Museum volunteer to help with archiving and cataloguing donated historic items. An eye for detail, patience and time required.

Homework clubs are a service from East Lothian Libraries. They consist of a 1 hour drop-in session, run by a volunteer Homework Club Leader with the assistance of a volunteer Homework Club Helper. Primary School Children can come and do their homework at their local library where they would benefit from space to study, access to a wide selection of books, online resources, word processing and supervised internet access. The volunteers would supervise children, support them in completing their homework, assist them with using the range of research tools available in the library, and encourage them to search the library shelves for books that might be relevant to their needs. They will also be asked to complete a small amount of administration and paperwork involved in the running of the club. Volunteering with the homework clubs would provide an exciting opportunity for anyone who is interested in working with children whether as a teacher, in a nursery or as a youth worker and would enhance any application for university. The majority of club members will be aged 8-12 (P4-7), but, depending on the Homework Club Leader, some clubs may accept children from P1. The aim of the homework clubs is to provide a safe friendly environment for children within the library where they can come together and work on their homework. Volunteers offer support but do not teach the children.

Do you love reading and books? Take part, create and lead reading inspired activities during the Summer Reading Challenge, encouraging young readers to complete their six book journey. The volunteer will assist library staff in delivering a programme of activities that runs throughout the summer holidays in conjunction with the Summer Reading Challenge. The challenge encourages primary school aged children to read six books over the summer holidays. The volunteer position includes helping branch libraries run and promote the challenge, take part, assist and lead in library activities and encourage children to complete their six book journey.

If you are a patient, friendly, sociable person, and are capable in providing a welcoming environment for people with dementia and their carers. You would be expected to provide information about the Playlist for Life music tracks. This music taps into the fact that meaningful music has the ability to improve the life for people with dementia, as well as their family and their carers. Playlist for Life is far more than listening to music. It is about creating personal connections. It fosters understanding and empowers family carers as well as ensuring professional care is more person related. The position will require the person to set up a help point in a designated area. Engage with visitors, their families and carers, as well as how to access and use Playlist for Life. The volunteer will be expected to serve tea/coffee to visitors. The position requires simple administrative tasks to be carried out, after each session.

We have equipment and literature that needs to be catalogued and booked out. These items require catalogueing and ensuring they are clean and easily accessed.

If you have an interest in history you can help at the Nuclear archive in Wick. You will be assisting with local history and not in the secure area. Research primarily conducted in the centre

If you have a few hours free to help during opening times 10-5pm Mon-Friday, training and support provided. This is a rural museum located in Dunbeath Caithness we provide historic information to the public and are pimarily opperated by volunteers.

Honest trustworthy volunteers to help with the inventory and donated items of the museum. Help log, clean record and store items or general support with the museum if you do not wish to be meeting members of the public

Friendly volunteers to assist tourists in this small museum.This is a rural location so transport would be an advantage. Friendly outgoing with good communication skills required

Everyone has the right to live life to the full. After a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition or a stroke, many people experience fear and isolation and struggle with the impact on their lives. Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland won’t stand for that. The care and support we deliver every day ensures everyone can live the life they want to. Across Scotland, over 1 million people – that’s one in five of the population – are living with the effects of serious chest and heart conditions and stroke. By 2021 we will double the number of people we support so that more people can live life to the full. We will do this by providing vital advice, information, and support through our No Life Half Lived Support services across Scotland. CHSS provide a vital Stroke Nurse Service in the Grampian Area and we are seeking to complement our Stroke Nurse Services in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Woodend Hospital by the addition of a volunteer administrator. Volunteers are involved in extensive training and skill-building. Volunteers can expect to receive valuable, real skills and experience. Main tasks may include: >Visiting wards to collect referral letters and delivering these to the stroke nurse. >Arranging appointments for nurse and sending out letters to patients. >Inputting data from the stroke nurses notes into database. >Ordering publications, profile packs and advice sheets. >Updating the Stroke Information Pack. >Preparation of initial paperwork for nurses’ first visits. For more information please contact Mollie Brockie, Volunteer Recruitment & Support Co-ordinator at E Mail: mollie.brockie@chss.org.uk or tel.: 07435 785 998.