As an independent food bank, Kirkcaldy Food Bank make up parcels of food for those in need. They are moving to bigger premises to facilitate the increased demand within Kirkcaldy. This role involves making up the parcels for each person from the stock shelves.

*Who We Are: UKFCP National Support Centre was established in March 2020 to safeguard Chinese vulnerable communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We aim to develop a safer community for Chinese, East Asians and South East Asians with our large team of passionate multicultural centre representatives. We are now at the very CRUCIAL stage and we are looking for strong communicators who could provide immediate help to our community and be willing to address the issues for members of our communities in urgent need. Be part of us! *How to Apply Your Talents: As part of outreach team keeping an eye on the information across UK: - Engage with our communities to understand individual members’ needs - Engage with our communities to draw a better picture of national and local issues that need addressing by listening to individuals and organisations - Engage with experts who can offer deeper insights into specific issue for effective solutions - Develop partnerships with stakeholder organisations in the public, private and third sectors - Communicate the issues within National Support Centre Team to tackle any challenges together - Keep a regular record on outreaching progress *We are now looking for volunteers speaking one of below languages: Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese), Burmese, Indonesian, Filipino, Singaporean, Cambodian, Malaysian, Lao, Thai and Vietnamese *Benefits - Work from home, with an energetic and creative team - Gain outsourcing and information processing skills A fantastic opportunity to help with all volunteer assistance greatly appreciated. For further details please contact Josephine Hua, Admin Assistant at email supportcentre@ukfcp.com or tel.: 07497348182.

*Help people who feel alone - just a few hours a week from you could make the future brighter for someone experiencing loneliness or social isolation.* Hand of Solace is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation which helps people who may be lonely or at risk of loneliness and social isolation. -What our volunteers do: Loneliness and social isolation affect people of all ages and backgrounds. Being or feeling alone can have a devastating impact on people’s health and wellbeing, as well as on communities, hospitals and other public services. Through just a few hours a week, you could provide a huge help for someone experiencing loneliness or social isolation. -Support for people and volunteering during COVID-19 Pandemic: Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, our befriending service to our older people has now transitioned from face to face to phone/video contact. We now also offer shopping, prescription collection etc. where necessary to the older people. Depression is also a major issue so our befrienders are needing to keep in touch more often than before to ensure their Befriendees are safe and sound and to offer any possible support. -How to get involved: We provide volunteer support to tackle loneliness in the following areas of Aberdeen: - Stoneywood - Seaton - Bucksburn - Northfield - Bridge of Don - Dyce If you would like to volunteer with us, send us an email or give us a ring and we will contact you within a few days to provide further details and discuss how you can get involved. Our email is info@handofsolace.co.uk , or by phoning the contact number- 07378432436.

Help us and join Scotland’s fight against Coronavirus COVID-19. Volunteering as a Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland Kindness Volunteer means you will be helping the most vulnerable people in Scotland to stay safe and well at home. We have important roles that will really make a difference to the people most at risk in our communities right now including: *Community Kindness Volunteers – to help with deliveries of shopping and essentials to people in need and dog walking. *Digital Volunteers – spread the word through social media. *Kindness Callers– to provide regular ‘kindness’ calls and a check-in service for people who are worried, scared or lonely because of self-isolation. *Kindness Drivers – undertaken in line with Government guidelines. Relevant training and regular contact with a volunteer line manager, who will be available for support and to answer questions is provided to all volunteers. *Please sign up online – www.chss.org.uk/kindness or for further advice, please contact volunteering@chss.org.uk **For more about Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland please visit www.chss.org.uk

*Who We Are: UKFCP Third Party Support Centre is established in March 2020 for the fight against Coronavirus COVID-19. We aim to ensure a safer community for Chinese people with great passion and dedication. We are now at the very CRUCIAL stage and we are looking for talents who could provide help for our community in your area and willing to address issues for the people in need. Be part of us! https://www.ukfcp.com/ukfcp-support-centre *How to Apply Your Talents: - Provide general assistance to our national virtual Support Centre - Make notes on call log sheet and report form when receiving calls and emails - Be able to respond in caring manner, particularly talking with elderly or potential victims or witnesses who report hate incidents / crime - Redirect clients to relevant organisation for specific problems - Keep Centre Manager informed of any serious/ high level cases in a timely manner - Provide English-Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) interpretation *Benefits: - Volunteer from home, with an energetic, caring and creative team - A chance to safeguard local communities who have built the environment we enjoy living in - Learn more about Chinese community in the UK A fantastic opportunity to help with all volunteer assistance greatly appreciated. For further details please contact Josephine Hua, Admin Assistant at email supportcentre@ukfcp.com or tel.: 07497348182.

