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MISS (Miscarriage Information Support Service) is a registered charity. We are a miscarriage support service covering all of Scotland for anyone who has experienced baby loss.
MISS offers a confidential space for anyone in Scotland to receive support, information and advice as well as understand they are not alone after going through miscarriage.
There are a great number of ways you can help support the work of MISS as a volunteer including, fundraising, events, marketing, increasing awareness about the charity, help with funding applications etc.
We are now seeking to appoint a Volunteer Director to work alongside the Board. This is a strategic role, responsible for ensuring that there is coherence across all the companies activity. The role will provide leadership in the areas of business planning, partnership development, and fundraising, and overall management of AAH programme. Our ideal candidate will be dynamic and flexible, with the ability to seek out opportunities for the company and genuinely interested in arts/circus arts.
What will I get out of it?
You will get to meet the inspirational faces of community groups across the UK and immerse yourself in their work; use your existing skills in a rewarding fashion whilst developing new ones; guide members to become more inclusive; network with other like-minded individuals helping grassroots sports groups survive; and so much more. Our volunteers say that making a positive difference to our members is what they most enjoy about volunteering at Sported.
What will I do as a Sported volunteer?
You'll use your professional skills and lived experience to help groups overcome operational challenges, become better equipped for the future, and tackle inequality in sport.
Most of our roles are quite flexible and work around your schedule. We do our best to only share opportunities we think are relevant to you. With most of our volunteering support being delivered digitally, it’s even easier to get started supporting members across our network.
What will I get out of it?
You will get to meet the inspirational faces of community groups across the UK and immerse yourself in their work; use your existing fundraising skills in a rewarding fashion whilst developing new ones; guide members to become more inclusive; network with other like-minded individuals helping grassroots sports groups survive; and so much more. Our volunteers say that making a positive difference to our members is what they most enjoy about volunteering at Sported.
What will I do as a Sported volunteer?
You'll use your professional skills and lived experience to help groups overcome operational challenges, become better equipped for the future, and tackle inequality in sport.
Most of our roles are quite flexible and work around your schedule. We do our best to only share opportunities we think are relevant to you. With most of our volunteering support being delivered digitally, it’s even easier to get started supporting members across our network.
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Home-based volunteering, Suitable for groups
• Create a positive volunteering environment by agreeing how team tasks will be
split between the team, considering individual’s skills, interest and availability;
adapting team activities and tasks to be accessible to everyone and following
safety and safeguarding procedures
• Promote learning and networking opportunities across your Team and the District
• Ensure appropriate recruitment is being undertaken for own team, and across the
District and its Groups
• Regularly review team and individual team members in line with The Scouts
Policies
• Ensure team are performing compliance monitoring tasks correctly, escalating
unresolved issues to the District Lead Volunteer
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Home-based volunteering, Suitable for groups
The Programme Team Leader leads a team of volunteers who support other volunteers to deliver a high-quality
programme across our Sections, provide skilled people to support Section programme in areas where volunteers may not
be experts themselves, run District events and encourage sharing of good practice. As we transform our volunteering in
2024 to make volunteering even easier, more enjoyable and rewarding, they will work closely with other members of the
District Leadership Team to establish a new teams-based approach to volunteering, developing their own team structures
and agreeing tasks with their team.
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Home-based volunteering, Suitable for groups
The 14-24 Team Leader leads a team of volunteers who support the delivery of the Scout programme for young people
aged 24-24 years within the District, including volunteers working directly with young people, as well as others performing
tasks such as administration. As we transform our volunteering in 2024 to make volunteering even easier, more enjoyable
and rewarding, they will work closely with other members of the District Leadership Team to establish a new teams-based
approach to volunteering, developing their own team structures and agreeing tasks with their team.
Paths for All, the leading voice for the promotion of physical activity and walking in Scotland, is seeking an exceptional leader to steer the charity through an exciting journey of change.
Our new Chair will see Paths for All establish an infrastructure supporting fundraising and income generation to help support walking programmes across Scotland as we deliver our ambitious ‘Step It Up’ strategy.
As Scotland’s national walking charity our mission is to encourage the people of Scotland to be physically active through walking. We know that walking (whether on foot or with a wheelchair or mobility aid) makes a valuable contribution to our physical, mental and social health. This is why we champion national walking programmes in schools, workplaces and communities and work in partnership to increase levels of physical activity, by helping to create inclusive, safe and attractive environments for walking.
The Chair will work with the Trustees and Senior Management Team to spearhead this mission, upholding Paths for All’s values and supporting the delivery of the strategy and new programmes that put walking at the heart of our communities across Scotland. They will ensure effective governance for the organisation, working closely with the Chief Executive Officer and other trustees to build relationships and collaborate to ensure success.
The ideal candidate will have the following key experience:
A strong and visible passion and commitment to our mission to support the people of Scotland to be physically active through walking.
Experience as a trustee, ideally as a Chair.
Experience of fundraising or income generation.
The ability to demonstrate strategic leadership and strong inter-personal and relationship building skills.
Experience leading organisations through periods of development and change.
Ability to apply principles of good charity governance.
