A range of volunteering opportunities available including: - staffing the front desk - showing people around our Discovery Centre - maintaining the display tanks - DIY & maintenance of grounds - campaigning

We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to inspire the people of Aberdeen about Greyhope Bay and our plans for a new marine experience centre that will connect the city to our marine world! As part of this we are seeking a tactical Social Media Marketing Officer(s) to come and join our close-knit team and help get the word out about Greyhope Bay and our exciting plans for Aberdeen. This role will involve: *implementing online and offline marketing campaigns that drive engagement with Greyhope Bay across our social media channels. *Manage social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, MailChimp and Instagram) for marketing Greyhope Bay activity, fundraiser and events. * Ad-hoc administration An ideal opportunity to gain fantastic work experience and meet new people whilst contributing towards an exciting and innovative project for Aberdeen. For further information please contact Fiona McIntyre at email: fiona.mcintyre@greyhopebay.org.uk or Tel: 07531826302 or visit https://spark.adobe.com/page/ZT0ryLNHocglw/

Our Volunteer Path Wardens perform a crucial role helping to maintain Abbotsford’s path network. The paths are enjoyed by visitors throughout the year and our Volunteer Path Wardens help us to check that they are looked after properly. They keep the paths clean and tidy, look out for anti-social behaviour and engage with visitors. If you are interested in helping us to preserve our much-loved paths and woodland, then this is the role for you. Why we want you: Abbotsford welcomes over 40,000 visitors a year from all over the world. We have been a world-famous visitor attraction since Sir Walter died in 1832. Taken over by a charitable trust in 2007, our mission is to care for his house, garden, estate and collection and share his legacy with the world. We are looking for friendly individuals to work alongside the estates team and other volunteers to monitor Abbotsford’s path network. The Abbotsford Trust looks after 120 acres of land beside the Tweed, made up of meadow and native woodland, much of it planted by Sir Walter Scott himself. A major restoration of Scott's woodlands and paths has recently been completed. New signage and benches have been put in place, old views restored and native trees replanted. As a Volunteer Path Warden you will help the Estate Ranger to care for Scott’s woodland estate and help visitors to enjoy the landscape. This role would suit someone able to walk reasonable distances and who is relatively local to Abbotsford. What you will be doing: Walking the Abbotsford paths network regularly by yourself or in a team of two Orientating visitors around the site Help to maintain the estate by picking up litter, reporting fly tipping and monitoring rubbish bins Communicating with visitors and users of the estate to encourage responsible dog ownership Report antisocial behaviour to the Ranger such as dogs out of control, fires, BBQs, nuisance cyclists etc. Monitoring public access to the estate and reporting vandalism, keeping paths clear of debris or overgrown plants The skills you need: Some experience in pruning techniques or general outdoor working would be beneficial, however, full training will be given Be reasonably fit and healthy -each volunteering session will involve walking approx. 3-4 km Can offer a regular, reliable commitment Enjoy working as part of a team but able to work unsupervised and use own initiative What's in it for you: Become involved and make a contribution to an internationally significant heritage site at an exciting and challenging stage in its history Be an ambassador for Abbotsford, Sir Walter Scott and the redevelopment project on site and within your local community Meet a wide variety of people, including staff, trustees, other volunteers and visitors from around the globe Develop skills, knowledge and increase confidence Work in a beautiful setting Get invites to volunteer social events Get discounts in our café and shop

Get involved with Garden Club In 2021 Hospitalfield’s Walled Garden, designed by the horticulturalist Nigel Dunnett, opened to the public. The scheme was developed to reveal the unique horticultural history of the site at Hospitalfield, which has been tended as a garden for over 800 years. The garden and grounds at Hospitalfield are maintained, made fruitful and more beautiful with the fantastic support of our volunteers who meet regularly at Garden Club. Garden Club support the development of the garden from helping weed the gardens, sowing seeds, potting up plants and assisting with seasonal projects. Our next garden project is the development of the medicinal garden. The site at Hospitalfield has been populated since the 13th century when the monks who ran Arbroath Abbey established their hotel or hospital, here where we believe that they must have grown a medicinal garden and brewed potions as medicines to improve the health and wellbeing of those who they cared for. From January 2023 we are inviting a medicinal plant specialist to design the garden with Garden Club volunteers, Hospitalfield’s grounds keeping team and soon to be appointed Community Gardener. The new medicinal garden will be planted in a large area within the walled garden at Hospitalfield. As part of our upcoming Garden Club sessions we’ll be planning, preparing, and planting this new medicinal garden. Garden Club Volunteers meet regularly from 10am to 12pm on Fridays at Hospitalfield. We’re looking for volunteers to come along and get involved in the new medicinal garden at Hospitalfield. For full information on how to get involved and accessibility notes please see our website https://hospitalfield.org.uk/support/volunteer/garden-club/ or contact us at volunteer@hospitalfield.org.uk Minimum age: 18