Volunteering Changes Lives! BHF Retail is recruiting Books Volunteers for exciting flexible opportunities at our fantastic retail shop at 202 Union Street. If you have a love of reading and books then this could be the role for you. You’ll help create eye-catching book displays, and keep the bookshelves fully stocked and organised As part of this role you will be: *Sorting and pricing books by category ready for the shop floor and for storage behind the scenes *Research rare books on the internet. *Spotting valuable items for our EBay shop There are lots of benefits to volunteering, such as developing your existing skills, gaining new skills and supporting a cause you care about. Whatever your reason for joining, you can expect to have lots of fun and meet some great people. As one of our volunteers you will receive a full induction and further training in specific roles. Please contact us-all help is greatly appreciated and helps BHF lead the fight against coronary heart disease and save lives. For further details please contact: Mandy Privett , Shop Manager, Tel: 01224 645924 / Email: A23@bhf.org.uk or call in for a chat if you are passing our shop on 202 Union Street, Aberdeen.

Volunteering Changes Lives! BHF Retail is recruiting Books Volunteers for exciting flexible opportunities at our fantastic retail shop at 31 Union Street. If you have a love of reading and books then this could be the role for you. You’ll help create eye-catching book displays, and keep the bookshelves fully stocked and organised As part of this role you will be: *Sorting and pricing books by category ready for the shop floor and for storage behind the scenes *Research rare books on the internet. *Spotting valuable items for our EBay shop There are lots of benefits to volunteering, such as developing your existing skills, gaining new skills and supporting a cause you care about. Whatever your reason for joining, you can expect to have lots of fun and meet some great people. As one of our volunteers you will receive a full induction and further training in specific roles. Please contact us-all help is greatly appreciated and helps BHF lead the fight against coronary heart disease and save lives. For further details please contact Lorna, on 01224 252769 / email: A18@bhf.org.uk or pop in past the store at 31 Union Street, Aberdeen.

Do you have an interest in archives? Angus Alive are looking for volunteers to catalogue old photos, manuscripts and legal papers to get them on show to the public. If you would like to know more contact Craig Pearson at Angus Archives, Restenneth Priory, Forfar on 01307 468644 or craig.pearson@angusalive.scot.

We are looking for volunteers to staff the office on Dumbarton Central train station platform. We have a small shop where we fund raise for the Association which involves working with the public, minimal cash handling and paperwork. There is also the opportunity to help create displays, conduct research and update our social media pages. We require individuals who have some time to spare, even a few hours per week, to help in our office. Our volunteers will work with the Co-ordinator and Secretary in keeping the office open and running. This role will include but is not limited to: Meeting members of the public, Helping at fundraisers, if possible; Counting of money raised; Helping maintain stock; Rotating of items in the office Helping out with the Heritage Centre. Managing the front desk, Filing duties Computer work ie word documents, spreadsheets, etc. Days within the office are fluid on a day to day basis and the individual would require to be flexible in turning their hand to many other tasks.

Stewards at the festival may be invited to do a variety of tasks. These include: - helping on the welcome stall, perhaps selling admission tickets, programmes and other merchandise - welcoming performers, making sure they know where to go, making sure they perform in the correct order and issuing certificates at the end of a performance section - keeping the audience aware of who is performing - helping the adjudicator with paperwork

Aberdeen Climate Action is an organisation ran by volunteers passionate about raising awareness of climate change, its causes and encouraging positive action to reduce carbon emissions and create a sustainable lifestyle. We are looking for others to join our small organisation and help us in our valuable work in the North East. We organise Climate Week, North East, which is a week of events put on by a collaboration of organisations throughout the city and shire. We need help organising this and our regular climate conversation café’s, and one off events, talks etc. There is scope for people to contribute their talents in the area they feel most confident with general volunteer roles, alongside more specialist ones. It is crucial role in our organisation but can be done by more than one person if it’s more than you want to do alone! If you’re interested just come along to our meetings and you can meet us all and see for yourself. Tasks can include assisting with: • Create publicity materials for ACA events • Create educational materials for workshops, talks and stalls • Create educational videos etc. • Liaise with publicity/ social media team to ensure there is appropriate publicity of Events A fantastic opportunity to help and make a real difference. For more details please contact: Alison Stuart (Director and Chair) email: alison@aberdeenclimateaction.org / Tel: 07779279583.

Simon Community Scotland is a values led organisation. We expect all of our staff and volunteers to reflect this, to care about people and demonstrate compassion, tolerance and tenacity. You can find out more about our mission and vision here http://simonscotland.org/about-us/. The Street Team Volunteer Role will provide positive, practical support to people who are rough sleeping in Edinburgh or at risk of rough sleeping. Working in pairs with our trained staff team, you will engage with rough sleepers and vulnerable people providing support and encouragement to seek and achieve positive solutions. Our Street Team offer practical help such as distribution of sleeping bags, safer injecting provisions and Period friendly Pax. Our aim is to ensure our support is well coordinated and minimises the number of nights an individual has to rough sleep. This role requires a degree of physical fitness as street staff actively outreach on foot across the city centre and surrounding areas. This role also requires a level of visibility and promotion of Streetwork and interaction with members of the public. Above all we need people who care about our client group, who are enthusiastic and able to respond flexibly to a role that can sometimes be challenging but brings great rewards and satisfaction. We value our volunteers and want to ensure they are equipped with the skills they need to fulfil their role. A full and comprehensive induction and training is provided for the role.

Answer incoming calls to book transport for local people. We provide a door-through-door service for those with mobility challenges – elderly, disabled, health issues, geographic remoteness.

New Moray LETS (Local Exchange Trading System) is a community group based in Forres, which lets members trade goods and services using a simple mutual credit system. Everyone can get involved and everyone has something to offer. Our members include carers, gardeners, computer experts, labourers, organic farmers, decorators, child-minders, therapists, tutors and many others. We publish a quarterly Directory, hold regular Trade Fairs in Forres Town Hall, and have a lively Facebook page where members trade with each other. We are seeking a volunteer(s) to help us co-ordinate these exchanges and help us to grow this thriving network. The role includes: helping to stimulate trading by all members, ensuring members stick to the Rules of LETS, manage LETS balance of account and maintain it around zero each year, help to promote New Moray LETS when and where appropriate. Interested in finding out more? Please get in touch

General advertising, promotion of meetings and sharing of information, maintaining a database and assistance with promotional material to raise awareness of the "invisible disability" due to neurological condition, mental health issues that can arise as well as the role of the carers and the support they may require Confidentiality is of utmost importance