Understanding of the third sector.
Understanding and connections into the Scottish Government.
Eligible to be a Director at Companies House
About the Board
Paths for All board meet on a quarterly basis held in-person and take place at the Barracks Conference Centre within an accessible building in a central location in Stirling. The venue is close to the railway station and has parking nearby.
Our Quarterly Board meetings generally take place from 10:00am to 1:00pm, including lunch. In addition to the quarterly board meetings and AGM, we have a staffing and finance subgroup and an outcomes subgroup, both of which are led by the Chair and which meet online as and when required. In total, the Chair role requires an average time commitment of around 1-2 days per month, to allow for regular meetings with the Chief Executive Officer and attendance at relevant events in addition to Board meetings.
About us
Paths for All is one of Scotland’s leading charities. We believe everyone should have the opportunity to be active every day. With your support, we can make sure we create a happier, healthier, and greener Scotland. Our office is located in Kintail House, Forthside Way, Stirling, FK81QZ a short walk from Stirling train station.
We work in partnership with national organisations who share our vision of Scotland being a walking nation.
Further information can be found on our website, here.
For more information on how to contact Kevin Lafferty, Chief Executive Officer to discuss the role and how to apply, please download these resources:
Application guidance
Code of Corporate Governance
'Step It Up' Strategy
Annual Report 2023
Paths for All Board
If you have any difficulty accessing the documents, please get in touch at recruitment@pathsforall.org.uk
Application Closing Date: 5:00pm on 29th July 2024
Volunteer your professional skills. Become a volunteer consultant.
Have a passion to shape your community or assist young people? Got skills to help a local organisation change the world?
Want to gain extra experience that will benefit your career development?
Sported is recruiting Volunteer Consultants with professional or real-life experience.
We’ll connect you with a grassroots organisation that will value your knowledge. You bring insight and enthusiasm.
We’ll offer support and guidance – so you can transform lives.
Voluntary Work, Real Outcomes
Our incredible team of volunteer consultants inject a wide range of professional skills and lived experience that provides invaluable support to community organisations.
You might bring knowledge of strategy and project development, human resources, marketing or financial planning from your day-to-day career to support long-term sustainability and growth of a local group that is shaping the lives of young people.
Or you can lend your personal experience in fundraising, mentoring or creating inclusion to support leaders, trustees or changemakers within a grassroots club or group.
Knowledge of sport is optional. Enthusiasm is essential.
And whatever your skillset, Sported will put it to use among the 3,000 incredible groups we assist across the UK.
There are a number of ways to provide support. With flexible time commitments, and opportunities to volunteer remotely, it’s even easier to get started supporting members across the UK. You’ll have the guidance of regional and national Sported staff, and support is available whenever you need it.
• Short-term placements – Focused on one topic area or specific challenge, placements usually last about 6 sessions.
• Long-term placements – Placements span a series of months and encompass multiple topics, or a single complex subject.
• One-off support – Kickstarts are semi-structured, informal chats to learn more about a group’s strengths and challenges and recommend a course of action.
• Leadership coaching – Support group leaders develop their own leadership skills
• Specific project work – focussed projects with specific timeframes and themes
• Facilitating/delivering webinars – Inform and train members, volunteers and Sported staff across a variety of topics
• Sported support – Help Sported create resources to share with the network
Support For Them – and For You
Our volunteer consultants leave a lasting impact to ensure groups survive so that young people thrive. You will work with the inspirational faces of community organisations and immerse yourself in their challenges.
You will be supported by our regional and national teams and Sported’s central Volunteer Services team and have the opportunity both to share and develop your own skills.
Our volunteer consultants claim that making a positive difference to our members is what they enjoy most about being part of Sported.
And we know representation matters - which is why we want our volunteers to reflect the diversity of the community groups we work with.
We actively encourage applicants from ethnically diverse backgrounds and other minoritised groups to apply and bring their invaluable insight and perspectives.
If you need assistance or have further questions, contact the Volunteer Services team: volunteer@sported.org.uk
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Home-based volunteering, Board/trustee role
As SISG, we currently have 14 hearing hubs in Ayr, Prestwick, Troon, Girvan, Alloway, Largs, Arran, West Kilbride, Saltcoats, Kilwinning, Cumnock, Kilmaurs, Galston and Kilmarnock. We also support 27 battery pick up points across North, South and East Ayrshire libraries. We also carry out visits to over 2,000 older people with hearing and/or sight loss throughout North, South and East Ayrshire each year. We wouldn't be able to carry out all this work without the help and support of our volunteers.
New Board Members for Local Charity
S.I.S.G Charity based in Ayr are looking for new Board members who would be able to attend
monthly board meetings in Ayr. The time commitment would be 1.5hrs each month and the meetings take place at our offices in Suite 4, Beresford Court, Beresford Lane in Ayr. Travel expenses will be given for any travel involved in this voluntary role.
Previous volunteering experience, social or health care experience, business experience would be beneficial.
For more information about this role please contact Denise McClung (Project Manager)
on denise@sisg.co.uk and check out the charity website for more information www.sisg.co.uk