Royal Voluntary Service

Charity registered in Scotland SC038924

RVS. aims to help people maintain independence and dignity in their own homes and communities, particularly in later life. This strategy places increased emphasis on: - Food delivered to the home - Extending the service we provide in hospitals to include not just cafes and shops but also patient support and get-you-home service - Community help schemes that support independence for older and housebound people at home and in their community - Emergency services to support those vulnerable through national or other disasters


Current opportunities

Royal Voluntary Service are looking for volunteers to support their Healthy and Happy Lives Groups, which are lunch and activity groups that run three times a week in Larick Centre in Tayport. Volunteers are needed to support people to attend regular social activities, connect to their community and boost their wellbeing by living as independently as they can. You could be driving people to local activities, offering lunches and healthy snacks, and tailoring support through social activities. Some of the things you could be doing include offering tips on nutrition and hydration, helping with strength and mobility boosting exercises, or taking part in crafts and hobbies with an older person. If you'd like to have a positive effect on people in your community, this is the role for you.

Royal Voluntary Service are looking for volunteers to support their Healthy and Happy Lives Groups, which are lunch and activity groups that run every Thursday in Cellardyke Church Hall. This role is about supporting and empowering older people to be independent and stay connected to their communities. Volunteers transform the lives of people in their community, by helping them live as independently as they can, building community relationships and re-establishing their confidence and well-being. This could include helping to provide lunch and healthy snacks and social activities such as exercises to provide strength and mobility or taking part in crafts and hobbies with the older people. If you'd like to have a positive effect on people in your community, this is the role for you

Volunteers transform the lives of people with dementia, by helping to enable them to take positive steps to connect to their community and reduce their isolation. In this role, the volunteer will attend Dunfermline Day Centre, and support older people living with dementia to be independent and stay connected to their communities. This role includes supporting to provide lunch and healthy snacks as well as supporting with social activities such as exercises to improve strength and mobility or taking part in crafts and hobbies with the older person.

In this role is the volunteer will be helping to support older people to be independent and stay connected to their communities. Volunteers transform the lives of people with dementia, by helping to enable them to take positive steps to connect to their community and reduce their isolation. This could include helping to provide lunch and healthy snacks and social activities such as exercises to provide strength and mobility or taking part in crafts and hobbies with the older person.