At Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland we are recruiting up to five fantastic Trustees to lead the charity’s efforts to ensure there is No Life Half Lived in Scotland. Would you be interested in applying? Applications are now open and close 30/8/19. We would love to hear from you. Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland is the country’s largest charity offering care and support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions. Our network of stroke nurses, rehabilitation support workers, peer support volunteers and researchers help people across Scotland regain their confidence and rebuild their lives. We have an ambitious strategy for the future. We plan to develop new services, increase our reach and significantly increase our income. You could join the team of ambitious and passionate Trustees to make our strategy happen. Be part of a diverse Board full of new ideas. We are recruiting up to five positions and would particularly like to hear from people with one or more of the following areas of knowledge, skills & experience: • Lived experience of our conditions • Business & commercial development • Health & safety • Health & social care • Fundraising • Retail • Legal • Marketing & public relations • Volunteer recruitment & support We welcome applications from everyone. However, after a recent review, we would particularly welcome applications from: • People with lived experience of our conditions • Women • People from Black & Minority Ethnic backgrounds • People under fifty • People with disabilities For more information and to download a recruitment pack, please go to: www.chss.org.uk/becomeatrustee Download your application pack for more details and send your CV with a supporting statement to trustee.recruitment@chss.org.uk by 30th August 2019.

Home-Start is a voluntary organisation committed to promoting the welfare of families with one or more children under five years of age. We support families in the Perth & Kinross area through home visits, group support and infant massage sessions. Trained volunteers visit families in their own homes, usually on a weekly basis, and offer non-judgemental practical and emotional support, helping to build the family's confidence and ability to cope. .Main Tasks: The Chairperson will work with and provide leadership to the board of trustees in setting the direction of the scheme. Facilitate and lead on the development, implementation and review of the organisation’s strategic plan and long-term goals. Oversee and guide decisions made by the Board, ensuring effective implementation. Ensure financial stability. Liaise regularly with the senior member of staff to maintain an overview of the scheme’s affairs and activities and to provide support and guidance as appropriate. Optimise the relationship between the trustees, the staff and volunteers. Set the agenda and chair board meetings and the Annual General Meeting. Represent the scheme when appropriate at functions and meetings. Ensure compliance with the Home-Start Agreement and Quality Assurance system.

Would you like to make a difference? Ever wanted to use your talents and expertise to enhance and improve the lives of people who have experienced sexual violence? We wish to continue to build a strong and competent group of Trustees with the passion to keep this essential specialist service available in the Scottish Borders. The overriding duty of a Trustee of SBRCC is to advance the purpose of the organisation. The effective delivery of the role and responsibilities set out below will ensure that this duty is met. As part of the Board, Trustees will: Ensure the proper administration of the SBRCC. This means that SBRCC’s assets and resources are used only for its purposes and that SBRCC is run in accordance with its constitution, charity law and other applicable laws, regulations and policies. Ensure that mechanisms are in place to safeguard the assets of SBRCC, including, money, physical assets, intellectual property, staff and reputation. Act reasonably and prudently in all matters relating to SBRCC and accept ultimate responsibility for everything that SBRCC does. Trustees will avoid and declare any actual, potential or perceived conflict between your own personal interest and those of SBRCC. Skills and Experience required: Personal Qualities and Skills The focus of this specification is on the qualities that people can bring to this role which does not require a specific level or type of employment background, or indeed any employment history, which SBRCC does not consider essential. All applicants must: Share and endorse the vision and mission of SBRCC. Be able to work effectively as part of a team and relate to a wide range of people, without pre-conceptions. Show commitment to self-learning to develop the knowledge and understanding of the role of a Trustee as well as the mission, values and organisation of SBRCC. Commitment to learning and working with others to develop and share understanding of the impact of sexual violence on all who experience it. Support the principle that women-only local services can help to reduce these effects by supporting survivors of sexual violence through a range of services. Recognition that men may also be survivors of sexual violence and should be offered sign-posting to appropriate support. Awareness of the diversity of the individuals and communities living within the Scottish Borders and the implications for the role, management and services of SBRCC. Recognise the importance of education and targeted promotion in preventing and reducing the incidence of sexual violence. Be able and willing to devote time to prepare for and attend meetings and to follow up matters arising from them. Experience SBRCC would like to strengthen the range of skills and experience represented on the Board of Trustees, so applicants offering the following experience would be welcome: Marketing, Communications & Social Media, finance/accounting, HR or legal knowledge, community and corporate fundraising, community development and experience of having worked in the voluntary sector. Closing date for applicaitons is 13th September 2019 at 5p.m.

