scotland (West Dunbartonshire)
The Sporting Memories Foundation Scotland has developed weekly groups for adults living with dementia across central Scotland with a focus on sporting reminiscence and physical activity.
Volunteers are an essential and important part of our organisation as they enable us to run groups and enhance the lives of group participants. We value their contribution and consider it our responsibility to make sure that those volunteering with the Sporting Memories Foundation find the experience rewarding and enjoyable.
The Team/Group Facilitator will be responsible for running a group, sometimes with a team of volunteers to assist them depending on the size of the group.
• Planning a programme of activities and ensuring that the resources and equipment are available.
• Keep records up to date (register & group summary).
• Ensure the smooth running of the group.
• Respect participants contributions and every individual is allowed the time needed to contribute.
• Ensure that the organisation of break time is a shared responsibility.
• Organise group trips when required.
• Awareness of Adult Support and protection issues,
• Volunteer present during the sessionin order to keep participants safe
• Ensure that health and safety issues are addressed.
• Involve group members in decision making.
• To attend training courses as required.
• Meet with the Volunteer Coordinator to discuss progress.
• Advise the Volunteer Coordinator if there are concerns about the running of the group or participants.
Cash Desk Volunteer
British Heart Foundation-Clydebank Furniture & Electrical
Are you a social butterfly? Love getting in to conversations? Always have a welcoming smile on your face? Get to know the people from your community with this versatile volunteering role. Gain valuable experience in customer service adding value to your CV.
You’ll be at the heart of the BHF’s fight against heart disease. You will be serving customers, helping to promote our stock and awareness campaigns and encouraging every donor to become part of our Gift Aid scheme. If you want to get to know the community around you this is a perfect way to integrate yourself into your local area and maybe spread the volunteering bug to new recruits.
Online Listings Volunteer
British Heart Foundation-Clydebank Furniture & Electrical
If you’re tech savvy and know your way around eBay; have a keen eye for unusual or sought after collectables then join our volunteering team. Come and be amazed at some of the items that are donated to your local store and strike gold with those rare finds.
We’ve got dedicated eBay resources to help and assist you with this volunteering role. Research the interesting items; package the small items in our eBay boxes and send them off to be sold at our eBay HQ. Every week we’ll send updates about the most unusual and exciting finds we’ve managed to sell though our stores, will your find be the next eBay headliner?
Get the thrill of researching the curious objects and revel in the satisfaction of sitting back and watching the bids role in. Become a mighty keyboard warrior and help raise funds for our lifesaving research into heart disease.
Electrical Function Tester
British Heart Foundation-Clydebank Furniture & Electrical
If you like playing with different gadgets, figuring out how they work and making sure they are safe to use this is the perfect volunteering role for you. We’re looking for people like you to test the electrical equipment that is donated to us making sure it is suitable and safe for sale before moving on to the final stage of appliance testing.
We will give you all the training you need to be able to safely and confidently carry out this role. So if you have an interest in electrical items, can work in a safe and organised manner and would like to broaden your skill set pop down to your local Furniture & Electrical store for more information and join the BHF team
Electrical Department Volunteer
British Heart Foundation-Clydebank Furniture & Electrical
Are you a real people person and love to help out? We’re always looking for people who would enjoy giving great customer service and have an interest in electrical items, gadgets and appliances. You’ll get the chance to mingle with the local customers and volunteers, and integrate yourself into the BHF community.
Becoming an electrical department volunteer means you will be chatting to the local customers helping them find the right product to suit their needs and making sure that all the stock has been tested and is displayed to our BHF guidelines. If you think you’re ready to take up this electrifying role pop into your local store and meet our friendly team.
Arts & Crafts
Frank Downie Day Care
We are looking for someone who enjoys Arts and Crafts and being in the company of older people. Ideally you would enjoy spending a few hours on a regular basis organising arts & crafts activities within the day centre. The role includes setting up for the activity, organising & clearing the away materials as well as making sure everyone has a great time. We require someone to assist with a variety of arts & crafts activities and if you have ideas of your own we are happy to see if people are interested in taking part.
There are many different types of Art & Craft Activities you can do such as glass painting, material work, clay work, card making or mosaics there are loads to choose from.
Vitality Class Support
Frank Downie Day Care
Vitality classes are specially designed for the older person with physiotherapy based movements and age-appropriate exercise. Classes provide enjoyable exercise to promote both aerobic and strength improvements to bring the most benefit to those taking part. As a volunteer you will be assisting the lead trainer with setting up the sessions, making sure that everyone is seated comfortably before beginning, taking instruction from the lead trainer and assisting where necessary. We supply tea and toast once the session has finished we expect the volunteer to help make this happen as well as clear up afterwards, this is an opportunity for you to get to know the class and have a chat with them individually.
Music Moments
Frank Downie Day Care
We would like a volunteer who is interested in music and would be able to encourage our people to participate in the session, we would like them to gain confidence by participating in singing along or listening to different types of music. Ideally we would like our people to participate in the activity, whether singing along or singing on their own.r Asking volunteers to ask for requests for the future sessions and if possible have some song sheets available for people to sing along.
We need an enthusiastic, outgoing volunteer who can plan each session with potential themes to make each session a little bit different. We want everyone to be able to get the most out of the session and whilst some people may struggle to communicate verbally they are able to participate through music.
Gardener
Frank Downie Day Care
We are looking for enthusiastic volunteer gardeners who could spare a bit of time to maintain and develop our garden.
Gardening tasks will include any of the following: weeding, planting, pruning, watering, sweeping and ongoing maintenance of plants in our Garden. Volunteering in our garden provides a chance for the volunteer to share their knowledge of gardening and to encourage our residents to participate in keeping the garden tidy.
Main activities and responsibilities is to offer support to help the residents to undertake gardening tasks, to contribute to the planning and planting of garden projects & to ensure health and safety standards are maintained.
Family Club Volunteer
3D Drumchapel (West Dunbartonshire)
We are looking for volunteers for our family club which runs on Tuesday afternoons from 2.30 -6.00pm in a local school. The family clubs provide a fun space for all the family to come along and participate in play activities and have fun within a structured and safe environment.
Helper
1st Vale of Leven Boys' Brigade
You can work with children from the age of 5 up to the age of 18. We have 3 age groups including Anchor Boys (5 to 7), Junior Section (7to 10) and Company Section (11 to 18). You need to be 19 or older to be considered for the position. The disclosure certificate will be required before you can work with the children. You can pick any age group to work with and select which activities you want to engage with. We have a badge structure which you can get involved in a wide variety of activities including games, sports, hobbies classes and supervision duties.
Bowling ACORNS
Green Aspirations Scotland CIC (West Dunbartonshire)
We have places for 15 young people on a woodland and craft based project to improve Bowling harbour. Volunteers will be trained in looking after woodland and green woodworking. There will then be the opportunity to help Green Aspirations Staff train others. The project is designed to inspire volunteers to connect with nature, gain employability skills and try green woodworking
Community Admin Support
The Leamy Foundation
We are looking for someone to come in to our office to provide Community Admin Support, Offering general administrative support you should have Good IT Skills be familiar with Microsoft packages such as Word and Excel, have great customer and organisational skills and be able to manage and prioritise multiple tasks. You should have good telephone, communication and listening skills and be good with members of the public.
Tasks Include:
Office Tasks-Processing incoming and outgoing mail, prepare reports and answering phones, logging messages and directing calls to the appropriate person, maintain office supplies. Maintain relevant management documentation as well as updating document register as and when required
Finance-Updating the Petty Cash file, recording the details on each receipt and file them in the appropriate place, update cost files, scanning and saving the paperwork prior to emailing, review invoice list for payment and contact for payment if required.
Volunteering-Update volunteer contact details working with the lead volunteers and community workers to make sure the contact details are recorded in the attendance file. Update records from induction to exit and store as part of our Data Protection Policy.
Workshop-Print workshop activity sheets including the register required by lead volunteers or community workers, file completed paperwork in the appropriate place.
Cafe Assistant
Rocking Horse Tearoom
The volunteer would be expected to set up tea and coffee machines, check and record temperature of fridge operate cash register and serve clients.
As the present volunteers are all senior ladies it would be preferable to have similar new members. It would unfortunately be unsuitable for anyone with a disability as there is little room behind serving hatch.
Due to the sensitivity of some circumstances the need for confidentiality is of paramount importance.
Activities Assistant
Crosslet House
We are looking for an Activities Assistant to help organise and run activities for our residents. Ideally we would be looking for someone who is keen to get to know people and working in small groups. We are looking for people with enthusiasm, a sense of humour, good communication skills and experience of life. We would like someone with an ability to teach or pass on skills. We hope that the Activities can be tailored to individual interests and may involve smaller groups as one or more activity can take place daily. We are always looking for suggestions and activities such as Skittles, Dominos & Bingo as well as armchair exercises and reminiscence sessions.
Fundraiser
Guide Dogs-West Dunbartonshire
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
• Take Collection Boxes to local businesses
• Attending local events organised by Branches or Community Fundraiser 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
Dance Assistant
West Dunbartonshire Council - Arts and Heritage
We are looking for one volunteer to support our two integrated weekly dance classes.
These classes are for adults with additional needs and care staff. The volunteer would participate in the classes, engaging with participants and supporting the work of the dance tutors.
They will be required to take a class register, payment from participants and issue receipts at beginning of classes.
Both groups are run in a very relaxed manner and any volunteer to take up the position will be warmly welcomed.
Family Support Volunteers
Action For Children Clydebank
Action for Children are looking for parents who would like to hear more about supporting families in the community.
: Working with children aged from 0 -8 years old.
: Parents Supporting Parents in the local community
: Helping parents manage/understand children’s behaviors
: For parents to have an impartial person to share their worries with
: Understand the importance of play in child development
What we aim to achieve:
Volunteers support identified families for 2 hours a week with the challenges that come with parenting, this would involve helping the family to understand the importance of attachment between parent and child by showing parents how to play and engage with their children and demonstrating how this is an important part of the child’s development and to spend quality time with their children.
There is also the opportunity to help families take part in local communities by using resources such as Book Bug and toddlers groups etc. All volunteers will be trained in Book Bug and Play @ Home Scotland, Child Development and further opportunities for learning.
Volunteers are fully supported in their role through monthly supervision and travel expenses are provided
Family Support Volunteers
Action For Children Clydebank
Action for Children are looking for parents who would like to hear more about supporting families in the community.
: Working with children aged from 0 -8 years old.
: Parents Supporting Parents in the local community
: Helping parents manage/understand children’s behaviors
: For parents to have an impartial person to share their worries with
: Understand the importance of play in child development
What we aim to achieve:
Volunteers support identified families for 2 hours a week with the challenges that come with parenting, this would involve helping the family to understand the importance of attachment between parent and child by showing parents how to play and engage with their children and demonstrating how this is an important part of the child’s development and to spend quality time with their children.
There is also the opportunity to help families take part in local communities by using resources such as Book Bug and toddlers groups etc. All volunteers will be trained in Book Bug and Play @ Home Scotland, Child Development and further opportunities for learning.
Volunteers are fully supported in their role through monthly supervision and travel expenses are provided.
Cash Desk Operators
Barnardo's Donation Centre-Clydebank
We require cash desk operators whose role will be to greet and serve customers, assist with customer enquiries, cash handling, completion of relevant paperwork, serve customers at the till, complete till transactions and promote any further sales.
Meeter & Greeter
Golden Jubilee Hospital
The volunteer will be required to welcome people to the hospital and help direct them to the appropriate department or person within the hospital. They may be asked to take a blind patient or a blind relative’s dog to a volunteer dog sitter located within the hospital for the duration of time that the person is visiting the hospital.
As a representative of the Golden Jubilee Hospital the volunteer will be required to be reliable and of a clean and smart appearance. The volunteer may be asked to escort a patient in a wheelchair. Work will be generated by the volume of visitors to the hospital who are looking for direction to the appropriate department.
The volunteer may be asked to use a computer to look up telephone numbers for departments / staff and may be asked to telephone departments/staff to inform them they have a visitor.
Orthopaedic Outpatient Volunteer Escort
Golden Jubilee Hospital
A Volunteer will be required escort patients on a frequent basis throughout their shift to various departments covering significant areas within the hospital.
We require the volunteer to be friendly, reliable and of a clean and smart appearance. The volunteer will be asked to escort a patient who has difficulty with mobility and therefore will require patience and understanding of the patient needs by escorting the patient at the patient’s pace. They will be required to have good interpersonal skills as they will require to interact/communicate and help connect with patients, nursing staff and practitioners.
The role requires the volunteer to comply with the Hand Hygiene programme. The Volunteer will be required to report any matters of concern directly to the co-ordinating nurse for the clinic or the Senior Charge Nurse for Outpatients as required.
The volunteer may be asked to take an assistance dog belonging to a patient or relative to a volunteer dog sitter located within the hospital for the duration of time that the person is attending outpatients.
Outpatient Escort
Golden Jubilee Hospital
The volunteer will be required to escort patients on a frequent basis throughout their shift to various departments covering significant areas within the hospital mainly to and from the Outpatient Department on level 1 to the X-Ray Department or Discharge Lounge on the 2nd floor.
We require the volunteer to be friendly, reliable and of a clean and smart appearance. They may be asked to escort a patient who is in a wheelchair or who has difficulty with mobility and therefore will require patience and understanding of the patient needs by escorting the patient at the patient’s pace.
The volunteer will be required to have good interpersonal skills as they will require interact/communicate with patients, nursing staff and practitioners. They will be required to comply with the Hand Hygiene programme
The volunteer will be required to report any matters of concern directly to the Co-ordinating nurse for the clinic or the Senior Charge Nurse for Outpatients as required and may be asked to take an assistance dog belonging to a patient or relative to a volunteer dog sitter located within the hospital for the duration of time that the person is attending outpatients.
Music Hours
Frank Downie House
We would like someone who is interested in music and to encourage our residents to participate in the session, we are looking for them to gain confidence by participating in singing along or listening to different types of music. Ideally we would like our residents to participate in the activity whether they are singing as a group or if they are confident enough to sing on their own. We would encourage the volunteer to ask for requests for the following week’s session and if possible have some song sheets available.
We need an enthusiastic, outgoing volunteer who is interested in planning each session with potential themes to make each music hour that little bit different. We require them to help our less able members to get the most out of this session. Some residents may find it difficult to communicate verbally but are able to express themselves through music.
Hand Massaging
Frank Downie House
Are you qualified to give hand/foot massages? Would you like to keep up your hands on experience?
The residents can be offered a taster session to see if it is something they would like on a regular basis each session would consist of hand care with hand massage and/or neck and shoulder massage, given through clothing. The aim is to assist relaxation, promote a sense of well-being and offer the opportunity to talk with someone who is both caring and compassionate.
Admin Support
Age Concern Dumbarton
We are looking for an experienced Admin person, someone who is able to work with Microsoft Word and Excel and has a good telephone manner and able to take messages. We would like someone who has a range of office skills, typing, filing and if you have skills in Bookkeeping all the better.
Office Co-Ordinator
Armed Forces Veterans Association
We are looking for someone who can take on the responsibility of the day to day running of the office. The tasks included are varied but will include:
Greeting members of the public and aiding their enquiries;
Ensuring requests for fundraising days are processed timeously;
Smooth running of the office and keeping the Trustees informed regularly;
Liaising with other charities and contacts to aid the association;
Attending, if possible, functions to help promote the Association and ensuring we have enough stock.
We also have various fundraisers throughout the year, usually on a Saturday and help at these would appreciated, but not essential. The office also has display cabinets which require updating with item rotation on a regular basis. We also have a small Heritage Centre that needs promoting to the wider community, this would initially fall under the remit of the office co-ordinator.
Peer Support Group (Clydebank & Knightswood)
Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland - Community Stroke Services
We require volunteers to provide levels of support to enable service users to resume everyday activities Peer support groups are self- managed groups, affiliated to Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland though not provided directly by the charity;
Peer support services are larger group setting with the aim of gaining confidence in social-communication in preparation for accessing mainstream community activities
Some groups are run by volunteers, but others are run by the members of the group.