Linking Lives UK has been working hard to respond effectively to the impact of Covid-19 particularly among those already affected by social isolation and loneliness on a daily basis. Aberdeen Two’s Company is a local telephone befriending service that connects volunteers with local people (‘Link Friends’) through telephone contact. The aim of our telephone befriending is to help reduce the impact that social isolation by making connections with others. This is especially important at this time of COVID-19 Crisis in the UK. To volunteer and help please complete the following form at https://forms.gle/5LbSKmH7o9Zh5J2n8 or email aberdeentwoscompany@gmail.com All help makes a difference and is greatly appreciated.

East Ren Food Hub has been offering emergency food provision to residents in East Renfrewshire struggling to access food during this pandemic. We are looking for volunteers to support the on-going food support being offered through the food hub. The main duties of the role will be to support the Food Hub Co-ordinator to: * Label and organise food bags as per household need * Pack food bags following agreed checklist from food within Food Hub packing station * Ensure Food Hub packing stations are fully restocked at the end of each shift * Prepare and pack emergency food bags for collection on the day * Ensure appropriate Health & Safety rules are in place and followed by all volunteers * Highlight any challenges to the Food Hub Co-ordinator and work together to address them

Covid 19 Resilience Aberdeen is coordinating Aberdeen’s response to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak and is particularly ensuring older and the most vulnerable people get the help and support they need. We are urgently seeking volunteers to help keep people safe and inside their homes during this crisis. If you are fit and healthy with no underlying health conditions and you are under 70 years old, then your neighbours need you! Now, more than ever before we need to stay connected in our communities and look after one another. >Can you help? We are looking for volunteers to help people living in your own neighbourhood who are unable to leave their homes and have no-one else to help them. This could mean doing things for your neighbours like • Picking up prescriptions • Picking up small amounts of local groceries • Posting mail • Urgent necessities • Making a friendly phone call. All volunteers would have a Neighbourhood coordinator who they could contact for help, support and advice and we would ask that volunteers keep themselves safe by keeping up to date with current advice which can be found on the web sites below. You would not be expected to enter anyone’s home, take any money or other type of payment, this service is free to the person who needs it and goods would be left on the person’s doorstep. If you can help in any way please email communities@aberdeencity.gov.uk All help makes a real difference and will be greatly appreciated, *Please keep updated with the official government public announcements and information at: 1. www.gov.scot/coronavirus-covid-19/ 2. www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public 3. https://scvo.org.uk/support/covid-19/resources

WaterAid enables the world's poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. These basic human rights underpin health, education and livelihoods and form the first, essential step in overcoming poverty. We work with local partners who understand local issues and we provide them with skills and support. This empowers them and local communities to set up and manage practical and sustainable projects that meet communities real needs. We also campaign locally and internationally, to change policies and practice, and to ensure water and sanitation's vital role in reducing poverty is recognised. During the current COVID 19 pandemic and for the foreseeable future there will be no face-to-face WaterAid talks. Applicants will be asked to complete the Volunteer Speakers ONLINE training course and will stay at home and comply with COVID19 containment requirements until the crisis is over. However, during the crisis many schools are arranging activities for their students via Microsoft Teams, Skype and other applications to complement students’ home-schooling during COVID19. Our Speaker Network has made our PowerPoint presentations available for teachers to download. If applicants know how to use Microsoft Teams or Skype with slides and would like to deliver webinars to schools and organisations, they should let us know when they apply. Training and excellent support is provided to all volunteers. *People can express interest to volunteer at https://www.wateraid.org/uk/get-involved/volunteering/volunteer-as-a-wateraid-speaker after which they will be sent an application form to complete. *If you have any questions or for more details please email Speakers@wateraid.org .

Inchgarth Community Centre is coordinating a Garthdee area only shopping, medication collection, or dog walking service for the most vulnerable and isolated. This includes the elderly, people with disabilities, and most isolated living in our community. People can email inchgarthcc1@btinternet.com with your full name, address including post code, and phone number. Please let us know what kind of help you can give. All volunteers make a real difference and all assistance is greatly appreciated. *More information is also available at: -Website www.inchgarth.org -Email Inchgarthcc1@btinternet.com -Facebook Https://www.facebook.com/inchgarthcc -Twitter www.twitter.com/inchgarthcc