Overtonlea Care Centre

Overtonlea is a modern, purpose built residential home for adults with complex support needs in the South Mainland of Shetland. We offer residential support on a long term basis as well as respite support.
We provide person centred support to individuals who reside at Overtonlea.


Current opportunity

Overtonlea Care Centre has a variety of volunteering opportunities both indoors and outdoors. Roles include: Volunteering with the service users to have meaningful activities. / Volunteering for our gardening services / Volunteering for taking service users out to attend community events / Volunteering for our Overtonlea Community Garden Also: .• Volunteer administrators (they currently have a young person doing a modern apprenticeship on placement but they will be leaving soon) • Volunteers to lead group activities at the Centre or 1 to 1 sessions with residents • Volunteers to do handyman or maintenance tasks under the direction of the paid handyman • Volunteer gardeners • Volunteers to help out on an ad hoc basis e.g. helping to take residents to Cunningsburgh Show and other activities outside the centre • Volunteers to help at the 3 ‘homely’ afternoons that they have at the Centre each year