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

Are you 18+ living in Glasgow/North Lanarkshire and looking to make a difference to a young person in their community? Do you have 1-2 hours spare per week? Are you care experienced yourself or working towards a career in social care? Do you want to gain valuable experience, make a positive change, be part of a likeminded community all whilst having fun? We would love to hear from you! No experience necessary - just an open mind, kindness and compassion! Our service matches volunteer mentors to young people aged between 8-14years who are on the edge of care, in a kinship arrangement or on a CSO. Our mentees are looking for a person to build and grow a positive relationship, try new activities, tackle isolation, build confidence and have fun in the community! We provide in person training, ongoing support and a community of mentors who are there to share experiences. We are there to support you every step of the way! Our service covers all of Glasgow and North Lanarkshire, having a car is desirable but not essential. *This role requires 2 days of training in house and subject to PVG check*