Beloved Rabbits are entering a new phase of ambitious development that seeks to improve the charity’s financial strength as we work towards a three-year plan that will culminate in the opening of a new purpose designed rabbit welfare services centre. To support the organisation’s operational vision, a Fundraising Strategy is being developed to underpin the funding necessary to achieve these goals. The Supporter Engagement Manager is one of four critical roles identified within the Fundraising Strategy necessary to meet the fundraising objectives. The role forms part of the charity’s two-tier management structure encompassing four charity trustees and 10 Management Team members. There is also a wider team of dedicated volunteers in excess of 80 individuals, which we anticipate growing in number as we expand our activities further. The Supporter Engagement Manager would focus on creating a culture of engagement with the overall supporter base. This role recognises a need to address the gap left from more traditional fundraising techniques, engaging individuals who wish to support the charity’s activities but are unwilling or unable to take part in fundraising activities in a traditional sense. The Supporter Engagement Manager will build relationships with various groups of supporters to encourage them to feel involved and emotive about the charity’s activities and needs, encouraging aspects such as regular giving, payroll giving, word-of-mouth awareness, legacy giving, etc. Ultimately the Supporter Engagement Manager will encourage the “Fundraising Conversation”, backing our supporters and volunteers with the information and resources they need to keep a steady flow of cash coming into the organisation. It is anticipated that, with the support of the Board of Trustees and Management Team, the Supporter Engagement Manager would recruit dedicated and casual volunteers to assist with the delivery of their activities.

Volunteering Changes Lives! BHF Retail is recruiting Stock Generation Volunteers for exciting flexible opportunities at our fantastic retail shop at 31 Union Street. As a stock generator, you will use your local knowledge to raise awareness of our stock requirements with local businesses, make appointments to meet prospective donors, and maintain great relationships with our existing contacts. As part of this role you will be: *Promoting stock campaigns in your shop. *Giving out donation bags in your community. *Arranging collections of stock donations. *Contacting local businesses for surplus stock. *Supporting stock events. 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.

We have exciting opportunities at HALLA – Harlaw Area Lifelong Learning Association to help in the community as a Development Volunteer. This can involve aspects such as looking at the learning needs of people around the Kaimhill School area, encouraging volunteering with the charity/association, help develop new programmes and classes at the Kaimhill Learning Centre, help prepare funding proposals and applications, act as a ‘face’ of the charity/Learning Centre and help with room bookings at the Learning Centre. A fantastic opportunity to assist in the positive development of the Kaimhill community. Good support is provided to all volunteers e.g.: board members and part time admin. worker will always be there to help. All help is greatly appreciated. Please contact us on email: sandratindall.halla@gmail.com or tel.: 01224 861129 for further details.

Collectively the Board overseas the strategic direction of COVEY, reviews progress and acts as a resource for the lead officer. The Board are responsible for the Governance of COVEY and as with everyone involved with COVEY, you will contribute to effective team working, aligning with our core values of passion, innovation, commitment, openness and respect. Join a Board who actually make things happen and have fun at their meetings! Have you strong people skills, the ability to network and connect with senior people in the voluntary, public or private sectors, leadership qualities and a strategic/entrepreneurial focus? You will ideally have connections in any health related field, business and management experience or an interest in funding and strategic developments. Your reward will be in using your skills and experience to contribute greatly to the well being of local young people and making a difference to their lives.

