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Looking for a fulfilling and rewarding experience? Join our team at our care homes for the elderly as a volunteer and make a difference in the lives of our residents. Whether its befriending and chatting with our residents or organising and participating in leisure and social activities, your contribution will have a significant impact on their well-being and quality of life. As a volunteer, you will have the opportunity to develop new skills, meet new people and create meaningful connections with our residents. Join us today and be a part of a community that values and appreciates the importance of companionship and human connection. Opportunities are available for weekdays or weekends, day time or early evening at:
Glenfairn House Care Home-Sanctuary Care, 28 Racecourse Road, Ayr KA7 2UX
Queens Care Home, 34 Ardayre Road, Prestwick KA9 1QL.
We are a not-for-profit organisation specialising in care homes for the elderly and currently have over 110 care homes across England and Scotland.
For more info, please go to https://www.sanctuary-care.co.uk/jobs/volunteering/how-apply-be-sanctuary-care-volunteer
If you would like to help our care homes through volunteering, opportunities are available for weekdays or weekends, daytime or early evening.
We are currently looking to recruit volunteer drivers to drive our mini bus to help our residents attend appointments and outings.
For more info, please go to https://www.sanctuary-care.co.uk/jobs/volunteering/how-apply-be-sanctuary-care-volunteer to learn more and apply online.
Our Falkirk Donation Centre is due to open at the end of July 2024! The opening of this new space is an exciting opportunity for us to continue to support and fundraise for the work that the Salvation Army does across Scotland and the UK.
We are seeking volunteers to accompany our drivers as they are out and about around Falkirk collecting stock. This will include going to people's addresses to record, collect and then load stock into our van and unload into storage. This will all take place with the support of a staff member.
If you think that you could help us, we would love to hear from you!
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Suitable for groups, One-off volunteering
We have lots of opportunities across our buildings and workshops. Some of the places and ventures we are looking for volunteers for are our wood workshop, textile workshop, upcycling, van driving, furniture deliveries and uplifts, clothes recycling, giving talks on personal interests, shop assistant, running workshops, running social groups and much more.
As a Dumfries & Galloway Blood Bike rider, someone may be reliant on a product you are transporting urgently, therefore professionalism and safety is hugely important. To ride our bikes you must hold a current (within the last 3 years) advanced riding qualification such as: 1) The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) 2) The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) 3) Police advanced riding certificate 4) Armed forces advanced riding certificate 5) Diamond advanced riding 6) DSA Enhanced Rider scheme, with ?A? grades across all modules If you don?t hold an advanced riding qualification, you may use your own bike (subject to having valid insurance, MOT and road tax). You will be required to sit an assessment ride with us before becoming part of our team.
Volunteers use their own vehicles to take patients to and from medical appointments. Volunteers let us know availability i.e, which day/days they wish to do and what times. Volunteers can also let us know what hospitals they are happy to take patients to and what hospitals they would not like to go to. Drivers pick up no earlier than 8.45 am and finish no later than 5.30 pm. Normally it is one patient per driver per car.
The role:
• Making up and checking customers shopping orders
• Packing boxes ensuring weight distribution
• Putting customers’ orders through the till
• Pay for the shopping and complete necessary paperwork
• To report any matters of concern to Food Train staff
• To inform Food Train staff of any accidents, incidents or complaints
• To maintain confidentiality
• Representing Food Train in a professional manner to customers and the wider community
Skills and experience:
• There are no formal educational requirements for this role however knowledge of the needs of older people acquired through life and family experiences, training received or practice based experience is desirable
• Good literacy and numeracy skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Friendly, sociable and patient with a caring manner
• Good level of fitness, motivated, reliable, trustworthy and enthusiastic individual who can be responsive and flexible on delivering positive outcomes and experiences for the older people
• Good verbal communication skills are required as well as being a people person with a sense of humour who can adapt to any situation and changing people behaviour
Annandale Community Transport Service have 4 community cars (including 1 electric) used to transport residents to routine hospital appointments across the region and out with as required including Glasgow, Edinburgh and Carlisle. ACTS also run 4 mini buses which require volunteer drivers.
Do you have a couple of hours a month to help drive older people to tea parties? We are looking for help across Moray with our Tea Parties.
We have tea parties that are run for our older members of the community to help combat isolation and loneliness, Our groups are there to share a friendly conversation over a cup of tea or with a slice of cake. We are just looking for a friendly and patient volunteer to help one or two guests to the hosted tea party and home again. You are of course invited to stay and take part in the tea party as well.
No experience necessary just that you are able to drive and can co-ordinate with our group organisers to help get our guests to and from the tea party. This is well suited to busy schedules since this is once a month and can be fit around your own availability.
All training is provided and you are supported at every step of your application and in your role by our team.
If you’re an active and outgoing person looking for a flexible role that gets you out and about meeting people in your community, then come and join our friendly team at the British Heart Foundation Shop in Elgin.
In this role you will collect pre-arranged household stock from people’s houses, businesses and deliver it back to the Elgin store.. A good level of fitness is required and volunteers will use their own vehicle, but mileage is paid at 45p per mile.
Do you have some time to Spare?
We need your help to make someones Day.
Our Wee Red buses provide Community Transport in East Renfrewshire to help people within our community get to & from events, groups, hospitals etc.