The activities carried out within these groups are varied reflecting local interests and diversity. It is up to the group members to define the activity of the group.
Sighted Guide
Clyde Shopmobility
To support, for an agreed period of time, a blind or partially sighted person, supporting safe negotiation of the environment, building confidence and developing links to the local community, whilst maintaining dignity and promoting independence.
What does the role involve?
Undertake training to become a Sighted Guide volunteer
Provide sighted guide support for set activities to meet the goals of the blind or partially sighted person
Develop a good relationship with a blind or partially sighted person, their friends and family and other volunteers that promotes independence and knowledge sharing
Establish and adhere to appropriate social contact and personal boundaries
Support referral or access to local services and facilities for blind and partially sighted people
Demonstrate the sighted guiding technique to friends, colleagues and people who are blind or partially sighted
Provide feedback on progress and any issues that arise to the Volunteer Coordinator
Provide the Sighted Guide role at agreed times/location
Taster Walk Organiser and Leader
Helensburgh and West Dunbartonshire Ramblers Group
Do you have the enthusiasm to encourage more people to be more active in their local communities? Would you like to set up walking routes in your area ? Can you help people to find their local park or a way to walk their children to school? This project aims to encourage more people to be more active outdoors in their local communities through walking independently on Medal Routes (short circular walks of approx 15, 30 and 60 minutes duration starting and finishing at a Walking Hub) and, in time, on other local paths.
Walking Hubs are places where people gather and where the short circular Medal Routes walks start and finish, for example a library, a café, a health centre.
We are looking for volunteers to organise and lead walks utilising the walking hub in their community, register walkers and support the Project Officer in monitoring and evaluation of the use of the Walking Hub. Ensure a positive experience for walkers on the day and actively encourage walkers to walk independently on the routes between ‘taster walks’.
Access to the internet is essential as the ability to keep a record of hours volunteered, and a commitment to maintain all confidentialities at all times.
Warehouse & Distribution
Home From Home (Scotland)
Committed volunteers required to go into peoples homes to collect / deliver furniture and / or household items.Must be considerate with furniture , customers & clients (e.g furniture may be of sentimental value) Will be manoeuvering some large/heavy items where your problem solving skills will be required. (helpful, supportive staff & volunteers will help you to learn reuseable furniture from rubbish!) Will allow you to keep active, gain valuable skills & do your bit for a sustainable community! Minimum 1 day per week.
Cafe Assistant
Rock Community Church Dumbarton
We are looking for someone to assist in our cafe and kitchen area at The Phoenix. You should be warm and welcoming and have a friendly manner. You will be required to serve hot and cold drinks, cakes and other food items and help out in the kitchen at times in the production of food. As a Cafe Assistant you will ensure that payments are taken and accurate change given, that the cafe areas are kept clean and tidy and that you work as a team with the other volunteers and cafe manager.
As part of your role we require that you follow the Phoenix guidelines and operating procedures and maintain the highest standards of Health and Safety and food hygiene at all times
Assistant Tutor
Vale Of Leven Mature Arts Group
Looking for an amateur artist to support other amateur artists who are working in oils, watercolours,acrylics, charcoal and pastels to provide advice on styles and techniques and interpretation, roles include support and guidance to the artist
Music Group Leaders
West Dunbartonshire Community Music Project
Group Leaders will welcome newcomers to existing groups, help to form new groups and manage activities to provide opportunities for a range of musical skills and talents.
Fundraising Team Member
Muscular Dystrophy Campaign - Glasgow
As a Fundraising Team Helper you will be offered a wide variety of volunteering opportunities to choose from. You are in control of how much time you want to commit, which events and activities you would like to help at and when you want to volunteer. This role allows you to support the charity in a way that fits around your busy lifestyle. You will be:
Attending collections to help us raise funds;
Helping to promote local events;
Helping at fundraising or awareness events e.g. collecting tickets, setting up stands, marshalling etc.
A dedicated member of staff will guide and support you in your work plus you will receive supporting materials, a full induction to the charity and specific training, where appropriate, to help you get the most from your role.
Support & Outreach
Waverley Care - African Health Project Glasgow
Volunteers will deliver Hepatitis C education/training sessions in the community, to raise awareness of the risk of Hepatitis C infection, inform participants how to remain safe and to encourage and support individuals into testing for Hepatitis C if appropriate. Volunteers will also assist in providing social and emotional support to individuals both in house and in the community.
To deliver Hepatitis C education/training to groups and individuals in the community
Raising awareness of blood borne viruses
To encourage and support individuals into testing for Hepatitis C if appropriate
To provide hospital support and encourage clinical engagement
To provide telephone support to individuals as and when required
To provide social and emotional support to individuals from diagnosis through to treatment
To provide moving on support and encourage engagement with partner organisations
To promote Waverley Care services and encourage referrals into the service
Challenge stigma
Ward Trolley Assistant
Royal Voluntary Service (NL)
RVS provides a ward trolley service, selling essential items such as toiletries, drinks and confectionery direct to patients who are unable to leave the wards to go to the shops. This involves helping to stock up the trolley, taking it around the wards, asking patients if they have needs, and handling cash payments, then returning to the project base (situated in the WRVS café at the main entrance). You need to be outgoing and confident in approaching patients in the wards. We can provide training so no experience is necessary other than confidence.
Peer Volunteer Mentor
Up-2-Us
We want to attract the right volunteers and make sure that the mentoring is a good experience for both parties. The project is for male and females although 70% of those Up-2-Us works with are girls & young women. We have a wide age group from 12-21 years. As well as benefiting young people already using Up-2-Us services, we are meeting with interested authorities who might want to refer in the first year.
Our first priority is to reach the potential mentors who will be volunteers. Whilst the expectation is that the majority of volunteers will be in the 18-30 age group, there is really no upper age limit since the criteria is substantial care or looked after experience, and willingness to use that to benefit others at an earlier stage. Most mentoring will be one to one using an interest to develop the relationship but we think there is a place for groups as well. You will be supported by the co-ordinator of the project.
Subject to PVG membership
Customer Sales Assistant
Barnardo's Alexandria
The main role includes all aspects of retail function including taking receipt of donations from the public, sorting through stock, signing people up for Gift Aid, etc.
Befriender
Bield Housing - Church Court
Have fun, learn new skills and make a difference to the lives of older people in your area. Bield Housing and Care are looking for volunteer Befrienders to join the team at retirement housing developments, Alexandria and Dunbarton.
Volunteers help reduce isolation and loneliness by supporting older people in a variety of different ways. Our Befrienders might visit someone in their own home, or offer companionship by helping them to get out and about locally. We are ideally looking for someone to help out once every two weeks for just a couple of hours.
We will offer full training and support to allow you to make a real difference to someone’s life. Expenses will be provided and the minimum age for the role is 18 years old.
Fundraiser
British Heart Foundation - Furniture and Electrical
Help to support campaigns; support events in store and support events in the community.
Stock Generator
British Heart Foundation - Furniture and Electrical
Help to deliver our customer service promise; contact local businesses; contact previous donors and leaflet distribution.
Volunteer Visual Merchandiser
British Heart Foundation Clydebank
If you enjoy following fashion and would like to use your skills putting together eye-catching displays of clothes, bags and accessories in your local shop then this could be the role for you.
Are you interested in fashion and trends and love accessorising your outfits? This is the perfect role to suit someone who would love to get involved in sorting our donations and selecting and displaying our amazing stock of clothes and accessories to great effect.
Whether you’re a lover of handbags and shoes, stunning jewellery or beautiful accessories or just fancy joining the company of other friendly volunteers the British Heart Foundation shop is the place to be. We’ll provide you with all the support and training you need, perfect for enhancing your CV and skills set.
Online Listings Volunteer
British Heart Foundation Clydebank
If you’re tech savvy and know your way around eBay; have a keen eye for unusual or sort after collectables then join our volunteering team. Come and be amazed at some of the items that are donated to your local store and strike gold with those rare finds.
We’ve got dedicated eBay resources to help and assist you with this unique volunteering role. Research the interesting items; package them in our eBay boxes and send them off to be sold at our eBay HQ. Every week we’ll send updates about the most unusual and exciting finds we’ve managed to sell though our stores, will your find be the next eBay headliner?
Get the thrill of researching the curious objects and revel in the satisfaction of sitting back and watching the bids role in. Become a mighty keyboard warrior and help raise funds for our lifesaving research into heart disease.
Book Volunteer
British Heart Foundation Clydebank
Are you a self-confessed bookworm that loves spending time in bookshops? Are your local libraries threatening to charge you rent? Well we may have the perfect solution for you! In our shops we’re always looking for enthusiastic people to help price, organise and display our wide range of books. Strike up conversations with fellow book lovers and blow their minds with simple facts about our lifesaving heart research- it’s where the science fiction meets real life.
Research those rare unknown items and take pride in how much your discoveries go for on eBay. Create exciting and eye catching displays and inspire others to pick up a book and spread the book worm craze. With a volunteer thank you discount of 25% off any of our donated stock you can start putting your savings towards other important things, like another book case perhaps?
Practical Conservation
East Dunbartonshire and Mugdock Country Park Ranger Service
Help to Manage Lenzie Moss and bring the raised bog back to its former glory
The Drainage ditches on Lenzie Moss have been dammed not the trees invading the bog need to be removed to allow the bog plants to come back. Fell birch trees once a month over the winter period
Walk Co-ordinator
British Heart Foundation (Edinburgh)
Dedicated marketing materials will be provided together with help and support from your local Fundraising and Volunteer Manager. You should be motivated, well organised and a good communicator.
RSPB Nature Hub Volunteer
RSPB Loch Lomond
When you visit a new place, you always remember when you've met an amazing, helpful and friendly person. That's what we need you to be. We want people coming onto our reserve to be met with a smile
You will actively provide a warm welcome for all visitors, thank members for their support and ensure that visitors needs are understood and met to the best of our ability. You will get to assist with guided walks, wildlife activities and inspire visitors about wildlife and the work we're doing at RSPB Scotland Loch Lomond.
RSPB membership really is the lifeblood of the Society and underpins every single thing we do. It helps us fund nature conservation work here and across the UK - not only the ongoing land management of our reserves but also by creating and enhancing magnificent wild spaces for nature and people to enjoy. It is therefore important that you can inspire people about the work we do and warm them up to the idea of membership.
This role will suit someone who loves to meet and talk to visitors and who would gain satisfaction from passing on their passion about wildlife. It's also a great opportunity to work at a unique location learning more about nature, birds and wildlife whilst making a real difference to the work of the RSPB.
Complimentary Therapies
Balquhidder House
Balquhidder House are looking for someone Qualified in Aromatherapy or Massage to provide sessions within our premises to our residents. We would like someone trained in Holistic Therapies, this role offers a great opportunity to practice your skills as well as develop new ones. Ideally we are looking for someone who can provide the following Therapies: Reflexology, Reiki, Relaxation, Aromatherapy and Massage.
This role will allow you to develop your professional skills as you deliver a range of therapies to our residents. You would gain experience of working with a particular client group and also help you develop Salon Standard skills such as maintaining your work area and stock control
Baking & Decorating
Balquhidder House
We would like someone who is interested in passing on baking skills to our residents, we would like someone who is keen to help others with their baking and cake making activities. Ideally we would like someone who has experience either in a work setting or a keen amateur of baking, we would like someone to support others to create and present their baked goods as well as supporting them with clearing the kitchen area leaving it ready for others. We don’t need formal experience just someone who has good home cooking knowledge and is able to pass that on to others.
Befriender
Bield Housing - Bridge Court
Have fun, learn new skills and make a difference to the lives of older people in your area. Bield Housing and Care are looking for volunteer Befrienders to join the team at retirement housing developments, Alexandria and Dunbarton.
Volunteers help reduce isolation and loneliness by supporting older people in a variety of different ways. Our Befrienders might visit someone in their own home, or offer companionship by helping them to get out and about locally. We are ideally looking for someone to help out once every two weeks for just a couple of hours.
We will offer full training and support to allow you to make a real difference to someone’s life. Expenses will be provided and the minimum age for the role is 18 years old.
Group Supporter
Sporting Memories Foundation Scotland (West Dunbartonshire)
The Sporting Memories Foundation Scotland has developed weekly groups for adults living with dementia across central Scotland with a focus on sporting reminiscence and physical activity. Volunteers are an essential and important part of our organisation as they enable us to run groups and enhance the lives of group participants. We value their contribution and consider it our responsibility to make sure that those volunteering with the Sporting Memories Foundation find the experience rewarding and enjoyable.
The Group Supporter will assist the Group Facilitator with the running of the group. You will help to set up the group room/hall and will use your knowledge of sport to engage with group members. Training and ongoing support will be provided by the Volunteer Coordinator.
• Help set up the group room/hall.
• Welcome group members when they arrive.
• To assist the group facilitator with the running of the group.
• Encourage participants to become involved with the group activities.
• To be aware of health and safety issues.
• To be aware of adult support and protection issues.
• To attend training courses as required.
• Meet with the Volunteer Coordinator as required.
• Advise the Volunteer Coordinator if there are concerns about the running of the group or participants.
Shop Floor
Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland - Dumbarton Community Hub
This is an opportunity to undertake a satisfying and rewarding role. As part of our team of volunteers, you will provide customer support, whilst working in a friendly atmosphere, providing an extremely useful and appreciated service to the Charity. Potential volunteers must have a competent level of the English language.
The role includes:
• welcoming and assisting customers
• customer service and sales service
• stock control
• keeping the rails and shelves tidy
• Operating the till
Retail Training Volunteer
Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland - Dumbarton Community Hub
We are looking for volunteers who would be interested in learning more about the retail industry, our role is designed to introduce volunteers to the range of different aspects of retail, role includes, shop floor work, back of house work, cataloguing donations, sorting and grading donations for sale or to be recycled. After a period of commitment we are happy to increase the skills of our volunteers by offering them Manual Handling Training, Gift Aid Training and access to First Aid Training.
Stock Room
Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland - Dumbarton Community Hub
This is an opportunity to undertake a satisfying and rewarding role. As part of our team of volunteers, you will provide customer support, whilst working in a friendly atmosphere, providing an extremely useful and appreciated service to the Charity. Potential volunteers must have a competent level of the English language.
The role includes:
• welcoming and assisting customers
• customer service and sales service
• stock control
• keeping the rails and shelves tidy
• operating the till
Store Merchandiser
British Heart Foundation-Clydebank Furniture & Electrical
Do you have a knack for presentation, an eye for detail and enjoy making things look their best? We’re looking for people like you to volunteer in our F&E stores to help make them look as appealing and inspiring as possible. You can expect to be helping out with visual merchandising, making sure everything is displayed to its full potential, you will also be involved in creating eye catching displays in our our homeware department ensuring the items are clean and correctly labelled.
So what are you waiting for? Join today and become a valued member of the team, chat with customers and other likeminded volunteers. Pop in store to find out more and meet our friendly and ambitious team.
Beauty Treatments
Frank Downie Day Care
We would like a volunteer to provide regular beauty treatments and someone who can provide beauty advice. The main tasks will be: Applying makeup, Nail treatments, Waxing & Advice on treatments and contra-indications. It would be great if you could give a facial massage using creams or doing the patients nails for them
You would be qualified to Diploma standard in a relevant area. Therapists do not have to provide their own insurance they are covered through ours
Clerical Support
Frank Downie Day Care
We are looking for someone who is interested in Clerical work, someone who can process all types of incoming and outgoing mail, record keeping work, planning and scheduling skills as well as, organising and directing skills. Someone who can file and be able to maintain the filing system as well as be able to type up reports and documents
Ideally we would like someone with great customer skills, be able to manage and prioritise multiple tasks and have the ability to work independently.
