Are you tech-savvy and passionate about making a positive impact in your community? Join Peoplehood's Digital Buddy Volunteer Programme and empower older adults to embrace digital technology! As more services move online, older adults are at risk of being left behind, but it needn't be that way. As a Digital Buddy Volunteer, you'll bridge the gap and create lasting connections with older people seeking to learn new digital skills. Your patience and expertise will inspire learners to use smartphones, tablets, social media, and more! You'll also introduce learners to Blackwood's innovative system, Clevercogs, which makes it easy for absolute beginners to get online and start exploring technology. Your digital skills are invaluable! Whether you're a digital skills professional or just a patient digital enthusiast, you have something extraordinary to offer. Teach older adults the basics of email, online shopping, video calls with loved ones, and so much more. With your guidance, they'll be navigating the digital world like pros in no time! It's not just about teaching digital skills; it's about building relationships. Our Digital Buddy Volunteer Programme encourages genuine connections between generations. Share stories, learn from their experiences, and discover a newfound appreciation for the wisdom of our seniors. Becoming a Digital Buddy Volunteer is easy and rewarding. Fill in your application and we'll arrange a chat to learn more about your digital skills, your passion for helping others, and your availability.

As an Energy Advice Event Volunteer you will support colleagues from our Low Carbon Community Team, as they deliver outreach events across the Highlands. You will provide light touch energy advice to members of the public, helping them to understand how to reduce their energy use and minimise their carbon emissions. No prior skills or experience are needed. However, the volunteer will need to have: •An enthusiastic and positive approach •An ability to communicate confidently face-to-face with members of the public •Ability to proactively approach the public •Ability to follow Changeworks’ process for event management including managing customer data in a secure way •Flexible outlook and ability to adapt approach

Could you support unpaid carers or people with disabilities to access benefits? Could you help someone find local services? Could you help someone understand the information they have been given about their care and support? Could you support or lead a group of people on a topic of interest? You could help improve the quality of someone’s life. This role is ideal for social work students, an interest in the care sector or retired professionals. Support Session Volunteers help our clients with general advocacy, supporting people with a variety of challenges. This helps us to reduce waitlists and support more individuals by: • Helping clients understand about advocacy • Supporting clients to self-advocate with our tool kits • Signposting clients to other services where required • Supporting the service to deliver “collective” advocacy sessions • Light Touch Advocacy • Supporting advocates with casework • Promotion of services and the organisation • Logging activity onto our systems Volunteer, Ben’s priorities changed after a serious illness. “I wanted to give something back. It’s really rewarding as you get to use your knowledge and skills for a really good purpose.” You’ll develop skills in communication and confidentiality, add experience and knowledge to your CV, and know you’re making a genuine difference to people’s lives. Perks and Benefits: Reference after 6 months of volunteering. Robust training programme The opportunity to make a positive difference to people with care and support needs. The opportunity to learn new skills, meet new people and gain experience in your chosen volunteering role/s The opportunity to help us develop our volunteering work Additional learning & training opportunities

Volunteering at CAB as an adviser is hugely rewarding. Each session is different and clients come to us with issues as diverse as consumer issues through to housing problems and those simply looking to be signposted to another organisation. We are looking for people who love to work as part of our friendly team and have an open and enthusiastic manner. Advisers help clients reach informed decisions and may assist in drafting letters, making phone calls and filling in forms. We are looking for people who would be able to commit to giving six hours per week to CAB although this may be negotiable. This would be split over two sessions per week. We provide fantastic training and ongoing support with our next training group starting late September. If you would like to make a positive difference to Moray residents this is your chance. Excellent verbal and written communication skills Good computer skills Ability to work as part of a team and with the general public Be able to extract relevant information and present it to clients appropriately Be willing to undertake training