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Are you interested in sport and working with older adults? We might have the opportunity for you.....
Strathmore Community Rugby Trust and Strathmore Cricket Club are working in partnership to deliver Sporting Memories sessions throughout Forfar and Kirriemuir. The Sporting Memories sessions support a wide range of people aged 50+. They focus on bringing adults over 50 together to reduce isolation and loneliness, improve their mental wellbeing and help them become more active to live a healthier lifestyle. We have weekly and monthly clubs delivered at a variety of locations. At each session we deliver an on-topic reminiscing session followed by a light physical activity session to suit the abilities and interest of the group. For example, in the build up to Rugby World Cup we have sessions relating to rugby and in the summer during Wimbledon we focussed on tennis. We have a variety of roles for volunteers which all combine to ensure the smooth and successful running of our club.
We are looking for volunteers that may be interested in helping with some of the below roles:
Club Supporter
- providing practical help at group meetings
- welcoming members as they arrive and being a friendly face
- making teas and coffees
- encouraging members to engage in conversations and activities
- befriending group members and supporting them to attend
Club Resource Maker
- helping to research and create resources
- find and collate items of local or national sporting interest
- develop relevant sporting resources for use within clubs and for one-to-one
- work with our members and other volunteers to create resources relevant to our members interests
Club Reporter
- helping to record and promote activities
- collate information and stories from club members
Club Guest
- talk about your own personal sporting memories
- provide history from a local sporting club
- bring along resources from a sporting history in the local area
If you have any questions about any of the roles or would like to volunteer, please contact Mia White, Community Project Worker at Strathmore Community Rugby Trust.
We meet usually once a month for about 2 hrs (7pm- 9pm) usually the 3rd Thursday of the month. We can offer a small payment to cover expenses. Some examples of our involvement are monthly meetings involving locally elected councillors, police and guest speakers. We regularly review local planning applications, local news/ concerns and organise community events such as beach cleans, seasonal town decorations/ events such as the summer bunting and Christmas Lights display/ switch on. We also support to facilitate local projects and collaborating with organisations to distribute community funds. There is opportunity to become involved in such a wide variety of projects/ groups dependant on your availability of time.
We are looking for a volunteer who would like to become our minute secretary. This involves attending once monthly meetings for about 2hrs (7-9pm) usually the third Thursday in Forfar to take minutes for the meeting, typing these up and distributing to the members. This is an excellent opportunity to get involved in your local community and might suit a volunteer hoping to further develop IT and admin skills.
Join FACFC: where passion meets football!
We're looking for ENTHUSIASTIC volunteers for our new team:
- Team Manager: Lead the way on and off the field, ensuring our team runs smoothly and successfully
- Team Coach: Inspire, educate and guide our players to reach their full potential
What are we looking for?
* Enthusiasm for football and a desire to make a difference in the community
* A minimum qualification of 1.2 is preferred but if you're committed to completing this we urge you to apply
*A passion for nurturing talent and helping players grow
Forfar Athletic Community Football Club stands as a grassroots community football club boasting more than 250 members, compromised of teams spanning from Mini Kickers to amateur tiers.
You must be willing to go through the relevant PVG checks. This is an exciting opportunity for to be involved with an established community club. Anyone interested please contact us for further info.
DUNDEE AND ANGUS!
St Andrew's First Aid are currently recruiting for volunteers in Dundee and Angus!
As a volunteer with St Andrew’s First Aid you will have access to training and development opportunities and given the chance of attending a wide range of national and local events, where your skills, knowledge and experience may be required to help someone and may even save their life.
If you are interested in joining us and becoming a part of the St Andrew's First Aid family, please get in touch! 💙
The walking project at CHSS aims to increase access to walking as part of the prevention of chest, heart or stroke conditions
As a walk leader you enable walks in your community. You will lead regular group health walks in the community alongside other Walk Leader Volunteers, these accessible walks are open to the public to attend and last no more than an hour.
Volunteers are the most integral part of a Health & Social Walk. From offering a friendly welcome at the start of the walk, to providing a safe, supportive and welcoming space for participants of all abilities to enjoy low-level activity, to meet new people, make friends and enjoy paths, routes and greenspaces within their local area.
As a Volunteer you will also experience all the benefits of the walk from Physical Health to Social, Mental Wellbeing and personal development as a trained walk leader developing new skills.
A Health & Social Walk Leader isn’t the only role you can explore, the range of volunteer opportunities can include:
Health Walk Leader – become a trained Walk Leader in your area to support the delivery of Health Walks.
Health Walk Leader assistant – help the Walk Leader with some of the tasks on local walks.
Route Planner & Checker – find, research and check new routes that are safe and suitable for your local Health Walk.
Welcomer and Buddy – a more informal role which helps ensure all new participants to a Health Walk have someone to talk to on their first visit.
Publicity Volunteer – put up posters, distribute leaflets and help with the promotion of your Health Walk to encourage new walkers to join.
Before you become a Walk Leader you will be encouraged to join a walk and chat to other Volunteer Health Walk leaders before your training so that you have an idea of how it works on the ground.
Volunteer walk leaders receive on-going support from the Health Walk coordinator.
WDCVS VISA employability scheme is where volunteers who are actively looking for work can brush up on the skills that employers are looking for, the VISA certificate highlights the skills that the volunteer has achieved in their volunteer role, the certificate can be created and sent to them as a PDF.
St Colms has a large polytunnel and garden area with cold frames where they grow and sell plants. We are looking for volunteers to assist adults with learning disabilities with horticulture activities.This could be in the polytunnel or outdoors. Tasks include sowing seeds, planting out seedlings, weeding and watering.
We have opportunities for volunteers to train as walk leaders to support health walk projects in areas across Aberdeenshire. Becoming a volunteer walk leader with Aberdeenshire Health Walks is a rewarding and sociable role that benefits both your health and the health of others. Health Walks are short, safe, social, fun and accessible low-level walks led by trained volunteers. Paths for All walk leader training is offered for free to support the role.
Commitment for the role can be anything from one hour once a month to two+ hours per week depending on the project you’re supporting and the role you take on within that project. As well as supporting the walks, there may be an opportunity to support with some of the project’s administration tasks.
This opportunity would be best suited to a ‘people person’, who has a passion for being active/ being outdoors and encouraging others to do the same.
We are developing a pioneering Scotland-wide path network for the benefit of all and we need volunteers in Orkney to help us. This is a great opportunity to improve your confidence in navigation skills and help you learn more about your local area. In Orkney you will be auditing data on existing paths or capturing new, currently un-mapped paths.
You will be:
-Participating in a short training workshop
-Working with the Ramblers Scotland team to gather or capture data on paths in Orkney.
-Audit data on existing paths or capture new, currently un-mapped paths.
-Accurately assessing local Orkney paths to best capture the type of information we’re looking for
-Providing feedback on the process to help inform the project going forward
We believe that everyone should be able access the outdoors in Scotland with confidence and there is great potential to improve the mapping of paths in Scotland, to help more people get active and healthy and to feel confident to explore our wonderful nature and landscapes.
To find -more visit https://www.ramblers.org.uk/mappingscotlandspaths or contact Heath Brown heath.brown@ramblers.org.uk