Activities Assistant
Frank Downie Day Care
We are looking for an Activities Assistant who will help with organising and running activities for those who attend the Day Care. Ideally we are looking for someone who is keen to get to know people and talking in small groups. We are looking for people with enthusiasm, a sense of humour, good communication skills, experience of life, and an ability to teach or pass on any practical or creative skills they have and who would like to come in and share their skills in a group setting. Activities can be tailored to individual interests and may involve smaller groups as one or more activity can take place daily. We are always open to suggestions and activities to enhance our day care service.
Family worker volunteer (MEND Session)
3D Drumchapel (West Dunbartonshire)
Volunteers are required to assist the family workers with the delivery of the 10 week MEND Programme. MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do it!) is aimed at families with children between the ages of 2-4. Tasks include setting up the room, playing with the children, supporting the facilitation of activities and being open to trying new foods (fruit & veg mostly)
Board Member
Drumchapel Citizens Advice Bureau (West Dunbartonshire)
We are looking for a Board Member, we would like someone who has knowledge of being part of a board of directors and the roles required within it. It is desirable that you have served on a board before but not essential as long as you are prepared to train into the role. Duties include supporting the chairperson, ensuring effective organisational planning, and managing resources effectively, determine and monitor the organisations operations as well as enhancing the organisations public image.
Conservation Leader
West Dunbartonshire CVS
We are looking for volunteers who are interested in helping to lead other volunteers in a group doing weekly conservation work at the Forth and Clyde canal in Dalmuir, Clydebank. Volunteers will be involved in litter picking, removal of graffiti, keeping the path accessible from vegetation, etc making the area as safe and clean as possible.
Walk Leader - Dumbarton
West Dunbartonshire CVS
WDCVS are looking for enthusiastic, reliable people to become Health Walk Leaders.
The role of the walk leader will be to lead group walks using local walking routes in a safe, responsible and enjoyable way. The walk leader will work as part of a team to encourage and support members of the public to become more active. Health Walk leaders will support walkers at a pace that suits the walker, ensuring that everyone enjoys the walks.
Health walks are free of charge and are taken on a regular basis. Everyone is welcome to come along, and Walk Leaders will be motivating and encouraging to all walkers regardless of ability or life circumstance.
Health Walk Leaders will receive free training and will be supported by the project coordinator.
After training we would like Health Walk Leaders to commit 6 months to the project.
Link Up Call Handler
West Dunbartonshire CVS
Our Award winning Link Up service is a telephone helpline service for West Dunbartonshire, providing direct access and referrals to services in the local community which older residents care about and could benefit from accessing. Role deals with incoming calls and requires you to direct the enquiries.
Part of the role is to meet and greet our guests for scheduled appointments, drop in surgeries, general enquiries, collection and dropping off of materials. The role is very important in supporting the work of the organisation and you will be a valued member of the team
Litter Picker
West Dunbartonshire CVS
We are looking for people who would be involved in a group that would do a weekly litter pick at the Forth and Clyde Canal near Linnvale and Whitecrook in Clydebank.
We do a weekly litter pick at the side of the canal in Clydebank, separating the material so that we can recycle as much as possible and make the area a safe and clean place that the local community can use.
Cook
Quarriers (Clydebank)
This is a wonderful opportunity for those of you who love cooking to share your skills by helping people we support to choose and prepare meals, assist staff at mealtimes and promote good nutritional choices.
The main tasks include:
Assisting people we support to choose and prepare fresh meals
Food preperation
Assisting staff at mealtimes
Sales Assistant
Debra Charity Shop (Clydebank)
We are looking for a Sales Assistant to be an ambassador for Debra whilst volunteering in our store, we require a volunteer who is interested in learning retail and is happy to learn in both the front and rear of house, roles include: Sorting Donations of clothing, working the steam equipment, sorting jewellery, Bric a Brac, moving furniture (if able) and electrical equipment. We like our volunteers to assist in all aspects of the shop including window dressing.
Electrical Assistant
Barnardo's Donation Centre-Clydebank
We require an Electrical Assistant whose role will be to check electrical stock for PAT tests before they are put up for sale. Ideally we would like someone who has an interest in electrical equipment, systems and electrical appliances and some experience with electrical goods would be useful.
Stock Generator
Barnardo's Donation Centre-Clydebank
Barnardo’s Donation Centre is looking for a Stock Generator to contact local businesses and previous donors to ask if they have any goods that they would like to donate. The role requires someone who is comfortable on the phone and has a good telephone manner, some sales skills would be an advantage but not essential
PAT Tester
Barnardo's Donation Centre-Clydebank
We are looking for a qualified PAT tester (Certificate 2). You will gain experience and develop your skills and confidence in PAT testing, and develop communication and social skills from volunteering in the charity shop, where you will be interacting with staff, other volunteers and customers.
You will be checking donated electrical goods to ensure they comply with safety standards and are fully functioning before the items are displayed in the shop for sale. We would welcome volunteers who are responsible, enthusiastic, reliable and keen to get involved with the shop.
Flora Guardian
Plantlife Scotland
Sites will be chosen in conjunction with land owners and managers, where invasive species are known to be a threat to the native wildlife. On an annual visit the volunteer will assess the extent and spread of the species using a method designed to provide data in a form useful for making management decisions in treating the problem.
Link Up Call Handler
West Dunbartonshire CVS
Our Award winning Link Up service is a telephone helpline service for West Dunbartonshire, providing direct access and referrals to services in the local community which older residents care about and could benefit from accessing. Role deals with incoming calls and requires you to direct the enquiries.
Part of the role is to meet and greet our guests for scheduled appointments, drop in surgeries, general enquiries, collection and dropping off of materials. The role is very important in supporting the work of the organisation and you will be a valued member of the team
Telephone Befriender
West Dunbartonshire CVS
Would you be available to chat to someone on the telephone on a regular basis? Maybe someone in the community who doesn't get out and about which sometime means they can feel lonely and isolated.
An opportunity to help elderly, vulnerable lonely people to help themselves. WDCVS Telephone Befriending Service provides a friendly listening ear for people in the West Dunbartonshire area aged over 60. Telephone Befrienders offer friendship in a professional setting providing regular telephone contact to support people with their day to day concerns and reduce their feelings of isolation.
Training is provided and ongoing support is available, all Telephone Befrienders will be police checked ( PVG ) for this role
The hours are during work hours but flexible and this opportunity is office based. Volunteers make a regular call weekly or fortnightly to their client for a social chat.
Telephone Befrienders undergo regular support and supervision meetings to share any concerns they might have about the person they support
Walk Leader - Alexandria
West Dunbartonshire CVS
WDCVS are looking for enthusiastic, reliable people to become Health Walk Leaders.
The role of the walk leader will be to lead group walks using local walking routes in a safe, responsible and enjoyable way. The walk leader will work as part of a team to encourage and support members of the public to become more active. Health Walk leaders will support walkers at a pace that suits the walker, ensuring that everyone enjoys the walks.
Health walks are free of charge and are taken on a regular basis. Everyone is welcome to come along, and Walk Leaders will be motivating and encouraging to all walkers regardless of ability or life circumstance.
Health Walk Leaders will receive free training and will be supported by the project coordinator.
After training we would like Health Walk Leaders to commit 6 months to the project.
Stockroom Worker
West Dunbartonshire Community Foodshare
West Dunbartonshire Community Foodshare is recruiting Stockroom Volunteers for our Charity. The role is to support the Board of Trustees and Lead Volunteers in stock replenishing duties within our main unit in Dumbarton. Role includes Unpacking donations and stacking shelves.
Stock rotation Packing food parcels, Arranging stock for redistribution
Keeping area clean, safe and organised. Work in line with West Dunbartonshire Community Foodshare’s Policies and Procedures.
StreetBikes Volunteering
Y Sort-It
Our main target is to engage with young people aged 10-21 years who are interested in bike maintenance and cycling adventures. Our aim is to make cycling as accessible and available for young people of all ages and abilities by providing free bike hire, cycling skills sessions and led rides to support a healthy, active lifestyle.
Volunteers will play a key role in the development of StreetBikes, helping to refurbish bikes and promoting cycling as a means of active travel with local young people.
In our projects our volunteers will have developed group work skills, community engagement knowledge, and will improve their cycling and mechanic skills along the way.
Patient Support
Golden Jubilee Hospital
The primary purpose of this role is to provide social support to patients in the earlier stages of dementia during their stay within the Golden Jubilee.
The patient support volunteer will provide social support to patients in the earlier stages of dementia that they are introduced to by the ward nursing staff. Because we are all different patient needs will vary but the volunteer may undertake a number of tasks when building a relationship including;
Find out from staff what the patients medical issues and risk factors are i.e. diabetes, risk of falling, aggressive behaviour patterns etc. Find out from staff what the patient’s family history is and what their interests were so that the volunteer can chat to them and reminisce about their memories of childhood, interests, music and family. Reading newspapers and books to the patient or listen to music with the patient.
The post holder will support nursing staff in particular aspects of care which may include; Verbally encourage the patient to drink and eat only. The volunteer cannot assist with toileting, personal care, manual handling, feeding or physically assisting patient with dressing or undressing.
Patient Support (Dementia)
Golden Jubilee Hospital
The post holder will provide social support to patients in the earlier stages of dementia that they are introduced to by the ward nursing staff. Because we are all different patient needs will vary but the volunteer may undertake a number of tasks when building a relationship including;
Find out from staff what the patients medical issues and risk factors are i.e. diabetes, risk of falling, aggressive behaviour patterns etc.
Find out from staff what the patient’s family history is and what their interests were so that the volunteer can chat to them and reminisce about their memories of childhood, interests, music and family.
Reading newspapers and books to the patient or listen to music with the patient.
The post holder will support nursing staff in particular aspects of care which may include;
Verbally encourage the patient to drink and eat only. The volunteer cannot assist with toileting, personal care, manual handling, feeding or physically assisting patient with dressing or undressing.
Assist the Volunteer Manager/Alzhiemer Scotland Coordinator at the Dementia Cafe. To set up and assist with the activities at the group and to help clear up after the session.
Generalist Adviser
Drumchapel Citizens Advice Bureau (West Dunbartonshire)
We will provide valuable training to become an advisor in a variety of subjects including Benefits, Housing, Debt, consumer rights, employment and other subjects. Enhance your employment prospects or just meet people and help your community while gaining confidence and meeting new friends.
Training sessions take place twice a year in March and September, we also have a digital platform for volunteers unable to commit to the face to face training
Arts Support
West Dunbartonshire Council - Arts and Heritage
We are looking for someone who enjoys Arts and Crafts and supporting adults with learning disabilities. Ideally you would enjoy spending a few hours on a regular basis supporting our arts tutor to deliver arts & crafts activities. The role includes setting up for the activity, organising & clearing away the materials as well as making sure everyone has a great time. We require someone to assist with a variety of arts & crafts activities and if you have ideas of your own we are happy to see if people are interested in taking part.
Participants have mixed abilities. Helping the group can range from cutting paper with scissors to motivating them to try something new.
There are many different types of Art & Craft Activities you can do such as drawing, painting, mask making, clay work, card making or mosaics.
Hearing Aid Support Worker
Action on Hearing Loss Scotland
To provide support and advice to hearing aid users, their families, carers, community groups and professionals.
Hear to Help Volunteer
Action on Hearing Loss Scotland
Volunteers will provide support and information to deaf and hard of hearing people about hearing aids. This could be providing assistance with fitting a hearing aid correctly, cleaning and re-tubing hearing aids as well as fitting new batteries.
In addition, volunteers will provide information about equipment for Deaf and Hard of Hearing people as well as demonstrating. Volunteers may be required to undertake home visits to provide support and information to hard to reach sections of the community. Volunteers may also provide the Hearing Aid support service on an outreach basis in various locations within the local community. Volunteers may also become trained to deliver talks to groups within the community about the work of Action on Hearing Loss.
Fundraising
Action on Hearing Loss Scotland
We are looking for an unlimited number of volunteers to fundraise to support our existing Hear to Help service within the area in various ways. (These are ideas and volunteers will be encouraged to make suggestions):
• Coffee Mornings
• Bake Sales
• Encourage local groups to take up our Zip it Challenge
• Co-ordinate local bag packs
Volunteers will take the lead on these events however support will be offered at every event. They will be responsible for locating venues, promoting the event and collecting donations.
Club Journalism
Youth Football Scotland Ltd
Youth Football Scotland will pair the volunteer with a local youth club to provide the latest news, match reports and featured stories from the club, promoting their local successes to the national grassroots audience. The volunteer will:
Receive multi-media training before beginning the position.
Become the head of journalism and media for a local youth club.
Learn the media and journalism skills and methods used at professional clubs.
Get their own camera and IT equipment to improve their skills.
Finish the programme with a multi-media portfolio to present to employers.
Dedicate approximately 5-10 hours per week to the programme.
Fundraiser
Waverley Care - African Health Project Glasgow
The volunteer fundraiser will provide assistance at occasional fundraising events organised by or on behalf of Waverley Care. Liaising with community contacts in Glasgow based organisations and forming a small fundraising committee to organise local events. To be willing to staff stalls and take responsibility for distributing and collecting buckets.
Main Duties:
Bucket Shaking–Taking bucket collections on specific dates such as World Aids Day or World Hepatitis Day.
Exit collections after appropriate theatre shows.
Liaising with community contacts such as Colleges, Universities and workplaces around various fundraising opportunities.
Cover in formation stall during fundraising events, distributing and collecting buckets.
Forming a small fundraising committee to organize local events such as bake sales, bag packs, pub quizzes etc.
Assisting at occasional fundraising events.
RSPB Guided Walk Leader
RSPB Loch Lomond
RSPB Scotland Loch Lomond is an amazing place for wildlife, and we want to show it off to as many people as we can! It is also a vast and varied landscape, so many visitors to the National Park would prefer to be shown around by someone knowledgeable. That's where you come in!
We're looking for enthusiastic and knowledgeable people who are willing to share their knowledge with others, be it about birds, plants, insects or history, and would be happy to guide others around the RSPB Loch Lomond site.
A great opportunity to learn more about the reserve and spend more time in a beautiful location, plus the opportunity to meet many people of different ages, backgrounds and knowledge levels. Some walks will involve leading groups onto parts of the reserve not usually advertised to the public.
The RSPB is an active and exciting conservation charity, the largest in Europe! We can help you gain skills and give you a valuable insight into our work.
Readers
Bankie Talk
We are looking for Readers to join our reading teams whose role is to read the local newspaper onto disc for our visually impaired members. We require someone who speaks clearly and doesn't have a strong accent as this make it difficult for our members to understand. You will learn new skills, learn about recording and indexing as well as meeting new people. Our Readers are part of a team who meet once every 2 weeks or so depending on the rota.
Mugdock Conservation Volunteer
East Dunbartonshire and Mugdock Country Park Ranger Service
Carry out Practical Conservation and Maintenance tasks as part of a group, both within Mugdock Country Park and the wider East Dunbartonshire countryside. Get fit, Have fun, Learn New Skills. Enjoy tasks ranging from pond digging to path repair. All tools and training provided and the group is led by the Ranger Service.
Practical Conservation
East Dunbartonshire and Mugdock Country Park Ranger Service
Help Nature reclaim and old Colliery site by doing practical conservation work at Merkland Local Nature Reserve (LNR), tree felling, path maintenance, fence building and species surveys are just some of the activities you can take part in.
Assist Merkland Conservation Volunteers and the Ranger service to manage this lovely local nature reserve.
Knitting Bee
Frank Downie House
Knitting offers opportunities for creativity and achievement. Knitting basics can be learned easily, but knitting offers enough complexity for a lifetime of interest as a hobby or a career. Duties included are providing help with those wishing to learn the form of knitting/crochet or tapestry. Making of tea and coffee, set up and clear away at end of day. The ability of our residents will be varied so we need a little imagination as to what can be knitted.
