*Volunteers required to help out on our upcoming Rotaract Rainbow Run event (more commonly known as 'Colour Run')!!* The Rotaract Clubs in NorthEast Scotland are hosting our first ever 'colour run' event - Rotaract Rainbow Run. This is an event to increase the publicity of all Rotaract clubs within our district and to fundraise for Charlie House and The Rotary Foundation. We mainly want to be more connected to the local community and work together for something fun and meaningful! Rotaract Clubs are led by a group of young people from 18 years onwards, to promote leadership, fellowship, personal and professional development. There are currently 3 clubs within the district, Rotaract Club of Aberdeen, Moray and Dundee. We all do various fundraisers, networking with businesses and charities, and socialising throughout the year! The Rotaract Rainbow Run event takes place at the wonderful Duthie Park, Aberdeen (at the centre field area where the bandstand is) on Sunday 9th June 2024. There are several roles you can volunteer for: - Crowd control stewarding (entrance/ exit, start and finish line) - Colour dusters! (dusting the colour powder along the 'running' tracks) - Registration and lost and found stands - Safety stewards (monitoring general safety of the crowd) - Photographer needed too! We are looking for total of 6-8 (max 10) volunteers to join us to make this event possible! Excellent support and relevant guidance is provided to all volunteers. Includes you will be briefed about the event on a successful application and detailed briefing on the day of the event. You will be provided with a contact for any queries prior to the event and there will be support system set up on the day by the event control team. A fantastic, enjoyable event and great way to help make a positive difference. For more information please contact Kathleen Tan, President at email: kathleentan99@gmail.com or telephone: 07376384633. *(closing date for registering your interest to volunteer is the 12th April 2024)

How would you like to be part of the Guide Dogs family and help people with sight loss live the life they choose? We would love to have you onboard to help with our ambition of a future where every person with sight loss has the confidence and support they need to live their lives to the full. Did you know that we don’t just provide life-changing guide dogs, we also provide advice, skills, emotional and practical support for children, adults and their families living with sight loss to help them live actively, independently and well? To do all this we need the support of amazing volunteers like you! If you would like more information, are unsure or need flexibility around the role then chat to us first by emailing VolunteerScotNI@Guidedogs.org.uk and someone will be in touch. What does the role involve? Identifying suitable places and placing our iconic dog-shaped collection boxes locally in shops and businesses and counting up the funds every few months before paying them in to Guide Dogs. Key responsibilities: * Identifying and placing collecting boxes in suitable locations * Talking to the shop owner, receptionist etc at the location about how the boxes will help Guide Dogs and what we do * Emptying boxes every 3-6 months (as they get full) and banking the income through the paying in book provided. Give a receipt and letter of thanks to the hosts * Keeping a written record of the location of all boxes for your supervisor, the dates they are emptied and the dates/ amounts banked * If boxes aren’t collecting much, you’ll decide to move them to a better location. Your supervisor may also ask you to remove boxes * Reporting any stolen boxes to the local mobility team Please contact VolunteerScotNI@guidedogs.org.uk for more information.

Are you looking for a fun-filled Tuesday afternoon? Are you aged 15 to 25? Ever thought of becoming a volunteer? We have an opportunity for you! We are looking for volunteers to spend time with residents of sheltered housing in Arbroath to have a cuppa, play bingo, board games, have laugh and much more! We are looking for people: • Aged 15 -25 • Free on Tuesday afternoons • Patience, understanding and good communication skills Your important impact: Two hour visit to provide activities to residents really can make such a positive difference to a person. By enrolling to become a Volunteer Intergenerational Befriender, you are playing a vital role in reducing social isolation and loneliness within the Angus community and spreading a sense of fun. If you are interested in becoming a befriender, please get in touch.

We offer a welcoming approach and treat all members with the dignity that they deserve. KLSB have worked alongside community partners including Stenhousemuir FC, local councillors, local small businesses & various homeless charities and supported accommodation. Members pay a small fee whenever they visit the pantry where they can pick up to 10 items of food, household essentials, personal products and / or pet food. Depending on availability we may also be able to offer free items which will be over the members allocation. We do not operate like a food bank where pantry users are only entitled to a small amount of goods for a small period of time. We offer our members a place on the pantry at a cost of only£2.50 per visit. This cost entitles the member to call into the pantry once per week and pick items of shopping. As we are a non-profit group all funds received are reinvested back into the pantry meaning that there is always stock available for all. We offer our members fresh fruit, bread & eggs. We are looking for volunteers to help at our Community Food Pantry in Stenhousemuir. Duties will include:- • Moving and sorting stock which requires a level of physical fitness • Sorting stock into dates and rotating stock within those dates • Restocking shelves with cupboard items • Making up recipe bags with ingredients • Recording fridge and freezer temperatures • Assisting service users visiting the pantry • Cash handling of fees and donations The pantry is open 3 days per week, although volunteers are in the pantry out with these times sorting stock and restocking shelves. We are looking for volunteer commitment of at least 2 hours per week for a minimum term of 6 weeks, this is to enable volunteers to build relationships with our service users.

