The Police Scotland Youth Volunteers (PSYV) programme aims to strengthen the relationship with the Police and young people, breaking down barriers and promoting positive role models. Police Scotland Youth Volunteers promotes a practical way for young people to understand policing by supporting the Police in their local area through volunteering. As part of this, young people are given a chance for their voice to be heard and encouraged to promote good citizenship. The programme is open to all young people aged between 13 – 18, this allows those people to get an insight into policing in Scotland and inspire individuals to participate positively within their communities.

Dates-n-mates is a friendship and dating agency for adults with learning disabilities offering social events to enable people to socialise, make friends and form meaningful relationships. People with learning disabilities are particularly prone to being lonely and socially isolated and recent events have seen our members become increasingly anxious and confused. It is not possible in the current climate for dates-n-mates to have large groups of people going out to the pub or a nightclub etc. In order to stay connected and continue to offer events to our members, we have moved to online events. As an Events Volunteer, you would host zoom events. It’s all about helping members to have a safe, enjoyable and friendly time online– and that means it’s a fun, rewarding, relaxed and sociable role. You would generally host the same events so that the members get to know you, but that will depend on when and how often you are available. Ideally you should have a basic understanding of platforms such as Zoom and Facebook Groups. We're looking for a volunteer who is sociable, friendly and confident and has excellent people skills. You will be a good communicator; kind and patient when interacting with people who have different communication or mobility needs. You will be able to interact respectfully with people from a range of different backgrounds. As you will be representing dates-n-mates, you will be courteous and professional as well as being reliable and punctual. We offer a variety of training and support to all of our volunteers. For further information or to apply, please contact us at: email volunteering@c-change.org.uk or tel.: 07720 591229 visit our website: https://dates-n-mates.co.uk/aberdeen/

Dates-n-mates is a friendship and dating agency for adults with learning disabilities offering social events to enable people to socialise, make friends and form meaningful relationships. People with learning disabilities are particularly prone to being lonely and socially isolated and recent events have seen our members become increasingly anxious and confused. It is not possible in the current climate for dates-n-mates to have large groups of people going out to the pub or a nightclub etc. We have therefore developed a Friendship Matching service to help small groups (2-4 people) meet online via Zoom. We're looking for a volunteer who is sociable, friendly and confident and has excellent people skills. You will be a good communicator; kind and patient when interacting with people who have different communication or mobility needs. You will be able to interact respectfully with people from a range of different backgrounds. As you will be representing dates-n-mates, you will be courteous and professional as well as being reliable and punctual. As our friendship matches will take place online you should be comfortable using technology and familiar with Zoom. As a volunteer chaperone, you will join one of these groups and help the members to meet and interact while they’re together. It’s all about helping them to have a safe, enjoyable and friendly time. It is a very rewarding and fun role. We offer a variety of training and support to all of our volunteers. For further information or to apply, please contact us at: email volunteering@c-change.org.uk or tel.: 07720 591229 visit our website: https://dates-n-mates.co.uk/aberdeen/

We have lots of opportunities for you to get involved with Balmedie Beach Wheelchairs. Our volunteers have a wide variety of roles. You could be welcoming our wheelchair users and giving advice about the chairs, looking after equipment, keeping the Bunker tidy and decorated, clearing the boardwalk, fund raising, helping administrate the project and lots more. If you have a morning or afternoon spare that can really help us, and of course you can get more involved if you have more time. Come and join our friendly group and help keep the beach wheelchairs running. We are always looking for new volunteers.

Inverurie West Parish Church and The Acorn Centre are recruiting for a Finance Convenor Volunteer. Due to the retiral of previous volunteer they are looking for someone with strong accounting and budgeting skills. The Church have a Finance team who deal with bookkeeping, gift aid ,collection and payroll but the Finance Convenor needs to have accounting skills and knowledge of both business and charity legislation. This is a very support group of people who work well as a team

We are always looking for more volunteers to help at the former Rangers Station, now the community building and space, The Sand Bothy. We are looking for help with: serving refreshments at the Kiosk, organising classes, fundraising, running activity groups, auditing the accounts, producing publicity material, maintaining the Sand Bothy building - painting, repairs. Our Sand Bothy volunteers are also involved in: improving paths and signage in the Country Park beach clean ups, renovating the old bunker on the way to the beach, Easter egg hunt/Santa's grotto, etc.

Joining the Trust is free, members are asked to help elect the management committee, reviewing the work of the Trust and attending the Annual General Meeting. After these commitments you can get involved with as many of the our projects as you want to. You can also volunteer for our projects without joining the Trust. We are looking for help with: Organising our meetings (every 2 months), funding raising, funding applications, administrating the Trust identifying community projects and liaising with our partners (other community groups, the aberdeenshire Council and funders). Trust volunteers are also involved in: Balmedie sensory garden. Improving the path through the Magnificent 7 woods in Balmedie.

First Home Care is a health and social care company with services located throughout Scotland. We offer Care at Home to support people within our care to live their lives as full as possible. We are also a part of the Real Life Options family as they have other types of services which include supported living accommodation, day centres and care homes for individuals with disabilities Loneliness at this time is heightened and the current social distancing measures are particularly difficult for some people. With the help of a volunteer to support our business objectives it will ensure that service users have that extra bit of communication with our company. We hope to get the volunteer involved within our social media and recruitment campaign to gain some new ideas about how we can improve our social media presence. In terms of the recruitment aspect we would love volunteers to be able to support in organising job packs and other admin tasks that may come up if the volunteer is happy to assist with them. The best gift you can give someone is your time. Main tasks These will include; providing admins related tasks, working closely with the service manager, providing social media support, providing daily tasks such as preparing job packs and phoning service users/arranging appointments. To help organise events/trips for staff and service users to ensure that the First Home Care are going out their way for their staff and service users. Required skills, qualities and experience. Be able to make time, once or twice a week, to support the business objectives alongside the service manager for up to a period of three months. Must be a Good listener and empathetic ,Honest and reliable ,Friendly and calm. It is a benefit to enjoy making phone calls and be confident speaking to new people as we have a lot of people we speak to on a daily basis within the company such as service users/ staff. Can maintain confidentiality. Good IT skills and admin skills would be beneficial. A knowledge of social media (However not essential). Finally, a happy and positive approach to learning as any volunteer that comes on board will have to learn how our company operates. Where and when will volunteering take place This can be agreed with the service manager in terms of times and days. We aim to be as flexible as possible. Commitment required. For continuity and routine we look for at least 2 hours per week for the benefit of the services and the volunteer the opportunity to build and develop relationships within the company.

The Museum are looking for new volunteers who have an interest or knowledge in the local history and Heritage of Alford do help with visitors when they re open, possibly tour guides and to help with spring clean of museum. This is a fascinating museum full of into artefacts of days gone by. Keen for volunteers to work in pairs to encourage social involvement/buddy system.

The Museum are looking for someone with an interest in their local heritage to coordinate volunteer rotas etc at the Museum