We would love to help our residents to enjoy some of their activities. A few have knitted in the past but now need a little help with patterns, casting on/off or just a little motivation by way of a new project. Others have created patchwork covers, clothing etc through sewing.
Activities Assistant
Frank Downie House
We are looking for an Activities Assistant to help with organising and running activities for our residents. Ideally we would be looking for someone who is keen to get to know people and talking in small groups. We are looking for people with enthusiasm, a sense of humour, good communication skills, experience of life, and an ability to teach or pass on skills (practical or creative) who would like to come in and share their skills in a group setting. Activities can be tailored to individual interests and may involve smaller groups as one or more activity can take place daily. We are always open to suggestions and activities such as Skittles, Dominos & Bingo as well as armchair exercises and reminiscence sessions.
Driver
Childrens Hospices Across Scotland - Robin House
The role of Volunteer Driver is to provide transport for families using our Services, occasionally collect and deliver goods and provide occasional transport for professional visitors to CHAS.
We are looking for ad-hoc drivers that can be trained on our MiDAS training and the be able to drive our minibuses to take kids out on trips with staff (includes wheelchair clamping training) drivers must have either a D1 licence or have a licence before 1997.
We also look for drivers to pick up goods, stock etc using our car or picking up families who do not require wheelchair accessible transport. Drives can be any day of the week and we phone around the team of drivers to see if they can help with the requests.
Provide transport or drive the minibus to:
Allow families to go on outings
Bring families to stay in our hospices or to attend hospital appointments during their stay
Take families home from our hospices
Transport or collect displays, logo goods etc
Pharmacy pick-ups
Collect visitors to CHAS
Attend statutory and mandatory training in accordance with the role
Adhere to volunteer drivers policy and safety operating procedure
Digital Friend Tutors
West Dunbartonshire Council - Working 4 U
Digital Friends work on a one to one basis with an individual and take them through the absolute basics of computing, such as keyboard and mouse skills. The most difficult task a friend would be asked to demonstrate would be to send an email. The real value of a digital friend is that they are there to support an adult in learning new skills, enabling them to become more confident in accessing further learning opportunities. Full training and ongoing support is provided by WDC's Adult Learning Team and provide travelling expenses. The real joy at becoming a Digital Friend is that you will meet new people and discover the feeling of satifaction as you embark on a learning journey. We would expect the volunteer to undergo a 16 hour training course, 8x2 hour sessions.
All volunteers are invited to an information Evening on 24th August to find out more about the opportunity
Supported Study Club Volunteer Tutors
West Dunbartonshire Council - Working 4 U
Children fall behind at school for a variety of reasons. We need caring adults who can tutor a child with reading, writing and number work. Being able to build a childs confidence as an able learner is vital when tutoring. Tutoring can have a huge impact on childrens lives. Tutors work with a child on a one to one basis to teach the basics of reading, writing and numeracy. Tutors enjoy seeing the young persons confidence as a learner develop and when progress is made feel a great deal of satisfaction. Free training is provided, so if you're interested in a career in teaching/ education or just want to support a local child why not give 1 or 2 hours of your time a week and get involved.
Thursday Play Worker
Haldane Youth Services
Seeking volunteers to help at The Hop, Skip & Jump Project which is aimed at P4 – P7 children in Haldane and surrounding area. Our diverse programme changes monthly and can include play, IT, Movement and dance opportunities for children.
Our Funshops run from 3pm – 5pm
Funshop runs on a Thursday and requires volunteers to be able to do a range of activities.
Youth Work
Haldane Youth Services
Our new Youth Club The Ur-Turn Project has recently launched in Haldane. We are opening up volunteering opportunities for enthusiastic individuals who have skills in the art, sport and / or group work disciplines. The Project is aimed at young people in S1 – S4 from the area. Activities included at the Youth Club are issue based workshops, sports, games and art projects. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making differences to young people’s lives.
The Ur-Turn Project is based in The Mill Cabin within Inler Park (Haldane Park).
Admin Support
West Dunbartonshire Ethnic Minority Association
We are looking for a volunteer who has computer skills, able to enter data into a database, search the internet, if possible some Bookkeeping skills and Telephone skills. We require someone who has good Communication and Listening skills as well as work with members of the public. We would like someone who can process our incoming and outgoing mail, so we require someone with good Reading and Writing skills. Help the community members as may be or as per their needs
Book Cataloguer
Barnardo's Alexandria
We are looking for someone who is interested in working with donated books, we require someone to catalogue our book section, the role would require the volunteer to sort and select the books by genre, add the stock code and price each individual book for sale. Our volunteers will gain experience in retail and merchandising experience.
Out of School Activities Helper
Bellsmyre School's Out Club
We would like someone with a level of experience working with young children aged between 4 and 12 years old. Part of the role includes being creative.
As you are volunteering with young people you are required to wear appropriate clothing, the role requires active participation and outdoor activities and we can't guarantee that you won't get messy.
Warehouse Assistant
British Heart Foundation - Furniture and Electrical
To assist in warehouse activities; load and unload furniture; assist in stock rotation and assist in putting together new good flat pack furniture.
Cash Desk Volunteer
British Heart Foundation Clydebank
Do you always have a welcoming smile on your face and love getting in to conversations? Why not get to know the people from your community with this versatile volunteering role. Gain valuable experience in customer service adding value to your CV.
You’ll be at the heart of the BHF’s fight against heart disease. You will be serving customers, helping to promote our stock and awareness campaigns and encouraging every donor to become part of our Gift Aid scheme. If you want to get to know the community around you this is a perfect way to integrate yourself into your local area and maybe spread the volunteering bug to new recruits.
Volunteer Stock Collection Driver
British Heart Foundation Clydebank
Do you love driving around and keeping yourself busy? If you’re an active and bubbly person looking for a flexible role that gets you out and about meeting people and exploring your local surrounding then come and join our friendly team.
In this role you will collect stock from people’s houses, businesses or our clothing banks and deliver them to your local shop. You would need to be physically fit and active for this role due to the lifting and carrying of donation bags in and out of the vehicle.
It’s good to note that it is your responsibility to ensure that you have a full, valid driving licence and that your car is correctly insured for carrying out collections of BHF donations, Volunteer will use own vehicle and will be reimbursed at the HMRC rate (currently 45p per mile)
It is your responsibility to ensure that you have a full, valid driving licence and that your car is correctly insured for carrying out collections of BHF donations, with an up to date MOT where applicable
International Volunteer-Conservation
Concordia
When you take part in a volunteering project through Concordia, you can be sure you’ll be making a real difference to a community, and to yourself. For nearly 70 years now, we've provided volunteering and work opportunities overseas and here in the UK. Today we work with 80 like minded, non-profit partner organisations from 60 countries, to offer medium and short term community volunteering, around the world. A selection of projects is available for teenagers aged 16 and 17. Types of international volunteer projects include conservation, restoration, archaeology, construction, arts, children’s play-schemes and teaching.
Board and accommodation is free of charge for projects in Europe, North America, Japan and South Korea. For projects in Latin America, Asia, Middle East and Africa volunteer pay an extra on arrival fee of approx. £150/200 that covers food and accommodation, as well as funding the programme in the country.
International Volunteer-Short Term Seasonal Opps
Concordia
When you take part in a volunteering project through Concordia, you can be sure you’ll be making a real difference to a community, and to yourself. For nearly 70 years now, we've provided volunteering and work opportunities overseas and here in the UK. Today we work with 80 like minded, non-profit partner organisations from 60 countries, to offer medium and short term community volunteering, around the world. A selection of projects is available for teenagers aged 16 and 17. Types of international volunteer projects include conservation, restoration, archaeology, construction, arts, children’s play-schemes and teaching.
Board and accommodation is free of charge for projects in Europe, North America, Japan and South Korea. For projects in Latin America, Asia, Middle East and Africa volunteer pay an extra on arrival fee of approx. £150/200 that covers food and accommodation, as well as funding the programme in the country.
Secretary
Rockvale Rebound Talking Newspaper
Committee Secretary duties include: Recording, Maintaining and monitoring various paper data bases. Knowledge of and ability to use a computer, including computer packages such as word and excel would be helpful and advantageous. Receive and write letters and issue correspondence. Meeting with other volunteers to provide material for recording for the listeners, to be the focal point for the organisation in regards to Listeners, Other Organisations, General Public and other Regulatory Authorities. Assist with the general publicising and promoting of the service.
We require someone to attend our AGM (Annual General Meeting) as well as 5 committee meetings per year, at these meetings we require someone to take minutes and distribute them to the committee members, we also require our secretary to work in partnership with other committee members in the running of our recording studio in Dumbarton.
As well as assisting with the AGM and our regular meetings we would like someone who can assist with a number of social events planned each year.
Recording Technician
Rockvale Rebound Talking Newspaper
Rockvale Rebound Talking Newspaper are looking for a Recording Technician whose role would be to record our readers onto the Audacity software and generate copies for distribution.
The role would recquire someone to set up the laptop for recording, open the software as well as ensuring the laptop has recognised the Microphone, create a file destination on the laptop, recording, editing, saving the data as an MP3 files. Transferring the finalised MP3filefrom the hard drive to the Master USB memory stick. We are looking for people to assist with the process of distribution once the recordings are complete and copied.
Literacy Support
Unity Enterprise Independent Options
We are looking for a volunteer to work with our clients to improve their literacy and numeracy skills. Our clients have a learning disability and struggle with basic literacy and numeracy; we are looking for people who can develop different approaches to learning in order to encourage them to improve their reading and improving their numeracy with basic addition and subtraction
The volunteer may be required to develop literacy programmes dependent on the level of literacy and numeracy of each of our clients, learners will require support and guidance and may need to be encouraged to fully participate in the activity. We require a volunteer who can make people feel at ease whilst assisting them with their learning, someone who can develop and adapt learning materials to meet the needs of individual learners
Generalist Advisor
West Dunbartonshire Citizens Advice Bureau
Many of the people coming to the CAB are upset, confused or distressed. Therefore we need an individual that can build a rapport, in a caring and sympathetic manner. Becoming a generalist advisor requires enthusiasm and commitment. It is also a great opportunity to make new friends and gain work experience, at the same time increasing your confidence.
Reception/Admin
Waverley Care - African Health Project Glasgow
You are the face of the charity and often the first point of contact for anybody accessing Waverley Care, through telephone or in person. Thus it is vital for reception/admin volunteers to provide a positive first impression for callers by being polite, welcoming, helpful and efficient. They may also introduce new people to the service and show them around the building
Main Duties: Answering the telephone and transferring calls or taking
clear and concise messages as appropriate.
Receiving, recording and where appropriate, responding to information and advocacy, or whoever is most appropriate.
Welcoming visitors to the building and seating them, offering tea/coffee and making them feel at home.
Assisting with general administrative tasks which support the work of
Queens Crescent in general e.g. assisting with mail-outs, sorting post, maintaining clean reception area.
Taking bookings for rooms in Queens Crescent for various groups or meetings and therapies.
Being of general assistance!
Community Interactions Support
West Dunbartonshire HSCP
Our clients can find themselves isolated so we are looking for someone who will assist them with various community activities and providing a level of support whilst they learn to interact with others, we want to encourage our clients to be as independent as they can be. We would like someone to assist with this community involvement.
Cash Desk Volunteer
Sue Ryder Shop Dumbarton
Do you always have a welcoming smile on your face and love getting in to conversations? Why not get to know the people from your community with this versatile volunteering role.
Your role will be to serve customers, help to promote our stock and awareness campaigns and encouraging every donor to become part of our Gift Aid scheme. If you want to get to know the community around you this is a perfect way to integrate yourself into your local area.
Telephone and Admin Volunteer
Sue Ryder Shop Dumbarton
Are the sort of person who likes to chat on the phone? We are looking for friendly, confident and helpful people to join our team and become the voice of our shop. Your role will be the first point of contact for our customers helping them with any enquiries and arranging Donation collections.
Entertainment Person
Sue Ryder Shop Dumbarton
We are looking for knowledgeable and enthusiastic volunteers to help sort, price and display our wide range of CD’s, DVD’s and games. If you’re looking to be part of a team, learn and engage with other likeminded people then sign up today.
House Companion
Balquhidder House
We are looking for someone who will be able to keep our residents entertained, the role could be reading to a group, playing Bingo, making teas and chatting with individuals on a one to one basis. This is a great way to gain experience in the care sector, whilst doing something worthwhile and rewarding.
Outreach Volunteer
Fledgling Arts Collective Central (West Dunbartonshire)
We are looking for Online Volunteers who will respond to our members in either a live chat (booked in advance) or via email messaging style.
We use `Facebook.com` to have live online conversations and phone mentoring for people suffering mental health struggles by offering friendship and support in a non-formal, non professional format.
There are volunteers on duty almost 24-7 and phone numbers provided for one-on-one peer support. Outreach volunteers are here to listen, talk and empathise.
John Muir Award volunteer
3D Drumchapel (West Dunbartonshire)
Volunteers are required to support family workers to run outdoor activities in all weathers for the children and families attending. Families work towards obtaining certificates on completion of course (this may be an option for volunteers also). Volunteers must be physically fit and willing to brave the changing Scottish weather
Hand Massaging
Frank Downie Day Care
We are looking for a qualified person to undertake hand and/or foot massages it would be an ideal way to keep your experience up to date.
We propose to offer taster sessions to see if it is something that people would like on a regular basis each session would consist of hand care with hand massage and/or neck and shoulder massage, given through clothing.
The aim is to assist relaxation, promote a sense of well-being and offer the opportunity to talk with someone who is both caring and compassionate.
Adult Volunteer
Police Scotland Youth Volunteering West Dunbartonshire
Getting an insight into Police Scotland and how it operates. As a volunteer, have the chance to gain experience working in communities and developing leadership skills. The PSYV groups have previously been invited to take part in large and national events. The role will be assisting developing Young volunteer’s life skills for the future. The Youth Volunteer group allows Police Scotland to strengthen engagement with young people, breaking down traditional barriers and promoting positive role models.
Server and Chatting
The Bite and Blether Lunch Club
We are looking for someone to come along to our lunch club to serve lunch to our guests. Duties include setting the tables, collecting meals from the kitchen and serving them to the table, clearing the tables when the meal is finished, keeping the work surfaces clean and tidy. Whilst serving we expect people to have a chat with our guests, making sure that they have everything they need and are enjoying their meal, we hope that people will strike up a good relationship with our guests and are able to talk about many different topics.
Stock Generation Volunteer
British Heart Foundation-Clydebank Furniture & Electrical
Do you walk down the street and say hello to everyone you meet? Are you a familiar and friendly face around town? Or are you looking to integrate yourself into the local community? We’re always looking for confident, chatty and driven volunteers to generate great quality stock. You will help to build and maintain friendly relationships with existing and new business contacts, arranging local collections for your local store and talking to local business’ about surplus stock.
Become a part of our stock campaigns and get the local community involved in our stock events. All the stock which people like you generate helps us provide funding for over half of the UK’s independent research into heart and circulatory disease!
3D Play volunteer
3D Drumchapel (West Dunbartonshire)
Volunteers are required to assist Family worker with delivery of session, where parent play with their children whilst bonding and having fun. Tasks include setting up the session and assisting with planned activities.
Sporting Memories Group Supporter
Sporting Memories Foundation Scotland (West Dunbartonshire)
Talking about sport and other topics from days gone by is a great way of engaging people, especially where short term memory makes conversation about more everyday things difficult.
This opportunity is looking for someone who has an interest in sport and other subjects who wish to help support or lead a group with other volunteers. By leading or supporting the group you will be looking to get the participants to share their memories and thoughts on the topics from the past,
There will be full training provided for anyone wishing to volunteer as well as full support and supervision.
Customer Service Volunteer
British Heart Foundation-Clydebank Furniture & Electrical
Are you a chatterbox? Can you talk about anything and everything? If this sounds like you we have a fantastic opportunity to let your chitchatting dreams run wild! In our stores we’re always looking for outgoing and enthusiastic volunteers to meet and greet our customers.
