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volunteering opportunities
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.
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
volunteers to help with music for Junior Drama Group, help with musicality, dance or for productions
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.
Would you like to gain great transferable skills, references and memories at the same time? Here at Beith Trust we have a wide range of volunteering opportunities that come with both mental and physical benefits. We would love to hear from you if you have an hour or two a week. We offer great training opportunities in return, a sit down free meal on a Wednesday and free entry to annual Beer Festival including glass, tee shirt and tokens. If you can help at any of the following projects:
Soup Group every Wednesday after school for 2 hours, Summer playschemes 2nd -6th July and 6th -10th August, Astro tots, Footie fives and Bike and Burger. More projects to be added.
Volunteers taking up an opportunity to help in the Visitors Centre have a variety of activities to choose from:
Welcome visitors including visitors from coaches.
Do you have good local knowledge? Share it with visitors and advise on the visitors information resources.
Help in the Café.
Help provide an enjoyable experience for 12,000 visitors coming to the centre annually. Local people mingle with visitors, browsing the visitors' information or the Shetland crafts on sale and the displays of local heritage
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.
We are a supported living provider with up to ten residents who's average age at the moment is 90.We have a small staff team who cook, clean and provide pastoral support.
Our volunteers run the management committee, help with activities for the residents, do repairs and redecorating or pop in and have a chat.
What ever your skill set we will welcome you with open arms.
Pop in and have a chat and a coffee, no obligation
We are a supported living provider with up to ten residents who's average age at the moment is 90.We have a small staff team who cook, clean and provide pastoral support.
Our volunteers run the management committee, help with activities for the residents, do repairs and redecorating or pop in and have a chat.
What ever your skill set we will welcome you with open arms.
Pop in and have a chat and a coffee, no obligation