Dumfries & Galloway Blood Bikes provide their service free of charge to the NHS, and is run entirely by dedicated volunteers who receive no compensation for their time or costs. Duty Controllers are the unseen heroes of our team who organise hospital runs and contact on-call riders/drivers. They liaise with hospitals and riders/drivers. Quick thinking at 3am in the morning, they are able to keep calm under pressure.

Role involves delivering classes on self defence this can either be on a theoretical or practical basis. The classes can sometimes be victims who are looking to protect themselves or ethnic minority groups where sensitivity and an understanding is needed. Also looking for someone to deliver fitness based classes both these classes would suit someone from a martial arts/aerobics/ fitness background or interest.

The monthly female peer group is for unpaid carers who look after a relative or friend who has an illness, disability, addiction or are frail or elderly. The group allows carers to meet others in a similar situation, time out from their caring role and access support and information. The facilitator would welcome carers, encourage discussion and liaise with a member of staff to organise relevant speakers if and when requested by carers

Food waste is a big issue in the UK and beyond. It’s estimated that a third of all food gets wasted. Most of this is avoidable and could have been eaten had it been better managed. Help us look after the fridge in the following ways: * Operate fridge during allocated opening times * Collection of food from donors * Fridge cleaning and monitoring * Local fridge promotion * Assist with events to support the fridge and the local community Experience required: Interest in food. Confident and happy to work on own. Friendly and helpful manner.

volunteers to help with music for Junior Drama Group, help with musicality, dance or for productions

Be a Support Group Assistant with a charity providing vital support and information for people with brain injury, their families and carers. This role is vital to help us run the work that we do to support and provide information for people with brain injury, their families and carers. Headway Glasgow exists to provide support, information and referrals for people with an acquired brain injury. We aim to reduce social isolation increase access to information and referral information and empower people with an ABI to have more control over their lives. We are the only service offering weekly support to people with an ABI in Glasgow. We offer group and individual support to people with an acquired brain injury. We support around 100 people every month both in groups and in one to one meetings. The role is varied and will include the following: • Arrange appropriate food and beverages in advance of the group (specifics will be provided) • Setting up and clearing away for the group • Arrange activities for the group and source materials • Distribute literature from Headway UK to members including competitions and information •Liaise with other volunteers to produce quarterly newsletter Sessions take place Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays afternoons, but it's not expected you'll attend all sessions, and we can agree on time commitment based around your availability. Headway Glasgow could not operate its services without the support of volunteers. To help prepare you for the role, we provide training and an induction into our work, this will be organised at a time to suit you. As a volunteer, you will be part of a supportive group with a common aim of helping guide the work of our charity in the best interests of the people we serve. If you are interested please click the ‘apply’ button below (available when logged in and registered). You will then be contacted by the coordinator by email or phone call. If you have not heard back after 5 working days, the first step is to contact the organisation with the contact details provided. You could also check your junk/spam folder on your emails just in case the response is there. If that doesn’t work out then please feel free to contact Volunteer Glasgow on info@volunteerglasgow.org.