We talk to our customers, make them feel welcome, help them find the things they’re looking for and inform them of the BHF’s life saving heart research. We keep the sales floor looking fresh and inspiring and thank everyone who brings in their donations and custom. Come and be a part of your local team and learn about customer service skills and gain experience. Don’t worry if you’re not a confident speaker, with this role all you need is a welcoming and helpful attitude.
We’ll provide you with all the support and help you need. Perfect for enhancing your CV and skills set
Warehouse Volunteer
British Heart Foundation-Clydebank Furniture & Electrical
Do you find gym memberships too expensive? If you like to keep active and stay in shape volunteering in your local furniture and electrical warehouse could be the answer you’re looking for. We always need helpful and active people to check in and book donations that come through our doors and help to load and unload furniture form our donation vans.
It’s not just a physical work out you can expect when volunteering here you can also get involved in putting together our flat packed furniture, maybe something to puzzle over!
Come and join your local BHF community and feel part of the team with other like-minded volunteers. We will provide you will all the training you need from guides on manual handling techniques to health and safety modules.
Volunteer Recruiter
British Heart Foundation-Clydebank Furniture & Electrical
Time to meet and greet your local community. Become an important member of the British Heart Foundation team and help to support not only your local store but BHF research into heart and circulatory disease. We need volunteers who are chatty, friendly and willing to follow our volunteering guidelines to help us recruit more like minded people.
Get involved with your community, face to face and web based, placing adverts online and making contacts within the local colleges and job centers. Join your local team and help to introduce people to the wonderful world of volunteering and our lifesaving research into heart disease.
Garden Mentor
The Leamy Foundation
We are looking for Garden Mentors whose role is to provide knowledgeable information to those people who want to learn about horticulture, the project is year long and we require someone who has the knowledge of growing seasons, what times to plant crops or flowers and to provide that knowledge to those that want to learn. As a Garden Mentor you will be asked to provide support to people as they drop in, you will also be asked to pitch in and show people how to plant crops and flowers so that they get the knowledge to be able to improve their own Garden or if they don’t have a garden of their own to come back and assist us with ours. If you have woodworking skills then we are happy to take advice on any joinery related ideas.
Admin Support
Recycle Mobility Centre
This is an opportunity to use your skills to help a support a local group. We require administrative support, the role will include tasks such as: Preparing, printing and sending mailshots; Making up information packs; Organising our database; Keeping files up to date; Printing and mailing newsletter.
We would like the volunteer to have experience of social media (Facebook and Twitter) who can commit to logging in for short periods to help develop our online presence. Tasks will involve logging on to our social media accounts to keep up to date with news feeds as well as develop our online presence and encourage people and other organisations to follow our social media pages and use basic internet research and our social media newsfeed to suggest items to post/re-tweet on our Facebook and twitter pages.
Porter
Barnardo's Donation Centre-Clydebank
We require a porter to accompany our Driver to various locations in the West of Scotland to collect donations, this role is to work with the Van Driver to move various items in and out of the van and into the Donation Centre. As part of the role we require the porter to assist in the Donation Centre with the sorting and placing of stock.
Due to the nature of the role we require an earlier start at 8.30am and be there for the full day.
Recruiter
Barnardo's Donation Centre-Clydebank
Barnardo’s Donation Centre are looking for a Volunteer Recruiter whose role will be to work with the manager to identify the recruitment and retention of volunteers, you will be working alongside the manager to identify the best ways to recruit volunteers, to make sure that potential volunteers have a clear understanding of their role and to assist with interviews and any training and induction for the volunteers.
Bric a Brac Sorter
Barnardo's Donation Centre-Clydebank
We require a Bric a Brac Sorter at Barnardo’s Donation Centre whose role will be to identify the gems in our donated items, we are looking for someone who can identify and price the more valuable items we get through our donations. Part of the role is to select and sort stock and to display them so that we can promote them to our customers. An interest in antique or unusual items would be an advantage.
Sales Assistant
Barnardo's Donation Centre-Clydebank
We require a Sales Assistant whose role will be to greet customers, talking to people who enter the store and assisting customers with their enquiries. Ideally we would like our Sales Assistants to get a feel for our shop and knowing where items are within the store and the cost of the items for sale.
The role would suit someone who is outgoing, enthusiastic about the role and helpful.
Furniture Restorer
Barnardo's Donation Centre-Clydebank
We require a Furniture Restorer at Barnardo’s Donation Centre whose role will be to identify good quality furniture and to restore it by making repairs. We receive furniture that may be in need of refurbishment, such as fixing broken parts or making missing components, before being ready to be made available to our customers.
Ideally we are looking for someone who has a level of experience in restoring but we are happy to take experienced DIY enthusiasts.
Vinyl Expert-Music
Barnardo's Donation Centre-Clydebank
We require a Vinyl Expert at Barnardo’s Donation Centre whose role will be to sort through our donated vinyl records to identify that special vinyl record that could be valuable. The role requires to check the condition of the record, a search to see if the record is a valuable one, logging the cost and discussing the best way of promoting any rare items that are found.
Part of the role is to categorize and sort our donations of LP’s, CD’s, DVD’s and videos and display them for sale to our customers, undertaking stock replenishment and rotation.
SDS Peer/ Community Mentor
West Dunbartonshire CVS
You never know when you may need personal care to support you or someone you know. Whether through age, disability, illness or frailty, personal care tasks or day to day activities can become a frustration or struggle and having access to the right care, from the right source at the right time could make all the difference.
Self-directed support is a Scottish Government commitment that everyone eligible for care and support should have choice and control over how their care is assessed, arranged, delivered and monitored to meet their agreed health and social care needs. But this may not happen without the support of someone like you.
Maybe you are receiving support yourself and have had to look at the options available. Maybe you have supported a family member or friend, or you have some knowledge and learned skills you would like to out to good use. With your help, someone in your community could feel more confident with their care and more able to live the life they want in their own community.
If this sounds like you, all we ask is a few hours every week of your time. We will be there to provide any help, training and support you need. You will understand that for everyone safety you will be asked to go through a PVG (police) check.
So, if you can bring a listening ear and enjoy getting to know people in your community – we need your help.
Footcare Receptionist
West Dunbartonshire CVS
We are looking for a volunteer receptionist for our Footcare Service, we would like someone with a warm and friendly personality who can help our service run smoothly.
The role is to be responsible for greeting the clients and making them feel welcomed and at ease prior to their appointment, you will be required to check that the clients details are correct, completing any paperwork that is incomplete, create a new record for any new clients, ensure that the client signs their form and that the date is correct for their attendance. Keep the area clean and tidy.
VCBefriend
West Dunbartonshire CVS
VCBefriend is a Peer Led service so only available to those over 55
One to One: our one to one service involves a 4 week training course covering the role of the befriender, attitudes and values, boundaries and confidentiality and building relationships. We match people according to various factors, these include interests, hobbies and personality.
Group Befriending: Our group befriending volunteers are required to undertake the One to One befriending training, the role involves escorting people on organised trips. Trips are usually between 2 to 5 hours duration.
Assisted Shopping: Our assisted shopping role is undertaken through our befriending service we require volunteers to take our 4 week training course. The aim of the service is to assist with shopping, planning of weekly meals, assisting with budgets, accompanying to both the local shops and supermarkets and returning home to put away shopping.
All volunteers are fully supported by the Befriending Co-ordinator on a one to one basis or on a group support session.
These roles require volunteers to be PVG checked
Fundraiser
St Margaret of Scotland Hospice
To assist at the St Margaret of Scotland Hospice fundraising events, you will raise through a variety of exciting activities, including attending charity functions, participating in bag packing, setting up fetes and tombolas, organising and attending concerts and raising funds on the Annual Christmas Bus.
To work on a regular basis in the preparation of fundraising events, you will participate in day to day tasks which include: distribution and collecting of cans, administartion for forthcoming events, collecting gifts and donationsform organisations, and contacting organisations to encourage them to donate to the Hospice.
Minute Secretary
Dunbartonshire Youth Football League
We are looking for a Minute Secretary whose duties include:
Regularly attend meetings and produce accurate minutes and records and circulate these promptly to the members. General assistance to the league secretary would also be included in this role which involves general administrative duties, full support would be given.
support from existing committee members will be provided.
Young Person Mentor-Dumbarton
MCR Pathways-West Dunbartonshire
We recruit and train volunteer mentors who are matched with a young person based on personality and career aspirations. Mentors meet with their young person at their school for just one hour a week and provide a compassionate, listening ear.
MCR Mentors:
Build a relationship, improving the self-esteem of their young person
Help their young people discover their own passion for learning & achieving
Empower their young people to overcome the challenges thrown at them
Young Person Mentor-Clydebank
MCR Pathways-West Dunbartonshire
We recruit and train volunteer mentors who are matched with a young person based on personality and career aspirations. Mentors meet with their young person at their school for just one hour a week and provide a compassionate, listening ear.
MCR Mentors:
Build a relationship, improving the self-esteem of their young person
Help their young people discover their own passion for learning & achieving
Empower their young people to overcome the challenges thrown at them
Sort Room Volunteer
Sue Ryder Shop Dumbarton
Are you a keen rummager or an organised operator we have a role for you.We need your help to sort the donations we receive into their different categories.
Whatever your interest you can sort a range of vintage clothing, stunning jewellery or beautiful bric-a-brac or fancy the company of other friendly volunteers the sort room is the place to be.
Recruiter
Sue Ryder Shop Dumbarton
We require someone who would love to help us recruit more volunteers for our shops. We need volunteers who are chatty, friendly and willing to follow our volunteering guidelines to help us recruit more like minded people.
This role will see you get involved in your local community, face to face and online. You will spend time making contacts within the local colleges, volunteer centre and job centre letting them know about our work and our opportunities.
This is a great role for those who love a challenge and the chance to use their existing skills.
Bric-a-Brac Volunteer
Sue Ryder Shop Dumbarton
Are you interested in lovely things? Do you enjoy keeping a keen eye out for unusual or collectable items?
You will be involved in creating exciting and eye catching displays and gain valuable work experience adding value to your CV. We’ll provide you with all the support and help you need
Technician
REMAP Scotland (Dunbartonshire Panel)
We need enthusiastic, friendly and caring volunteers who can use their experience to design, manufacture and supply individual equipment and adaptation solutions for disabled people where no commercial solutions currently exist.
Panel members with practical skills visit clients in their homes and work together with occupational therapists and physiotherapists to ensure best results for clients
Skills are needed in the following areas, engineering, assistive technology, craftwork, electrics and electronics, product design and metalwork.
Arts & Crafts
Frank Downie House
We are looking for someone who enjoys being in the company of older people and would enjoy spending a few hours on a regular basis organising arts & crafts activities with our residents. Tasks include: setting up room/venue, organising materials & clearing the materials away. We require someone to assist our residents with a variety of arts & crafts activities, support them in their choice and if you have ideas of your own feel free to share them and someone might be interested in doing that..
Art & Craft Activities can include card making, glass painting, mosaics, material work, clay work - the list is endless!
Beauty Treatments
Frank Downie House
We would like a volunteer to provide regular beauty treatments for our residents we would like someone who can provide beauty advice. The main tasks will be: Applying makeup, Nail treatments, Waxing & Advice on treatments and contra-indications. It would be someone that could give a facial massage using creams or doing the patients nails for them
You would be qualified to Diploma standard in a relevant area. Therapists do not have to provide their own insurance they are covered through ours
Local Trip Escort
Frank Downie House
We would like some Volunteers to participate in our outdoor activities for our residents, we are looking for a volunteer to encourage our residents to take part in local trips, asking for ideas for destinations and to assist with organised events such as a visits to the local park, museums, locally held events, or other social activities as suggested by our residents.
Office Secretary
Armed Forces Veterans Association
We require an enthusiastic, computer literate individual to work alongside the office co-ordinator within out office. This role would be responsible for:
Ensuring our records are up to date;
Keep and maintaining data;
Updating our social media pages regularly;
Work on and issue our bi-monthly newsletters;
Greeting members of the public and aiding their enquiries;
Looking up service records.
These responsibilities are fluid on a day to day basis and the individual would require to be flexible in turning their hand to many other tasks – including maintaining and updating the display cabinets and helping with the Heritage Centre.
One to one Support Volunteers
Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland - Community Stroke Services
We require volunteers to provide levels of support to enable service users to resume everyday activities. Service delivery can be very diverse and your level of involvement can be adapted as necessary.
Volunteers will support service users to access communication based activities and conversations within our services either in a hospital or home setting. A trained one to one support volunteer, supports the individual to achieve their personal goals. The outcome of this kind of service is increased confidence and ability to communicate in a variety of social settings.
Gardener
Childrens Hospices Across Scotland - Robin House
We are looking for help in the garden. We have 6 acres of beautiful garden so depending on the volunteers abilities and interests it can be anything from weeding, watering and growing veg to laying paths, painting furniture to cutting grass. In particular we are looking for volunteers to help with the grass cutting.
Duties Include:
Grass cutting
General gardening: weeding, clearing leaves, tidying
Assist with planting, pruning etc.
Assist in the development of new areas of ground
Keep paths and driveways tidy
Snow clearing and gritting drives, car park and paths in winter, as necessary
Attend any training in accordance with the role eg Working with Children and Families
Housekeeping
Childrens Hospices Across Scotland - Robin House
We are looking for help with our housekeeping team and have volunteering opportunities 7 days a week from 8am – 8pm. We are looking for folk to come weekly or fortnightly and give whatever time they can so from an hour to 4 hours. We need help within our laundry room, hoovering and dusting, making beds and tidying bedrooms.
Assisting housekeeping with general housekeeping duties such as:
Light housework
Vacuuming
General cleaning of bathrooms etc
Laundry
Changing beds
Cleaning of rooms
Clearing away after meal times when necessary
Assisting in the cleaning of low level windows
Tidying the art room, computer rooms and play areas
To attend training in accordance with the role
Toy cleaners specifically work with the Activities team keeping toys clean and hygienic
Admin Support
Clydebank Asbestos Group
We are looking for someone to provide Admin support to Clydebank Asbestos.
Role includes:
Reception duties, including welcoming visitors, answer the telephone and pass on enquiries, arrange appointments and any possible home visits, Assist with administrative tasks when needed, able to use Microsoft Word & Excel, other clerical duties include, Photocopying, mailing and filing.
Ability to coordinate and maintain our records, maintain hard copies or details and use of our electronic filing system, update and further develop current systems and files. Ordering and resupplyinig office supplies and any other activities keeping with the role
Play Worker-Sports
Haldane Youth Services
Seeking volunteers to help at The Hop, Skip & Jump Project which is aimed at P4 – P7 children in Haldane and surrounding area. Our Sport Funshop encourages children to participate in fun energetic activities to improve their stamina and fitness levels.
Our Funshops run from 3pm – 5pm
Tuesday Play Worker
Haldane Youth Services
Seeking volunteers to help at The Hop, Skip & Jump Project which is aimed at P4 – P7 children in Haldane and surrounding area. Our diverse programme changes monthly and can include play, IT, Movement and dance opportunities for children.
Our Funshops run from 3pm – 5pm
Funshop runs on a Tuesday and requires volunteers to be able to do a range of activities.
Walking Hub selector and Medal Routes Mapper
Helensburgh and West Dunbartonshire Ramblers Group
Do you have the enthusiasm to encourage more people to be more active in their local communities? Would you like to set up walking routes in your area ? Can you help people to find their local park or a way to walk their children to school? This project aims to encourage more people to be more active outdoors in their local communities through walking independently on Medal Routes (short circular walks of approx 15, 30 and 60 minutes duration starting and finishing at a Walking Hub) and, in time, on other local paths.
Walking Hubs are places where people gather and where the short circular Medal Routes walks start and finish, for example a library, a café, a health centre. We are looking for volunteers to identify a hub, walking three short circular routes from and back to the hub, writing short route descriptions, mapping the routes using an online mapping tool and sending routes and descriptions to Project Officer.