Shelter Scotland helps over half a million people a year struggling with bad housing or homelessness – and we campaign to prevent it in the first place. We’re here so no-one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own. The Shelter Charity Shop raises vital funds towards Shelters work offering confidential advice and support to anyone affected by homelessness/housing issues. We currently have important and exciting opportunities for volunteer leaders. The role will provide support to the shop manager and provide volunteer leadership. The role will include aspects such as opening the shop, till procedures including refunds and voids, sorting donations, preparing items for sale, stock replenishment, displays, some computer work, gift aid process and cashing up. No experience is needed as we provide full training and good support to all volunteers. This is ongoing until you are confident in the role and you will also receive further training on any new procedures which arise. It is an enjoyable place to volunteer where you make a real difference. It also looks very impressive on a cv, is an excellent opportunity to gain positive and valuable experience in retail while supporting the vital work of Shelter. All help is greatly appreciated. For more details please contact: Wendy McEwan, Shop Manager on abergeorgeshop@shelter.org.uk / tel.: 01224 639818 or pop in past the shop on 179 George Street, Aberdeen, AB25 1HX. Looking forward to meeting you.

Helping to identify interesting topics around faith and belief to engage and attract participants. Helping to plan and advertise the event. Helping to run and manage the event on the evening. Welcoming guest ensuring everything is in place including room set up, speakers, food, evaluations forms and audio visual requirements.

Aberdeen in Recovery (AiR) was granted Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) charitable status in March this year. We are now looking to find talented, passionate and skilled people to fill some vacant seats on our Board of Trustees to help us grow and develop our innovative and solution focused new charity. This is a unique opportunity to help lay the foundations to ensure AiR has a long-term future as a charity with solid processes in place to ensure it meets its mission of: “To be a bridge from ‘dependence’ to ‘independence’ for the individual seeking to recover from problematic substance use and addictive behaviours”. This is such an exciting and invigorating prospect for individuals to get involved and be participant in the tsunami of change which is now gaining momentum and being driven by “Experts by Experience” and the vibrant Lived Experienced Communities which are blossoming, not only locally but are now established as a national phenomena. Since its conception, AiR and its members have worked tirelessly to establish and build collaborative relationships with professional services and third sector support agencies. We have consistently driven the message that individuals who have personal lived/living experience of active substance use, including Family members who have been affected by the addictive behaviours of a loved one, and the Recovery Communities they represent have something valid, essential and extremely beneficial to bring to described Recovery Orientated Systems of Care (ROSC). We can provide existing services and clinical structural systems with resources, skills and capabilities that they, no matter how much effort, time and money they invest, will never be able to offer or provide. So, it gives the greatest of pleasure to see this is now recognised on the highest levels that “Recoverists” can productively contribute to the design, development and delivery of truly person-centred ROSC. This being evidenced by the vision, philosophy and content of the Scottish Governments “Rights, Respect and Recovery” Drug and Alcohol Strategy. We also believe it is reaffirmed by the recent success in being granted funding from the Government’s National Development Fund, with our principle partner Alcohol and Drugs Action (ADA), for our ‘Recovery Peer Pathway’ joint two-year project. This collaborative venture will build on three years of pilot work to further establish and build proactive and productive Developmental Pathways within ADA and their Volunteer network while in synergy with AiR membership for individuals who desire to initiate change in their behaviours and outlook as they progress on their recovery journeys within, and imperatively out-with, statutory and formal support services. We believe that the blue sky thinking behind this project categorically and emphatically fits with the expectations, outcomes and concepts of the above Government policy. So, if you have lived experience, or a stakeholder interest, and a passion for recovery and are willing to give of yourself that another may learn, you will not find a better opportunity to indulge your appetite than from within Aberdeen in Recovery. For more information please contact Dermot Craig, Recovery Community Development Manager at E Mail: dermot@aberdeeninrecovery.org or tel.: 01224 638342 / Mobile: 07751 213108.