Our fundraising team plays a vital role in ensuring our work with visually impaired people across Scotland can continue. You will be joining a dynamic team who will welcome and support volunteers to have a positive and rewarding experience. We are looking for distribution volunteers all over Scotland who will represent the charity in their local areas. In this role you will deliver collection cans, posters, flyers, and other resources to venues in your local area who support our work.

Why do you need me? Our fundraising team plays a vital role in ensuring our work with visually impaired people across Scotland can continue. We are looking for event support volunteers all over Scotland. In this role you will represent the charity at local and national events. We typically attend and/or arrange a variety of events throughout the year for fundraising, awareness raising, and much more. Whatever you do, you will be joining a dynamic team who will welcome and support volunteers to have a positive and rewarding experience. What’s included in the role? Volunteering within our fundraising team and with support from your volunteer manager, you will plan fundraising events. There’s a lot you can do as a volunteer to support our events work. For example, you might be the quizmaster at a fundraising pub quiz. A team of you might be cheering on runners fundraising for us at a charity fun run and handing out bottles of water. You could be volunteering at one of our conferences, giving attendees a warm welcome and dealing with registration. Or maybe you could be one of a small team of volunteers staffing the Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans information stall at a national event. Why should I volunteer in this role? This role might well suit a volunteer who is interested in fundraising and/or events. It’s a great opportunity for anyone with an interest in developing a career in any of these areas. All Sight Scotland volunteers can attend special events such as training sessions and are recognised for their contributions through our national ‘thank you’ programmes. We reimburse our volunteers’ out-of-pocket expenses; more information is available in our volunteer handbook. We are committed to good practice in volunteer engagement and are proud to be an Investing in Volunteers accredited organisation.

Why do you need me? As an event planning volunteer, you’ll be organising small to medium-sized fundraiser events like pub quizzes and comedy nights. Our fundraising team plays a vital role in ensuring our work with visually impaired people across Scotland can continue. You will be joining a dynamic team who will welcome and support volunteers to have a positive and rewarding experience. What’s included in the role? Volunteering within our fundraising team and with support from your volunteer manager, you will plan fundraising events. This might include booking and liaising with venues, planning activities (e.g., pub quiz questions), arranging tickets, and more.

Our Rehabilitation Team works with veterans all across Scotland, helping them adapt and learn to live with sight loss. They provide support and a listening ear on a wide range of topics, which can include: - Helping veterans make their home a safer and easier place to live when their sight is changing - Finding alternative ways of reading and accessing information, in formats that will work best for the veteran - Advising a veteran on the benefits of registering as blind or partially sighted, and if appropriate, helping them through that process In this volunteer role, you will be matched up with a veteran who has received initial advice and support from one of our qualified rehab staff members. You will be providing follow-up support, visiting the veteran for an hour or two a week over several weeks. You will be supporting veterans in their own homes and out in the community to retain independence and safety. This may involve travelling with the veteran on public transport. What’s included in the role? In this role, you will support veterans after they have received assessment and training from our qualified rehab workers. You will help veterans adjust to their sight loss by: - Supporting them on a walk with their long cane, sighted guiding, building confidence walking outdoors, shopping, or other places of interest. - Supporting them within their own home to use equipment supplied by Rehab Team, such as an electronic magnifier. - Supporting them to prepare food safely and independently following Rehab assessment and training.