Access to the internet is essential as the ability to keep a record of hours volunteered, and a commitment to maintain all confidentialities at all times.
Van Crew
Home From Home (Scotland)
Home from Home need to deliver second hand furniture to people in need of help to furnish their house. We have two vans, driven by our staff, who need volunteers to help them transport furniture from people who donate items, to people in need of it. The service is very well used and relies on volunteers, you will be helping people to recycle and providing an important support service to people struggling to furnish their house, often the people have been homeless. Volunteers who have done this job have found it keeps them fit and sharpens their mind as they negotiate the various challenges of furniture distribution and collecting, this task is an ideal way to prepare for going back to work, it helps build confidence and experience.
Sports Youth Group Member/Leaders
West Dunbartonshire Sports Youth Group
Each youth will be fully supported in acquiring the general and technical skills required to be a competent leader and sports coach,learning to use these skills at twice monthly meetings and additional coach education courses. Use their skills in the community to run weekly activities and holiday camps for children aged 7-12 years. Opportunity is great for self development, the development of sport and opens opportunities into paid employment or HE/FE. There is the opportunity to undertake the Youth Achievement Award after a period of involvement
Arts & Crafts
Crosslet House
We are looking for someone who is interested in organising arts & Crafts activities with our residents and being in the company of older people. Tasks include: setting up room/venue, organising materials & clearing the materials away. We require someone to assist our residents with a variety of arts & crafts activities, support them in their choice and if you have ideas of your own feel free to share them and someone might be interested in doing that..
Art & Craft Activities can include card making, glass painting, mosaics, material work, clay work - the list is endless!
Companion
Crosslet House
The role will consist of reading, playing Bingo, making tea etc or anything really to entertain the residents within the care home. This is a great way to gain experience in the care sector, whilst doing something worthwhile and rewarding and there may be the opportunity to escort clients on trips to the theatre, shops or just for a walk.
Shop Assistant
Crosslet House
We would like a volunteer to serve the clients in the small shop, where conversation and friendship is as important as serving. the volunteer would have the opportunity of meeting a variety of people with different needs and will come away with a high 'feel good' factor.
Fundraising Group Treasurer
Guide Dogs-West Dunbartonshire
What does the role involve?
• Counting and banking monies raised through the fundraising group
• Ensuring that money raised or received by your group is paid into the Guide Dogs bank account ASAP in line with Guide Dogs policy and ensure that receipts and thank you letters are issued
• Maintain accurate records of all money raised and spent
• Keep the group up to date with the funds raised
• Checking the monthly income and expenditure statements
• Monitor levels of expenditure and making claims when appropriate
• Maintaining records of where collecting boxes and life-sized boxes are place locally (working with the Collecting Box Coordinator where available)
Your work will show how much your group is raising to support blind and visually impaired people
Music & Drama Helper
West Dunbartonshire HSCP
We require someone who is interested in Music and Drama to assist with our sessions our sessions are pretty flexible and can alternate between the two activities and sometimes deal with both. We need someone who is keen to help with the sessions, setting up any equipment needed and supporting our clients to participate with the activity and then putting the equipment away. We may require you to encourage others by joining in yourself and helping those that want to participate but feel it is too much for them.
Business Mentor
Sported (West Dunbartonshire)
Our volunteer business mentors are paired with community sports clubs who need expertise in a particular area to become more sustainable and increase their capacity. Sported works closely to support our volunteers throughout the process, and the opportunities available are very flexible – from answering a 15 minute call from a club leader who has questions in your skill area, to delivering a workshop or a 6-month mentor placement. As a Sported volunteer, you will have the opportunity to share your professional skills and expertise with community groups, having a huge effect on the sustainability and capacity of these clubs, due to the nature of the role we require our business mentors to have 5 years business experience.
Full induction is offered, as well as personal development opportunities, and you will join a network of skilled Sported volunteers across the UK.
You will work with a diverse range of people and organisations, and will receive support throughout from the Sported Volunteer Services team. Most importantly, you will have fun!
Health & Beauty
Balquhidder House
Balquhidder House are looking for trained volunteers who are able to provide regular beauty treatments for our residents, it would also be a benefit if the volunteer can offer some beauty advice as part of their role. The main tasks will be; Applying Make-Up, Nail Treatments, Waxing and Advice on contra-indications. Due to the nature of the role we would require that you are qualified to Diploma standard in a relevant area and don’t need to worry about insurance as the activity is covered through ours.
Activities Person
Balquhidder House
We are looking for someone who can assist with our regular activities for our residents, our Activities Assistant will help organise and run activities within our complex. We would like someone who is keen to work with older people in a group setting, we would like someone who is enthusiastic, has a great sense of humour and good communication skills and if you have some experience of life all the better. We would like the activities to be tailored to the interests of our residents. We would like suggestions on potential activities and activities such as Skittles, Armchair Exercisies, Reminiscence Sessions, Dominos & Bingo are always popular but it would be good to introduce some new ideas such as activities tailored specifically to men or women.
Music Sessions
Balquhidder House
We would like someone to encourage our residents to participate in our Music Sessions, our aim is to use the session to increase our residents confidence by either singing along to the music or listening to different music styles. We would hope that our residents would be happy to sing along as part of a group or if they are confident enough to go it on their own. The role includes, checking what is available within Balquhidder House, asking the residents what sort of music they would like to hear for the next session and if possible creating a favourites playlist for the residents with song sheets so that they can sing along with the music. The ability to use other media such as Spotify and Youtube can be discussed with staff at Balquhidder.
For the role we would need someone enthusiastic and who is capable of planning the sessions with potential themes to freshen up any ideas and make the occasions slightly different. Some of our residents struggle to communicate verbally but can express themselves through music.
Customer Sales Assistant
Barnardo's Clydebank
Running a successful Barnardo's store requires a great team of enthusiastic volunteers and you could be a part of it. Our retail assistants are trained to undertake a wide range of activities such as serving customers, taking receipt of stock donations from the public and merchandising stock to make our rails visually appealling and tidy. Volunteering with us will enable you to build upon your communication, team working and customer service skills. If you also have a particular skill or interest, our teams would be delighted to discuss how we could help you utilise your interests in store. Whatever your talents, please do share it with us!
Bus Escort
Ben View Resource Centre
We are looking for volunteers to escort our members to a daily lunch club at the Ben View Centre, the role requires responsible people to go to each members home and assist them to get on the bus, complete the daily checklist ensure everyone is safe during the journey by making sure they are wearing their seatbelt. We also require people to report any issues to the office if the member isn't responding to you calling on them. We would like our bus escorts to help out at the lunch club by serving lunch, clearing tables and washing dishes. We also require people to read the daily dietary requirement sheets and maintain good refrigerator labelling and storing, discard any produce at the end of the day. Above all we want you to interact with the members so that they have a great experience Appropriate clothing and equipment provided as required.
Electrical Assistant
British Heart Foundation - Furniture and Electrical
To assist in maintaining department standards; check stock for PAT tests and keep displays to BHF standard.
Stockroom Assistant (Larger Items)
DEBRA Charity Shop (Helensburgh)
We are looking for a Stockroom Assistant, we would like someone with experience but it is not essential. As a Stockroom Assistant you must be fit enough to carry larger items.
Part of the role includes cleaning items, restoring items and picking up and delivery of donations.
Donation Sorter
DEBRA Charity Shop (Helensburgh)
We are looking for a Donations Sorter, we would like someone who is willing to organise and sort donations as they come in.
Main duties will include: checking the standard of items on arrival, cleaning and ironing if necessary, hanging /folding clothes, polishing shoes and stuffing bags/ purses with newspaper.
Volunteer Befriender
Leonard Cheshire Disability - (Glasgow)
• Spending time befriending users of the service in their own shared homes, in the company of staff.
• Supporting users of the service to pursue social activities outside of the home.
• Providing one-to-one support to adults with learning disabilities; mental health issues; mobility impairments.
Gardener
Carman Care
We are looking for a Gardener. Knowledge of growing plants, grass cutting, weeding, tidying and care of tools is essential. Will need to have a reasonable level of fitness and good communication skills.
Fundraising Mentor
Sported (West Dunbartonshire)
Our volunteers are carefully matched with a Sported member clubs within their locality, who they then support on a one-to-one basis to help them to attract investment into their organisation.
We support groups who are utilising sport to bring about real social difference throughout the UK so you’ll be paired with a group that are doing really inspiring work.
These groups are doing incredible work but require some guidance around fundraising in order to make them more sustainable and increase their capacity.
If you’ve got over 5 years in a range of fundraising then we’d love to hear from you: This is a great opportunity to make a lasting impact on a community group in your area. If you enjoy working with people and have a desire to make a difference then please does get in touch.
Knitting Sessions
Balquhidder House
We are looking for someone who is interested in passing on their knowledge of knitting. Learning knit the basics can be easily done, but there are a lot more complex patterns out there if you have the skills to work them through. The role includes, providing help with those wishing to learn the form of knitting/crochet or tapestry. Making of tea and coffee, set up and clear away at end of day. The ability of our residents will be varied so we need a little imagination as to what can be knitted.
A few of our residents have knitted in the past but now need a little help with patterns, casting on/off or just a little motivation to continue.
Keep Fit / Walking Support
West Dunbartonshire HSCP
We are looking for someone who is able to assist our clients in our regular Keep Fit and Walking Sessions. We would like someone to provide support to the session leader as well as support those participating in the class, assisting with any setting up and clearing away of our Keep Fit Session. For our Walking Sessions we require someone to support our clients whilst on our walking session, this could include keeping them safe from harm.
Canal College Volunteering
Scottish Waterways Trust - Falkirk
Scotland’s two hundred year old canals are rich with built, natural and cultural history and heritage. During the 14 week programme, volunteer participants undertake a wide range of practical projects helping conserve and enhance the Forth & Clyde, Union and Caledonian canals and at The Falkirk Wheel.
Topics include:
• Landscaping
• Tree planting
• Vegetation management
• Monitoring and creating habitats for wildlife
• Archiving and field survey work
• Creation of heritage and wildlife trails
Participants also learn about canal engineering, management and the maintenance of canal structures in partnership with Scottish Canals. Altogether, participants leave with new abilities as well as a good understanding of the many job opportunities within the heritage and environment sectors. They also gain accredited training and earn recognised awards through an innovative, digital learning platform and app.
Home Visitor
Pet Fostering Service Scotland
The Home Visitor role is to carry out the final part of the recruitment process for new pet foster carers. This is the visit to the home of the applicant, with the aim of assessing the actual house suitability, including any garden, assessing the foster carer and lastly obtaining a view of how a foster pet would be received into the household. Good foster homes are usually calm and secure, with tolerant fosterers.
A foster pet is often stressed and uncertain at being moved from their home although we find that they settle into caring homes very quickly. What we look for when assessing a foster carer’s home differs depending on the species they wish to foster.
We ask that all foster carers be willing and able to safely keep foster cats indoors and foster dogs on a leash outdoors. Full training and guidance is offered.
The Home Visit Coordinator will contact you when there is a need for a home visit in your area. It is then your responsibility to contact the potential volunteer and arrange a time for the home visit to take place. We have some standard home visit paperwork that is completed for each foster home. You will be required to complete a Home Visit report and return it to the Recruitment team.
Therapet volunteer
Canine Concern Scotland Trust (Campbeltown)
Do YOU own a friendly, outgoing, though not too boisterous dog who loves to have a fuss made of him? Then perhaps you might like to think about registering him in our THERAPET visiting service. You haven't heard of it? Let me tell you about it...
For some years now it has been recognised, more and more, that pets are good for us! Indeed, it has been scientifically proven that the mere action of stroking a dog, or cat, slows down the heartbeat, reduces blood pressure, and makes someone who has already suffered a heart attack much less likely to have another
THERAPETS come in all breeds, cross-breeds, or 57-variety mongrels! They can be small, medium or large! The only real vital statistic is a steady and happy temperament. The dogs are approved for temperament and general suitability before being accepted and are not considered until at least one year old. We also have some lovely feline visitors!
Committee Member
REMAP Scotland (Dunbartonshire Panel)
We are looking for Committee Members. We need people who will have a keen interest in the work of the group, a general knowledge of committees and the roles required. It is desirable that you have previous knowledge of committee work but not essential as long as you are prepared to train into the role. Duties: reading Committee papers, attending committee meetings, deciding on organisational matters and coming to a consensus. This should lead to supporting communications between clients and engineers and taking an active part in committee leadership.
Administrator/Minute Taker
West Dunbartonshire Mental Health Forum
West Dunbartonshire Mental health Forum (WDMHF) is looking for a part time administrator to help run the office. Skills required are basic such as database handling and sending out mail and mailshots. We require someone who is skilled and able to take minutes at our Monthly committee meetings.
Escort for Church
Frank Downie House
To take 4 elderly clients to the local church on Sundays, Approx 1 1/2 hours, stay with them and escort them back to home.
Therapist
Frank Downie House
We are looking for volunteers with a qualification in aromatherapy/massage to provide sessions with our residents. Ideally you will also be trained in holistic therapies, which is a great opportunity to practise your skills as well as learn new ones. We would like a volunteer who can provide the following Therapies: Refloxology, Reiki, Relaxation, Aromatherapy and Massage.
As a volunteer you will have the opportunity to develop your professional skills as you deliver a wide range of therapies (eg body massage, aromatherapy, reflexology) to our residents. You will gain experience of working with a unique client group, of keeping your work area up to salon standard, and of stock control.
Transport Passenger Assistant
Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland - Community Stroke Services
Volunteer Passenger Assistants are required to support service users to attend our group services by accompanying and supporting them in the use of public transport SPT Door to Door MyBus Service.
The role includes: Going to service users' home, Assisting person to travel by SPT MyBus door to door service, Supporting en route to services, May remain at service and undertake another supporting role (optional), Returning service user to their residence, Supporting people who use a wheelchair
Your level of involvement is arranged to suit both partners as we require regular weekly passenger assistant volunteers. Often the only barrier to service users accessing our services is transportation and that is why passenger assistant volunteers are important to the group services.
Rehabilitation Support Volunteer
Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland - Community Stroke Services
The rehabilitation support service needs volunteers to help with its work.
You don't need any special qualifications to be part of our team of volunteers, just the ability to offer commitment to attend training and have a desire to support people who have had a stroke, resulting in communication difficulties.
As a volunteer you will enjoy interaction with service users and other volunteers, and you will be learning new skills in your spare time. Full training is provided.
Our service follows a pathway from hospital (hospital rehabilitation support) to community (community rehabilitation support) and can be delivered in a one-to-one and / or group setting. So this volunteering role can take place in a community setting, in the hospital or in the home.
Our rehabilitation support volunteers assist and support our service users, using various communication strategies, communication based activities and conversation.
Whether you choose to volunteer in our hospital rehabilitation, communication group or one-to-one, we aim to provide a welcome and stimulating environment which supports and promotes communication and encourages social interaction, enabling people to build confidence and self esteem and improve quality of life, encouraging them to engage with their communities.
Kitchen Assistant
Childrens Hospices Across Scotland - Robin House
We are looking for volunteers to help the kitchen prepare meals and serve meals to families, set table and help with the general tidying of the kitchen along with the support of kitchen staff.
Duties include assisting with:
Setting tables at meal times
Serving of meals
Clearing away after meals
Dishwashing
Food preparation as requested by and under supervision of the cook
Home baking
Making soup etc for freezing as required
Cleaning and tidying of equipment, cupboards etc.
Defrosting and cleaning of fridges
Make sandwiches, teas and coffees for training and other events
Attend training in accordance with the role (eg Food Hygiene)
Fundraiser
Clyde Shopmobility
We are looking for someone who can organise a range of fundraising events such as bag packing events, helping on stalls and other fundraising activities. We would like our fundraising volunteer to think creatively of future fundraising events to support our organisation, we would like the volunteer to be able to keep accurate records of sales, counting any donations and following up all basic paperwork and money handling procedures as well as setting up and packing away at events. We would hope that our volunteers would have fun and a sense of satisfaction in taking part in fundraising events and collections.
