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We're looking for an adult volunteer who will provide a supportive friendship for a socially isolated young person aged between 8 and 18 who lives in South Ayrshire. Ideally this will involve meeting with their young person every couple of weeks for a few hours, spending time together accessing local activities.
This includes:
• Be matched on a 1:1 basis with a young person.
• Go on regular outings and activities with the young person.
• Have the opportunity to participate in group outings/activities and also volunteer support sessions.
• Keeping in touch with the Project about the young person’s achievements / growth and activities, and to receive ongoing support from the Bfriend team.
• Open minded as we work with young people from a wide variety of backgrounds.
• Following training, to be able to have empathy and understanding of some of the issues encountered by young people referred to the team.
• Continuous focus on the needs of the young person who you are matched with.
• Willing to participate in a broad range of activities mutually agreed with the young person.
• To be a positive adult role model for the young person and, very importantly, to have FUN!
• Have an awareness of and be able to adhere to Bfriend’s policies and procedures.
Your local Girlguiding group needs leaders and unit helpers for all sections in Carrick, Alloway, Central Ayr, Castlehill/Doon, Montgomerie, Prestwick, Troon. Mauchline and Cumnock. Whatever time commitment you have, Girlguiding is flexible.
We help all girls know they can do anything!
Girls in Guiding have incredible experiences together, make brilliant friends and discover the world around them. Every time they meet up, groups of Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, and Rangers learn new skills and take on challenges as they work out what they want to be and do in the future.
Volunteering with Guiding is ideal for someone who is training to work in teaching or childcare, and would like to gain experience.
There's no doubt that volunteering at Girlguiding will enhance your CV. Here are some of the valuable skills you could gain as part of our charity.
Teamwork – whether you're planning meetings with your fellow volunteers, or collaborating on a community project, guiding offers numerous chances to work effectively as a team.
Leadership – developing leadership skills is integral to many of our volunteering roles, especially those responsible for coordinating local guiding.
Organisation – planning a event or simply a weekly meeting - it all counts.
Motivation. Gaining any experience in Girlguiding shows that you are reliable, dedicated and can work independently.
Communication – if you’re making contact with parents, Commissioners, young members, external contacts – anyone – then you’re demonstrating excellent communication skills.
That’s not to mention the more specific skills that different roles within guiding can give you. Whoever you want to be, guiding can support you to achieve your full potential.
Guiding can enhance your experience and help you build a host of highly transferable skills. It's all about...
Fun – Guiding can give you the space to let off steam when work mounts up – whether that's through once-in-a-lifetime opportunities or just the mess and mayhem of weekly unit meetings.
Friendship – guiding can offer you a support network. Many of our volunteers make life-long friends through guiding, all across the world.
Flexibility – volunteers can be involved in guiding plan their unit meetings on a termly basis – meaning you don't need to worry about guiding getting in the way of your schedule. We can also have event and district helpers, and working groups if you would like to work on projects rather than Unit guiding. There really is something in Guiding for you, no matter how much time you have to give.
Future – volunteering at Girlguiding offers a highly enjoyable way of enhancing your employability outside of ordinary work experience, having an absolute blast at the same time.
Register and start your Guiding adventure today!
Do you have a passion you love sharing with others? Do you want to support girls and young women to have fun and be empowered?
At Girlguiding they do everything from camping to campaigning! They’re all about girls and young women laughing, learning and having adventures. Why not join the fun?
Their different sections cover ages 4-18, so there’s something for everyone.
You could run a woodland walk, a kite making session, or a ukulele lesson. They could visit your stables, get muddy in your allotment, or have a bake off in your community centre kitchen. Whatever your passions or hobbies are, they’d love to share them with you!
Volunteering with Girlguiding Scotland looks great on a CV, and can improve skills like teamwork, leadership and communication. There are loads of meetings happening all over Fife, so you can get in touch with one close to you.
Volunteer with Children’s Hearings Scotland (CHS) and make a difference in your community!
Children’s Hearings Scotland (CHS) is recruiting for volunteer Panel Members across the country to help support Scotland’s infants, children and young people.
We are looking for enthusiastic people aged 18 and over who can show empathy, compassion and great listening skills. Panel Members are volunteers from local communities who take part in children's hearing. Their role is to listen and make legal decisions with and for infants, children and young people who have been referred to the Children's Panel. Panel Members ensure that the young person is at the heart of every decision made - because every decision, no matter how big or small, has an impact on the life of the child or young person in the hearing.
We offer a certificated training programme with a highly experienced team to support your development, who will help you along your journey in becoming a panel member.
Applications open 2nd September and close midnight 30th September 2024. Visit www.chscotland.gov.uk to apply.
The role of a Panel Member is to listen and make legal decisions with and for infants, children and young people. They are there to ensure that the young person is at the heart of every decision taken.
Your training and experience as a Panel Member equips you with a range of transferable skills. These include: dealing with complex issues and communicating these with empathy and compassion when working with children, young people and families; principles and practices within the children’s hearings system, including law and procedure; chairing hearings; decision making and protecting rights. Other skills include: leadership, analytical thinking and communication and influencing skills.
The purpose of an Adult Instructor within the Sea Cadets is to assist in the development of young people as individuals and active citizens by providing training, guidance, direction and assistance.
The Sea Cadets aim to provide our young people with the best possible start in life through the application of nautical adventure and fun based on traditions of the Royal Navy.
The tasks of an Adult Instructor include but are not restricted to:
(a) Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of Children and Young People for whom they are responsible or with whom they come in contact and ensuring compliance with the MSSC's Child Protection Policy and Guidance Document.
(b) Delivering instruction and training to adults and cadets of the Sea Cadets in the subjects of the Sea Cadets syllabus and others as required by the Commanding Officer.