Do you want to transform local green spaces for the environment, wildlife and your local community? The gardening and environmental conservation activities of TCV’s Green Gym at Kinneil Estate in Bo’ness provides the added extra of improving your own health, fitness and wellbeing. Following the appointment of a new project officer, The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) for Scotland are resuming their Green Gym sessions at Kinneil Estate on Thursday mornings between 10am and 1pm. The sessions are open to all volunteers from the community. These sessions are weekly and up to three hours in length. Volunteers can join in any session, or multiple sessions, with a variety of tasks, including: planting trees, growing food, creating wildflower meadows, digging ponds, managing woodland, making pathways and so much more – all with the guidance of your local TCV team. Get fresh air and exercise, and meet new people – come along, and get involved. Attend as few or as many sessions as you feel able to manage. To join in as a volunteer, get in touch with project officer Krissy Stevenson, at krissy.stevenson@tcv.org.uk or on 07825 056572.

Caseworkers visit clients to work out what type of help they need. Next, they find the right sources of support and arrange for clients to access it. This might be funds for special equipment for someone with a disability, adaptions to a property so an older client can remain at home or funds for a rental deposit. Caseworkers also sign-post clients onto specialist local services for advice on benefits, housing, mental health, debt, finding work etc. The essential part of the role is interacting with clients, so you may be visiting clients or doing this virtually. As part of your local branch you might have access to an office, but many volunteers are based at home. What does this role involve? • Contacting clients and arranging to meet them at a mutually convenient time either face-to-face or remotely • Liaising with clients and completing a form to assess their circumstances including financial information • Sign-posting clients onto local services providing specialist advice • Applying on the client’s behalf to military and non-military sources of charitable funding • Arranging for the purchase of goods and services • Keeping in touch with the client so they know how their case is progressing • Keeping in touch with your branch so they know your availability • Keeping up to date with training and SSAFA news so that you are best able to support clients • Being a positive ambassador for SSAFA remembering that anyone you meet could be a potential client, volunteer or fundraiser • Volunteering within the standards and values of SSAFA including observing our policies such as the Volunteering policy and data protection policy (these will be covered in your training and local induction.) What can you gain from this volunteering role? • Support people in your community with a military background • Use your skills, knowledge and life experience to benefit others • Support and friendship from your local SSAFA branch and the wider SSAFA community • Experience, training and skills that you can highlight on your CV and in job interviews • Better physical and mental health – studies show that volunteers live longer and experience lower levels of stress and depression! Minimum Age: 18 Is a criminal record check required? Yes

We are a small local charitable organisation looking to have a keen an enthusiastic individual to join our committee in capacity of Treasurer . We are a motivated committee in the process of a Community Asset Transfer (CAT) which we are really excited about. We hope in the future this will lead to exciting opportunities & projects for the local community. Our committee meets on the first Monday of every month. We are looking for a Treasurer who can deal with our accounts and bookkeeping. We currently don't have a huge turnover but as we are a charity a lot of our income will be mainly through funding and donations from several different sources. If you're interested in this role please contact Margaret via phone 01324 637958 or email hallglen.hub2021@gmail.com.

No matter how good our services are, we can't properly support our community well if we don't have good Support people in the team. If this sounds like you?... we would love you to consider volunteering with us for a few hours per week. Providing a number of services to support ex-service men and women and family members from the Navy, Army, Royal Air Force, and the Merchant Navy. These include giving advice and information about benefits, financial support and social activities to assist them adapting to civilian life. If we are unable to help them then we signpost them to other agencies through local contacts. We are looking for someone to run our social media information posts, working beside the other volunteers to make our social media campaigns as up to date as possible, someone who is able to use various social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Ticktok, posting on the Armed Forces Veterans social media accounts regularly as well as promoting up-coming activities and posting after an event to thank those donating, seeking the correct person to offer advice before responding to any requests on the site. Someone with an eye for detail, likes to design, develop and maintain our website, such as its performance and capacity, which are measures of a website's speed and how much traffic the site can handle. In addition, you may create content for the site.

We are looking for an enthusiastic volunteers to help provide an opportunity for all in our community to take part in our wellbeing groups and activities. You will engage with members of the community within our wellbeing centre groups. Volunteers are required to take on simple administrative tasks for example taking a register and assist with delivering the activities or leading the activity sessions. Our groups include men’s group, women's group, knit & natter, mindfulness, craft group and family groups. Being part of these group would mean you are giving people in our local community the chance to participate in groups and activities whist encouraging a healthier lifestlye and social interaction with others. There are many benefits to be gained from this volunteering opportunity, such as relevant work experience, meeting future contacts, learning new organisational and group leader skills.

To help make/serve teas and coffees on a Monday from 9.30am till12.00