Play Worker-Breakfast Club
Haldane Youth Services
Seeking volunteers to help at The Hop, Skip & Jump Project which is aimed at P4 – P7 children in Haldane and surrounding area. During the school holiday period we deliver Breakfast Clubs where local children can come to fuel up for the day and participate in fun activities.
Breakfast Clubs run from 9pm – 12pm (Children access from 9.30pm – 11am)
Admin Support
Haldane Youth Services
We are looking for someone to come in to our office to provide Admin Support, your role would be offering general administrative support, ideally you should have Good IT Skills and be familiar with Microsoft packages such as Word and Excel, you be able to manage and prioritise multiple tasks. Office tasks include: Handling incoming and outgoing mail, check and detail office supplies for re-ordering. Manage HYS documentation and update office documents. Printing and distribution of materials to parents, assisting with research and any day to day admin tasks needed.
Stock Preparation Volunteer
Marie Curie (Alexandria)
Volunteers are needed to assist in the day to day running of the Marie Curie shop. You will be involved in sorting the donations for the shop, checking and sizing the donations in preparation for the shop floor and keeping the stockroom tidy.
Furniture Restorer
Home From Home (Scotland)
Home from Home often receive donated furniture in need of restoration, repair or refurbishment. We are looking for a volunteer capable of bringing donated items up to an acceptable standard to be passed on to customers.
Charity Shop Assistant
Home From Home (Scotland)
Whether you are a friendly and approachable with good people skills or the 'quiet type' who prefers to work alone there are volunteering roles for you at Home from Home.
We need volunteers to sort out donated items, make up 'starter packs' for new households (box of pots pans, bric-a-brac, bedding etc) Make up attractive displays, keep the place presentable, take direction from shop supervisor & work within a team of volunteers. Good experience can be gained as well as helping recycling West Dunbartonshire's unwanted goods.
Cleaner
Rock Community Church Dumbarton
We are looking for a Cleaner to assist the community cafe manager in clearing up and cleaning the cafe, kitchen and communal areas after the cafe has closed each day.
The role includes, cleaning the front counter, coffee machine, microwave and the cafe display units, ensuring that all dishes, pots and pans are cleaned and returned to their area and cleaning the kitchen after service including the cooking fridge and freezer. As part of our food hygiene procedures the cleaner must ensure that any meats, dairy products and fresh baking produce are stored in line with procedures (Guidance provided from the on site manager). There will also be additional cleaning required in other areas such as toilets, floors and welcome areas.
Regional Editor
Youth Football Scotland Ltd
Youth Football Scotland will support the volunteer in providing the latest news, match reports and featured stories from clubs across their local area. The volunteer will:
Receive multi-media training before beginning the position.
Become the head of youth football journalism in their local area.
Learn the media and journalism skills used by professional sports journalists.
Work closely with local and regional newspapers.
Get their own camera and IT equipment to improve their skills.
Finish the programme with a multi-media portfolio to present to employers.
Dedicate approximately 5-10 hours per week to the programme.
Support & Outreach
Waverley Care - African Health Project Glasgow
Volunteers will deliver HIV education, training and sexual health awareness sessions in the community, to raise awareness of the risk of
HIV infection, inform participants how to remain safe and to encourage and support individuals into testing for HIV if appropriate.
Volunteers will also assist in providing social and emotional support to individuals both in house and in the community.
Main Duties:
To deliver HIV education/training to groups and individuals in the community including faith communities
Raising awareness of blood borne viruses
To encourage and support individuals into testing for HIV if appropriate
To provide hospital support and encourage clinical engagement
To provide telephone support to individuals as and when required
To provide social and emotional support to individuals
To promote and encourage engagement with partner organisations
To promote Waverley Care services and encourage referrals into the service
Challenge stigma
To deliver condoms to various community based organisations
To assist in the Milk Programme
Activity Enabler/Lunch Club Assistant
Cornerstone Community Care - West Dunbartonshire
This is a new venture in our West Dunbartonshire area of service to offer a variety of interactive and interesting activities to the people we support. Part of the Friday activities schedule is the “Lunch Club” we would like to recruit a volunteer who can assist us in the preparation of lunchtime snacks e.g. toasties, sandwiches, soups etc. Experience of preparing and serving food would be advantageous but not essential as training will be provided.
Music Cataloguer
Barnardo's Alexandria
Interested in Music CD's & DVD's? We are looking for someone who is able to sort and catalogue our Media area. We require our volunteer to categorize our donated goods, we need someone can label them by category depending on the music or movie style, price the item and place it within our media area for sale. Assisting with stock and replenishment/rotation - Creating displays and thinking of promotional ideas.
Accessories Person
Barnardo's Alexandria
We require someone who is interested in fashion accessories where the role involves sorting through donated goods, selecting and pricing bags, shoes and jewellery for sale. We have a price and merchandising guide for goods such as accessories and we require the volunteer to price good and create attractive displays on the sales floor..
Lunch Club Helper
Ben View Resource Centre
Main Duties for the role include, serving lunch, clearing tables, washing dishes, maintaining good protocols for the storing and disposing of food, be aware of and dietary requirements and recording of duties and food temperatures, interact with the members to make for a great lunchtime experience we like our volunteers to take part in our escorting role where the support members to and from the lunch club. Appropriate clothing is provided if required
Bric a Brac Sorter
British Heart Foundation - Furniture and Electrical
To assist in sorting ,selecting and pricing stock; display to BHF merchandise guide and identify valuable items.
Furniture Restorer
British Heart Foundation - Furniture and Electrical
Identify good quality furniture and to restore / make repairs.
Function Tester
British Heart Foundation - Furniture and Electrical
Check electrical items for working order and to work together with the PAT tester.
Volunteer Recruiter
British Heart Foundation - Furniture and Electrical
Help with volunteer recruitment; approach customers to discuss volunteering; support volunteer campaigns and support inductions.
Admin Assistant
British Heart Foundation - Furniture and Electrical
Support Gift Aid procedures; process other British Heart Foundation daily admin; maintain POS stock and maintain files.
Telephonist/Call Handler
British Heart Foundation - Furniture and Electrical
To deal with customer queries; arrange collections of donated items and deliveries of sold goods; process online bookings and introduce Gift Aid.
Cash Desk Operator
British Heart Foundation - Furniture and Electrical
Greet and serve customers, complete till transactions, selling badges, raffle tickets and promoting add on sales.
Accessories Volunteer
British Heart Foundation Clydebank
Are you interested in fashion and trends and love accessorising your outfits? If this sounds like you then we have the perfect role to suit someone who would love to get involved in selecting and displaying our amazing stock of exciting and interesting accessories.
Whether you’re a lover of handbags and shoes, stunning jewellery or beautiful accessories or just fancy joining the company of other friendly volunteers the British Heart Foundation shop is the place to be...
We’ll provide you with all the support and training you need, perfect for enhancing your CV and skills set.
Bric-a-Brac Volunteer
British Heart Foundation Clydebank
Are you interested in lovely things? Do you enjoy watching antiques programs and have a keen eye for unusual or collectables? If that sounds like you why not volunteer and join the shop team and help them to select, price and display our fantastic items.
You will be involved in creating exciting and eye catching displays and gain valuable work experience adding value to your CV. We’ll provide you with all the support and help you need, you will be an important part of the shop team helping to raise funds to support the work of the British Heart Foundation.
Department Volunteer
British Heart Foundation Clydebank
While there are opportunities across a range of roles in our shops, you may prefer to volunteer in one of our departments. We’re always looking for people who would enjoy giving great customer service and keeping their department looking great. You may have an interest in homewares, books or music department. Whichever you choose, you’ll get the chance to mingle with the local customers and volunteers, and integrate yourself into the BHF community.
Becoming a department volunteer means you will be chatting to the local customers helping them find the right product to suit their needs and making sure that all the stock has been prepared and is displayed to our BHF guidelines. If you think you’re ready to take up a role like this pop into your local store and meet our friendly team.
Stock Generator
British Heart Foundation Clydebank
Do you walk down the street and say hello to everyone you meet? Are you a familiar and friendly face around town? Or are you looking to integrate yourself into the local community? We’re always looking for confident, chatty and driven volunteers to generate great quality stock. You will help to build and maintain friendly relationships with existing and new business contacts, arranging local collections for your local shop and talking to local business’ about surplus stock.
This is a great role for those who love a challenge and the chance to use their existing skills. Ideal for those who are looking for a role to give them work experience where they can practise their transferable skills.
Become a part of our stock campaigns and get your local community involved in our stock events. All the stock people generated by volunteers like you help us provide funding for over half of the UK’s independent research into heart and circulatory disease!
Sort Room Volunteer
British Heart Foundation Clydebank
Whether you’re a keen rummager, an organised operator or love the look of a freshly ironed shirt we have a role for you. If you like things to be neat and tidy then we need your help to sort the donations we receive into their different categories. If you’re a lover of the iron then master the mighty steamer and watch those creases and wrinkles disappear.
Laugh and catch up with other volunteers over the sort room table or over a cup of tea and biscuit at break time. At the end of the day go home feeling satisfied and proud that you have helped to raise vital funds for research into combating heart disease. Whether you’re a lover of vintage clothing, stunning jewellery or beautiful bric-a-brac or fancy the company of other friendly volunteers the sort room is the place to be. Perfect for enhancing your CV and skills set.
Music & Entertainment Volunteer
British Heart Foundation Clydebank
Do you fancy jiving to the British Heart Foundation beat? Then lend some jazz hands to our dedicated and hardworking team in your local area. We’re always looking for some knowledgeable and enthusiastic volunteers to help sort, price and display our wide range of CD’s, DVD’s and games.
If you’re looking to be part of a team, learn and engage with other likeminded people then sign up today. Research those rare unknown items and take pride in how much your discoveries go for on eBay. Orchestrate eye-catching displays, provide Oscar worthy customer service and revel in the showbiz glitz and glamour that is the volunteering world.
International Volunteer-Youth Work
Concordia
When you take part in a volunteering project through Concordia, you can be sure you’ll be making a real difference to a community, and to yourself. For nearly 70 years now, we've provided volunteering and work opportunities overseas and here in the UK. Today we work with 80 like minded, non-profit partner organisations from 60 countries, to offer medium and short term community volunteering, around the world. A selection of projects is available for teenagers aged 16 and 17. Types of international volunteer projects include conservation, restoration, archaeology, construction, arts, children’s play-schemes and teaching.
Board and accommodation is free of charge for projects in Europe, North America, Japan and South Korea. For projects in Latin America, Asia, Middle East and Africa volunteer pay an extra on arrival fee of approx. £150/200 that covers food and accommodation, as well as funding the programme in the country.
Community Fundraiser
St Margaret of Scotland Hospice
Volunteer role is to represent and promote the work of the Hospice in the local community, by fundraising and inspiring local support, support with the planning, organisation and delivery of community based/hospice fundraising events, sharing information on the Hospice at community events and promote fundraising initiatives.
We would like someone who can assist at bucket/can collections and bag pack events, attend community events and promote the importance of fundraising and ‘becoming a St Margaret of Scotland Hospice Volunteer’ initiative, fulfilling the role of event marshal (e.g., Ladies Midnight Walk) or host at Community Fundraising Events and to act as an ambassador for the Hospice within the local community
Helper
Clydebank Stroke Club
To assist with Bingo, Dominoes, Cards as well as other activities such as Jewellery making and Arts and crafts, making tea and coffee. We are looking to undertake monthly outings where we will require the volunteer to help assist on the trips.
The volunteer will assist with any exercise activity that improves the mobility of our clients. Our group is appreciated by those who have suffered a stroke and there is a lot to be gained from our meetings such as allowing our clients to gain the confidence to communicate with others and is good for moral for all concerned.
This role is not a 1 to 1 care role, volunteers are required to assist with the duties required on the day.
General Helper
Crosslet Centre
This opportunity will help to increase confidence and social skills and possibly lead to further opportunities with other organisations. Possibly lead to career structure by increasing self awareness and gives the opportunity to improve the local community.
Sports Activity Coach
West Dunbartonshire Council - Active Schools
Active Schools are seeking to recruit volunteers from the local community to help us to get children and young people in West Dunbartonshire more active, more often.Volunteering opportunities range from helping to deliver infant after school games clubs to assisting at Active Schools festivals. Volunteers will be provided with mentoring, continuous support and training opportunities.
Social Media Volunteer
Dumbarton Area Council on Alcohol
The Social Media volunteer will assist in developing DACA's online presence and promoting the service to a wider audience.
With support from the DACA team the social media volunteer will create engaging content for DACA’s Facebook and Twitter accounts. You will connect with key accounts and responsibly share related content. You will help to promote our services whilst replying to queries and signposting individuals to DACA’s website. You will be responsible for developing DACA’s ‘tone of voice’ and monitoring the public’s reaction to content and reporting back to the team. The social media volunteer can also help to produce and deliver social media campaigns and assist in the development of a social media strategy which incorporates key dates such as Alcohol Awareness Week (19th-25th November 2018), Giving Tuesday (November 27th), and Volunteer’s Week (1st-7th June).
Helpers/Escorts
Phin Club
We are looking for someone to escort members from their homes to the Vale of leven Swimming Pool and returning them to their homes on a Monday Evening. Helpers are required from 6pm-7pm to assist the members either in the swimming pool or to assist them in the changing room.
We occasionally run social outings with our members and we would require assistance on these trips.
Hearing Forces (Veterans) Assistant
Action on Hearing Loss Scotland
Hearing Forces is a Scotland–wide service provided by Action on Hearing Loss Scotland. We offer advice and support to older veterans, their families and carers, with hearing loss or tinnitus.
Hearing Forces is part of Unforgotten Forces – a collaboration of 15 leading organisations in Scotland supporting older veterans and their families. Unforgotten Forces delivers a range of services such as advice, access to healthcare, respite care and helping to prevent isolation.
Tasks include: supporting service users in community venues, residential units and their own homes, undertaking basic hearing aid support and maintenance including retubing and battery provision, undertaking basic hearing screening with service users who have not yet had a diagnosis, to provide information on useful equipment to improve everyday life (e.g. amplified telephones, personal listeners etc.),
Support service users before and after hearing aids have been fitted, Sign post and refer service users to internal Action on Hearing Loss services Sign post and refer service users to other Unforgotten Forces partners and other external agencies. Complete all relevant paperwork and reporting to relevant Action on Hearing Loss staff Promote the work of Action on Hearing Loss and the Unforgotten Forces consortium. Meet with other Action on Hearing Loss volunteers to discuss the project and suggest any improvements.
Looking for a minimum of 2 hours per month.
Alexandria General Retail Assistant - Barnardo's Scotland
Barnardo's Scotland
Running a successful Barnardo's store requires a great team of enthusiastic volunteers and you could be a part of it.
Our retail assistants are trained to undertake a wide range of activities such as serving customers, taking receipt of stock donations from the public and merchandising stock to make our rails visually appealling and tidy.
Volunteering with us in retail will provide a great opportunity to build upon your communication, team working and customer service skills.
If you also have a particular skill or interest, our teams would be delighted to discuss how we could help you utilise your interests in store. Whatever your talents, please do share with us and pop into your local store to enquire about volunteering.
To see all opportunities to volunteer within Barnardo's, you can visit our website at www.barnardos.org.uk/volunteering.
Clydebank Donation Centre Assistant - Barnardo's Scotland
Barnardo's Scotland
Working behind the scenes is as important as being on stage! As a Stock Room Volunteer in a Donation Centre, your key role will be to make sure that quality stock is made ready to go on sale in the store. Our donation centres process hundreds of bags of donated stock every week in order to distribute it out to our stores across the country.
Our volunteers come from a diverse range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of skills to the organisation. They come together to generate vital funds for Barnardo's work with children, young people and their families.