(c) Providing supervision of cadets and other young people engaged in Sea Cadet activities and on Sea Cadets premises.
(d) Assisting with the administrative functions of the Unit as required by the Commanding Officer.
(e) Applications of relevant Health and Safety and Safeguarding measures as laid down in Sea Cadets documentation and external regulations.
(f) Keeping up to date with changing Sea Cadet and external regulations on all matters pertaining to the training and supervision of Sea Cadets personnel.
(g) Undertaking role or activity training within the Unit and elsewhere to allow performance of any of the above tasks.
We are a national charity that works to remove barriers for deaf children and young people.
Youth Support Volunteers, including Group Supporters, are an essential part of NDCS’s events for deaf children and young people.
Volunteers assist with aspects such as:
-Support deaf children and young people to be happy and healthy at events
-Encourage and support deaf children and young people to realise their potential
-Supervise deaf children and young people and keep them safe
-Be a positive role model
-Be responsible for yourself as part of a team
-Most events are at weekends, with some events taking place in the week. The time commitment varies. We have some volunteers who help at 2-3 events each year and others who help at 1-2 events per month. We are particularly looking for volunteers who are available to help at week-long residential holidays in the summer. All help is appreciated!
All volunteers will receive support and training. We reimburse out-of-pocket expenses.
All help makes a real difference and is greatly appreciated.
For further information please contact:
email volunteer@ndcs.org.uk / switchboard 0121 234 9829 (voice and text)
EF- Education First has exciting opportunities to volunteer with us as an International Exchange Coordinator. This very worthwhile and interesting opportunity involves:
Part 1: A Finder
To find host families and school places for our students aged 16-17 years, who come to our country for a year beginning. Host families are generally found through word of mouth, leaflets in community places, editorials etc.
Part 2: A Placer
After finding a caring family who really want to host you will then need to speak to your Regional Manager. We have found that the best way to place a student is really to get to know your host family, their likes and dislikes, hobbies, smokers or not and their location.
Part 3: A Supervisor
Another major part of being a coordinator, and indeed a most interesting side to the role, is the supervision and support of the student, host family and the school.
Part 4: A Trainer
A major part of the role is to give full information to your host families, your students and your schools.
Part 5: A World Ambassador
If all the above simple stages are followed you will have an interesting and fulfilling experience. You will have lifelong friends from around the world and within your own country and community.
A fantastic opportunity to help and to make a real difference. For further details please contact:
Richard Lawless
Tel No: 0207 341 8656 (ext. 656)
E Mail: richard.lawless@ef.com
The Youth Outreach Bus or ‘Red Bus’ as it has become known is a converted double decker bus which has been completely re-designed inside to become a mobile youth drop in centre for ages s1-s6 (secondary school). It has Playstations, Music System (which plays both internally and externally) and a widescreen TV which can play DVD’s and be connected to the Nintendo Wii.
We are currently expanding our volunteers and are looking for people to assist and engage with the young people attending in a positive and encouraging manner.
The bus currently operates in Dyce and Seaton, but is mobile and we are actively looking to expand to working in other parts of Aberdeen as well.
This is an exciting and unique opportunity to help with the only mobile youth drop in centre like this in Aberdeen.
A great opportunity to help, make a difference for young people and the local community and be part of a friendly, supportive team of volunteers.
For more information please e-mail: info@dyceyob.org.uk
Would you like to be part of a happy band of volunteers that are helping to save lives at sea without even getting wet!! Could you respond to a call to action from a local school, youth group or event in your community and deliver messages about the work of the RNLI and staying safe near water to groups of eager children?
Volunteering as part of the RNLI’s Education Team in Aberdeen is an important role within the charity as we aim to save the lives of young people through our fantastic education programme. A message given today could be a life saved tomorrow.
Your role would be to engage with young people to deliver our vital water safety messages alongside promoting the work of the RNLI.
Just as we give all our Lifeboat crews the right training and equipment to carry out their lifesaving work, we provide Education Volunteers with all the necessary training and support to carry out their role. Education volunteers have access to a range of online learning materials, as well as opportunities for one to one support from fellow volunteers and RNLI education specialists.
As an Education volunteer you will have the opportunity to meet lots of new people and develop your skills in talking to young people.
After their first mission as Education Presenters our volunteers often say; ‘I feel like I am performing an important public service and its good to be a part of that’.
Please join us in making a difference to the safety of young people.
For further information please contact:
Heather Malkin
Tel: 07500 608222
e-mail: heather_malkin@rnli.org.uk
Angus Council’s Vibrant Communities Team are looking to recruit volunteers to support the delivery of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme in schools and in the community.
Volunteers are essential for the effective delivery of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme which provides young people with a range of personal and social development opportunities.
Volunteer helpers are people who can spare time to help DoE leaders to run groups. They give general support including administration and the delivery of training.
Not all volunteers are involved in the detailed running of the programme, but they do help to ensure continuity throughout and share responsibility for the overall quality of young people’s experience.
The Duke of Edinburgh Award operates in most secondary schools in Angus and there are open units in the community.
The level of commitment required from volunteers is negotiable and successful volunteers will be placed with a unit which matches their availability, interests and location.
All volunteers will be expected to be able to:
• Work as part of a team
• Develop positive, constructive relationships with young people
• Communicate effectively
• Be responsible and dependable
The duties for all volunteers are likely to include:
• Establishing and maintaining positive, constructive and supportive relationships with young people and fellow volunteers
• Assisting young people to plan and progress through their award
• Assisting with the measurement of progress
• Assisting with general elements of organisation and administration
For further information please telephone 01241 464628 or email Beattier@angus.gov.uk