Our mission is to improve the lives of children and young people with Additional Support Needs (ASN) along with their parents, siblings and carers through the provision of educational and recreational facilities and activities and the development of a purpose built inclusive facility. In order to do this we need your help, we have an ambitious fundraising target to meet and an enthusiastic, friendly and diverse team waiting to welcome our new recruits. There are lots of opportunities on offer from event organisation, helping to design our building, liasing with the developer, fundraising, writing Funding applications, admin and MORE fundraising!! We have opportunities available for a huge range of people and are particularly keen to find volunteers with experience in large scale fundraising, writing funding applications and those working in the construction industry - to help us understand the jargon! There is no minimum commitment, if you are enthusiastic about improving services for those with additional support needs in Aberdeenshire then we would love to hear from you.

Zennistoun Hub have a proven track record of offering support and respite to disabled and vulnerable people in our community, were all about promoting independence. Our purpose built centre at Possibilities gives people confidence to grow in a safe environment at their own pace while offering access to resources to learn and develop so they can achieve their goals within society rather than isolation. We are looking for an individual with excellent written skills who want to bring their creative flare to our community health hub. The role would include working alongside our marketing team and gathering information on events, workshops, courses and ideas which have to be written and put on to our website and across our social media pages. Our main goal is creating and being involved in the community. Our volunteers are needed to help us continue to grow within the Glasgow community meanwhile growing our Zennistoun Hub reach. Aiming welcome people from all walks of life with open arms. The role is flexible and can work within the volunteers' schedule. We are based at Sword Street G31 1EG, however some travel around the local area will be required and travel expenses will be reimbursed. If you are interested please click the ‘apply’ button below (available when logged in and registered). You will then be contacted by email or phone call. If you have not heard back after 5 working days, the first step is to contact the organization with the contact details provided. You could also check your junk/spam folder on your emails just in case the response is there. If that doesn’t work out then please feel free to contact Volunteer Glasgow at info@volunteerglasgow.org

Seeking out funding opportunities, completing applications and helping organise fundraising events.

Our centres rely on the support of volunteers, so that our Cancer Support Specialists can concentrate on providing our visitors with the support they need. Administration, greeting visitors, maintaining the library area, filling the dishwasher, making cups of tea… there are so many different ways for our volunteers to keep our centres running smoothly. All help makes a real difference and is greatly appreciated. To volunteer with us/for more details please contact Kevin Mathieson, Centre Head Aberdeen at email: kevin.mathieson@maggiescentres.org or telephone: 01224 645928.

We are seeking the support of a volunteer(s) to provide cover for our reception desk on a Saturday morning. This is a great opportunity to support our service and the clients who use it. We would ask you are computer literate and confident on the phone. The main tasks we would ask you to undertake are: • being responsible for ensuring the rooms are ready for sessions to take place; • handle queries by email and phone; • contact clients on the waiting list. There may be opportunities for other support activities, eg supporting event planning and newsletter preparation. If you are not able to commit to every Saturday, we can discuss how we can help you achieve your volunteering aims. Excellent support and relevant guidance/training is provided to all volunteers. A fantastic opportunity to help and make a real difference. All volunteer assistance is greatly appreciated. If you are interested in this role, please contact Nichola Duncan, Office Manager at email: office@cairnscounselling.org.uk or telephone: 01224 633131.

MISS (Miscarriage Information Support Service) is a registered charity. We are a miscarriage support service covering all of Scotland for anyone who has experienced baby loss. We are offering a rewarding and exciting opportunity for Fundraising & Events Volunteers who will play a key role within the MISS charity as it continues to expand and develop. You will be working closely with the Fundraising & Events Manager and be supporting the fundraising team. All help makes a real difference and is greatly appreciated. If you would like to help/for more details please contact Abi Clarke, Chief Executive Officer at MISS at email: abi@miss-support.org.uk or telephone: 07808638428. Further details about our work and volunteering is also available at https://miss-support.org.uk/

Just regarding the above ‘start date / end date’ question, we feel that the opportunity can be done over a couple of months, one day per week, to start with. The volunteer is required to help us deliver a big project is to raise money through our ongoing initiative which is called #Skibay4DSUK #SkiBay4DSUK is calling on skiers and snowboarders throughout the UK to sell their unwanted winter equipment and items of clothing to help raise money for DSUK to continue providing our adaptive snowsport activities. Through this volunteer opportunity, you will help disabled people to be more active, make friends and have fun by taking part in snowsport. “It's more than skiing and snowboarding: It's life changing.” To support this initiative, we currently require volunteers to help us photograph and write descriptions of items we have stored at our offices near Aviemore. We have had lots of donations of unwanted snowsport equipment and we need to list these items on our own eBay shop. The purpose of this is to raise money from these items but also promote the #Skibay4DSUK initiative and encourage people all over the country to sell their unwanted items to raise money for us. The role will also involve weighing items and researching and preparing other information about the items as necessary. Our member of staff, Bonnie, will actually list the items on eBay so the volunteer doesn’t need to worry about being able to use eBay as such.

Looking for volunteers to join our committee to assist with fundraising and awareness. Also require office bearers, chair, vice chair, treasurer and secretary.

Are you keen to support parents who want to Carry their babies using a sling or a carrier? As part of the wider NCT branch you will be responsible for hiring slings to parents and parents to be, ensuring that the paperwork is all recorded correctly and deposit returned to hirer. This could be done at a group or as doorstep collections/deliveries.

Are you passionate about the benefits of cloth nappies? Do you want to spread the word and get people chatting about nappies? We would love to hear from you! We have a lending library of nappy library kits established for the last six years but during Covid our meets had to stop, and while we have continued to have a doorstep hire, it hasn't quite been the same community.. We are looking for a Nappy Library coordinator who can inject some passion into the library, create a welcoming, safe space for parents and parents to be to learn all there is to know about cloth nappies. Nappy kits could be hired from a monthly meet or your home, allowing people a chance to try reusable nappies before they buy. We have a well established nappy library Facebook group and the wider NCT Aberdeen City and shire branch to help and support you in this role. The role can by shared a couple of individuals. broken up into a mini team, depending on how big your ambitions are!