Tasks involved:
* Carrying incoming stock from the front of the store to the sorting floor
* Looking through our donations to select and sort the quality stock for the shop floor.
* Sorting and organising stock in the stockroom so that the area is kept in order.
* Working behind the scenes to help to hang, size and price stock.
* Bagging up sorted donations to deliver to other stores or to store for seasonal deliveries.
intandem Mentor
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intandem is a mentoring service for children 8-14 years old who are looked after at home. Mentors need to be over 18 years old and have an enthusiasm to spend several hours per week with a child looked after at home in West Dunbartonshire. Each mentor will receive 20hrs free training and will be supported within their role.
intandem relies on volunteers to provide a positive, trusted and fun role model for children and young people. You will meet weekly with your ‘mentee’ (a child or young person aged between 8-14 years) for at least a year to listen and to encourage them to explore their community through different activities. We are looking for volunteers who are good listeners and who can relate to the often difficult life experiences these young people and children may have faced. This type of volunteering is not for everyone – it needs a real commitment of time and energy but offers real rewards in terms of making a difference in a young life.
Spiritual Care
Golden Jubilee Hospital
To Visit patients, relatives, members of staff and visitors as requested in-order to assist in provision of spiritual and / or religious care in a manner that respects the belief systems of the individual concerned.
To maintain records of all encounters as directed in order to assist others in the continuing support of the individual, report any matters of concern about a patient’s wellbeing, etc directly to nursing staff and / or the Spiritual Care and Diversity Lead as appropriate.
The ability to identify and assess levels of spiritual need and respond appropriately, be willing to help meet or facilitate specific religious needs such as prayer and worship
Therapy Skills
Crosslet House
We are looking for volunteers with a qualification in aromatherapy and/or massage to provide sessions with our residents. We require that you will be trained in holistic therapies, which is a great opportunity to practise your skills as well as learn new ones. We would like a volunteer who can provide the following Therapies: Refloxology, Reiki, Relaxation, Aromatherapy and Massage.
As a volunteer you will have the opportunity to develop your professional skills as you deliver a wide range of therapies (eg body massage, aromatherapy, reflexology) to our residents. You will gain experience of working with a unique client group, of keeping your work area up to salon standard, and of stock control.
Music Time
Crosslet House
We would like someone who is interested in encouraging our residents to participate in the session, we are looking for the sessions to be a way of our residents gaining confidence by participating in singing along or listening to different types of music. Ideally we would like our residents to participate in the activity whether they are singing as a group or if they are confident enough to sing on their own. We would encourage the volunteer to ask for requests for the following week’s session and if possible have some song sheets available.
We would require an enthusiastic, outgoing volunteer who is interested in planning each session with potential themes to make each music time that little bit different. We require them to help our less able members to get the most out of this session. Some residents may find it difficult to communicate verbally but are able to express themselves through music.
Gardener
Crosslet House
We are looking for someone who is a keen gardener or an enthusiastic learner to assist with the extensive grounds, role includes: Vegetation clearance, heavy lifting, digging and tree planting, someone with a knowledge of growing plants, grass cutting using lawnmower and then bagging for removal of grass, weeding, tidying and care of tools is essential, reasonable level of fitness and good communication skills.
Fundraising Group Co-Ordinator
Guide Dogs-West Dunbartonshire
What does the role involve?
• Working as part of Guide Dogs’ fundraising team with staff and volunteers
• To help with coordination of a group to raise money through events or other activities, meeting with volunteers in your team as required, to help with booking venues for events
• Welcoming new members
• Liaising with Community Fundraiser informing them of your group’s work and the people involved
• Making sure your group follows policy and procedure when fundraising
• Being a passionate local ambassador for Guide Dogs’ work
• Co-ordinating your branch in raising money through events or other activities, delegating tasks to other volunteers in your team as required, e.g. booking venues for events
• Branch Chairs only: lead a branch with a constitution and should hold an AGM
Book Volunteer
Sue Ryder Shop Dumbarton
Are you a bookworm, we’re looking for enthusiastic people to help price, organise and display our wide selection of books. Create exciting and eye catching displays and inspire other people to pick up a book and spread the word.
Generating Stock
Sue Ryder Shop Dumbarton
We are always looking for confident, chatty volunteers to help us generate great quality stock. Your role will help to build and maintain friendly relationships with existing and new business contacts, arranging local collections for the shop and talking to local business’ about surplus stock.
This is a great role for those who love a challenge and the chance to use their existing skills. Ideal for those who are looking for a role to give them work experience where they can practise their transferable skills.
Accessories Person
Sue Ryder Shop Dumbarton
Do you know about fashion and are interested in the latest trends and love accessorising your outfits? Does this sounds like you if so then we have the perfect role to suit you. If you would love to get involved in selecting and displaying our amazing stock of exciting and interesting accessories.
Whether you’re a lover of handbags and shoes, stunning jewellery or beautiful accessories or just fancy joining the company of other friendly volunteers this opportunity may be ideal for you
Ward Volunteer-Vale of Leven Hospital
NHS Ward Volunteering Project-Vale of Leven
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.
Boccia Volunteer
West Dunbartonshire HSCP
Boccia is a sport designed for people with high support needs, it is a target sport played indoors with soft leather balls. We are looking for someone who will be able to assist with setting up and clearing away the playing area and equipment, encouraging people as they play and to encourage others to take part in the sport.
Social Skills Support
West Dunbartonshire HSCP
Our clients sometimes require to learn some social skills and how to behave in certain situations, we are looking for someone to assist them on their learning journey, instructing them on proper behaviour in different situations and emphasising the correct approach to any situations that they find themselves, we would like someone to be able to support our clients in this learning exercise.
Cooking Skills Mentor
The Leamy Foundation
We are looking for a Cooking Skills Mentor whose role is to encourage others to learn cooking skills and help reduce food waste. Ideally we would like someone who likes to instruct others, someone who can create nutritious food and can pass the skills on to others who are interested in learning how to cook. We are hoping that learning how to cook will increase the health of the local community as well as teach them more about nutrition and how to prepare raw ingredients. The role would require teaching people how to cook safely and helping with food preparation to promote healthy eating.
Volunteer Assistant
West Dunbartonshire CVS
We are looking for Volunteer Assistants who will be supporting other volunteers with barriers while they undertake an opportunity. The barriers experienced by the volunteers can be wide ranging and could include learning disability/difficulty, mobility issues, criminal record, low self esteem, etc.
Presently we have a group activity where the supported volunteers take part in a weekly litter pick and are supported by Volunteer Assistants. There may be the possibility of expanding the service to provide short term 1-1 support to volunteers if required.
All Volunteer Assistants are PVG checked, receive relevant training including First Aid and are supported in their role by WDCVS staff.
Training: 5 x 2 hours session
Therapist
Frank Downie Day Care
We are looking for volunteers with a qualification in aromatherapy/massage to provide sessions with our residents. Ideally you will also be trained in holistic therapies, this is a great opportunity to practise your skills as well as learn new ones. We would like someone who can provide the following Therapies: Refloxology, Reiki, Relaxation, Aromatherapy and Massage.
By Volunteering with us you will have the opportunity to develop your professional skills as you deliver a wide range of therapies such as body massage, aromatherapy, reflexology to those that use the Centre. You will gain experience of working with a unique client group and learn salon standard practices and stock control.
Mental Health & Arts Facebook Feedback Volunteer
Fledgling Arts Collective Central (West Dunbartonshire)
Your role will include interacting with online members giving feedback on the creative arts posts they leave in a positive constructive way. Having a creative, positive and constructive approach will be required
Cook
The Bite and Blether Lunch Club
We are looking for someone to come along to our lunch club to prepare nutritious food for our guests. Duties include preparation of ingredients, peeling potatoes, vegetables and meat, plating up meals once they are cooked and keeping the work surfaces clean and tidy, loading the dishwasher once the plates and cutlery have been returned to the kitchen area, leaving the kitchen in a good condition on finish.
Telephone/Admin Volunteer
British Heart Foundation-Clydebank Furniture & Electrical
Are you always on the phone? Are you calm, collected and chatty? We’re always looking for friendly, confident and helpful people to join our team and become the voice of your local store. You will be the first point of contact for our customers helping them with any enquiries and arranging collections for donations and deliveries.
Come and be a part of your local team and learn customer service skills and gain experience. If you have good communication skills and able to follow administration processes accurately then come and be a part of our team and laugh and chat with other volunteers over a cup of tea and a biscuit. Perfect for enhancing your CV and skills set
We talk to our customers, make them feel welcome, help them find the things they’re looking for and inform them of the BHF’s life saving heart research. We keep the sales floor looking fresh and inspiring and thank everyone who brings in their donations and custom. Come and be a part of your local team and learn about customer service skills and gain experience. Don’t worry if you’re not a confident speaker, with this role all you need is a welcoming and helpful attitude.
We’ll provide you with all the support and help you need. Perfect for enhancing your CV and skills set
Fundraising Group Members
Marie Curie – Argyll, Bute, Renfrew and Clyde
The Group is at the early stages of development and is keen to play an important role by taking part in all our national fundraising campaigns such as the Great Daffodil Appeal and other yearly collections as well as organising their own events. Our groups also act as ambassadors, helping to spread the word about the work of Marie Curie and encouraging and supporting local people, clubs and organisations to fundraise for us too.
You should have a genuine interest in and desire to support the work of Marie Curie and enjoy working as part of a team. You will also be honest and reliable. We will provide toolkits and guidance to help you in your role as well as regular support and contact from your local fundraising team. You will enjoy the opportunity to meet new people in your area and share a common purpose.
Art Tutor (Children & Families)
Greenspace West Dunbartonshire
We are looking for someone who enjoys arts and crafts. Ideally, this would be someone who would enjoy spending a few hours a week delivering a variety of art and craft activities and teaching art techniques to a group of families to a maximum of up to 20 people attending an art workshop.
The role includes setting up and organising activities for that day and clearing away the materials. The volunteer will work with the Community Engagement Ranger present, to carry out these activities which will be rolled out to family groups (parents/guardians with their children). This can include helping them with the correct use of art materials, assisting with drawing using pens, crayons and pastels as well as painting with acrylics and watercolours and other craft activities.
We would be happy for you to bring your own skills and art and craft ideas to the group and encourage those participating to take part.
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Barnardo’s Donation Centre in Clydebank are looking for a Warehouse Assistant whose role will be to assist with the unloading of stock, moving the stock to the area designated for it, booking stock in, replacing stock in the shop and assisting customers to their cars with any purchases. Building any furniture that arrives and to assist with any stock rotation as and when required.
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Scottish Rural Action (SRA) aims to be a powerful voice for the people of rural Scotland. We were established in 2013 as a non-profit organisation to deliver the Scottish Rural Parliament and build the foundations for a longer term rural movement.
The next stage in our development is to build our grass-roots presence and influence by engaging volunteers in our campaigns on issues prioritised by rural communities. In 2017-18 these are digital connectivity, land, business, transport and democracy and governance.
The main purpose of this volunteer role is to manage and moderate online discussion forums. The online forum is a key medium for SRA to engage with members throughout Scotland and offer an opportunity for members to contribute their thoughts, ideas and issues in online conversation.
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We are looking for someone to come in to our office to provide Community Admin Support, Offering general administrative support you should have Good IT Skills be familiar with Microsoft packages such as Word and Excel, have great customer and organisational skills and be able to manage and prioritise multiple tasks. You should have good telephone, communication and listening skills and be good with members of the public.
Tasks Include:
Office Tasks-Processing incoming and outgoing mail, prepare reports and answering phones, logging messages and directing calls to the appropriate person, maintain office supplies. Maintain relevant management documentation as well as updating document register as and when required
Finance-Updating the Petty Cash file, recording the details on each receipt and file them in the appropriate place, update cost files, scanning and saving the paperwork prior to emailing, review invoice list for payment and contact for payment if required.
Volunteering-Update volunteer contact details working with the lead volunteers and community workers to make sure the contact details are recorded in the attendance file. Update records from induction to exit and store as part of our Data Protection Policy.
Workshop-Print workshop activity sheets including the register required by lead volunteers or community workers, file completed paperwork in the appropriate place.
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The volunteer would be expected to set up tea and coffee machines, check and record temperature of fridge operate cash register and serve clients.
As the present volunteers are all senior ladies it would be preferable to have similar new members. It would unfortunately be unsuitable for anyone with a disability as there is little room behind serving hatch.
Due to the sensitivity of some circumstances the need for confidentiality is of paramount importance.
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We have places for 15 young people on a woodland and craft based project to improve Bowling harbour. Volunteers will be trained in looking after woodland and green woodworking. There will then be the opportunity to help Green Aspirations Staff train others. The project is designed to inspire volunteers to connect with nature, gain employability skills and try green woodworking
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The Sporting Memories Foundation Scotland has developed weekly groups for adults living with dementia across central Scotland with a focus on sporting reminiscence and physical activity.
Volunteers are an essential and important part of our organisation as they enable us to run groups and enhance the lives of group participants. We value their contribution and consider it our responsibility to make sure that those volunteering with the Sporting Memories Foundation find the experience rewarding and enjoyable.
The Team/Group Facilitator will be responsible for running a group, sometimes with a team of volunteers to assist them depending on the size of the group.
• Planning a programme of activities and ensuring that the resources and equipment are available.
• Keep records up to date (register & group summary).
• Ensure the smooth running of the group.
• Respect participants contributions and every individual is allowed the time needed to contribute.
• Ensure that the organisation of break time is a shared responsibility.
• Organise group trips when required.
• Awareness of Adult Support and protection issues,
• Volunteer present during the sessionin order to keep participants safe
• Ensure that health and safety issues are addressed.
• Involve group members in decision making.
• To attend training courses as required.
• Meet with the Volunteer Coordinator to discuss progress.
• Advise the Volunteer Coordinator if there are concerns about the running of the group or participants.
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Are you a social butterfly? Love getting in to conversations? Always have a welcoming smile on your face? Get to know the people from your community with this versatile volunteering role. Gain valuable experience in customer service adding value to your CV.
You’ll be at the heart of the BHF’s fight against heart disease. You will be serving customers, helping to promote our stock and awareness campaigns and encouraging every donor to become part of our Gift Aid scheme. If you want to get to know the community around you this is a perfect way to integrate yourself into your local area and maybe spread the volunteering bug to new recruits.
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If you’re tech savvy and know your way around eBay; have a keen eye for unusual or sought after collectables then join our volunteering team. Come and be amazed at some of the items that are donated to your local store and strike gold with those rare finds.
We’ve got dedicated eBay resources to help and assist you with this volunteering role. Research the interesting items; package the small items in our eBay boxes and send them off to be sold at our eBay HQ. Every week we’ll send updates about the most unusual and exciting finds we’ve managed to sell though our stores, will your find be the next eBay headliner?
Get the thrill of researching the curious objects and revel in the satisfaction of sitting back and watching the bids role in. Become a mighty keyboard warrior and help raise funds for our lifesaving research into heart disease.
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If you like playing with different gadgets, figuring out how they work and making sure they are safe to use this is the perfect volunteering role for you. We’re looking for people like you to test the electrical equipment that is donated to us making sure it is suitable and safe for sale before moving on to the final stage of appliance testing.
We will give you all the training you need to be able to safely and confidently carry out this role. So if you have an interest in electrical items, can work in a safe and organised manner and would like to broaden your skill set pop down to your local Furniture & Electrical store for more information and join the BHF team
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Are you a real people person and love to help out? We’re always looking for people who would enjoy giving great customer service and have an interest in electrical items, gadgets and appliances. You’ll get the chance to mingle with the local customers and volunteers, and integrate yourself into the BHF community.
Becoming an electrical department volunteer means you will be chatting to the local customers helping them find the right product to suit their needs and making sure that all the stock has been tested and is displayed to our BHF guidelines. If you think you’re ready to take up this electrifying role pop into your local store and meet our friendly team.
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