Do you enjoy gardening? Crosslet House Care Home in Dumbarton are looking for volunteers to support their garden and polly tunnel area. They can offer a section of their extensive polly tunnel to any volunteers who can support them with their experience and guidance to grow our own produce. General gardening, supporting large poly tunnel for planting and growing plants, fruit and vegetables. Volunteers can have a section in Polly Tunnel to grow their own fruit/vegetables too.

To assist the Rangers in conserving, enhancing and promoting the appropriate use and enjoyment of the area. Duties include habitat improvement and restoration, Removal of invasive and non-native species, Practical maintenance on fences, signposts, gates and paths and opportunities to be involved in species surveying and recording. This is a rewarding opportunity for someone who enjoys working outdoors on a variety of tasks.

To assist the Rangers in conserving, enhancing and promoting the appropriate use and enjoyment of the area. Duties include assisting with the management of key sites and promoted routes by carrying out regular checks, Practical maintenance on fences, signposts, gates and paths and Litter picking This is a rewarding opportunity for someone who enjoys working outdoors on a variety of tasks.

-Could you be our volunteer lead? Your next volunteering opportunity to make a mark in your community is here. We want to hear from you if you can support our volunteers in developing our Edible Community Garden. -Cultivate your Community! Cultivate Aberdeen has a clear vision to create kind, confident, and connected communities through the power of food growing. How that vision manifests means different things to many people, it belongs to our community and it belongs to you; come and join the conversation and food revolution. Cultivate Aberdeen is a grassroots volunteer-led charity working to provide sustainable practice education and facilities to communities across Aberdeen and as we start to move out of the recent lockdowns we have a renewed sense of purpose to highlight the benefits of community green spaces for the benefit of mental health and wellbeing, nutrition and reducing food-insecurity, and in promoting sustainability to protect our planet and its wildlife. The Volunteer Lead will lead on all aspects of volunteer wellbeing, including developing a strategy to recruit, reward, and retrain volunteers across Aberdeen. Volunteers are the lifeblood of our organisation and as such we’re seeking someone to coordinate, support, and empower our incredible team as a single contact. -Your New Role: Reporting to our Executive Chairman and our Board of Trustees, you will be responsible as the single contact for volunteers to: • Support and develop an exciting volunteer strategy • Increase the diversity of volunteers, be a first point of contact for volunteers, and report to the Board on volunteer wellbeing • Develop and conduct an annual survey of volunteers to understand where we are performing well and where it could improve • Help coordinate volunteers to support our activities, managing rotas/emailing monthly volunteer activities across our sites The role requires a commitment of around 2-5 hours per week which may increase during our key volunteering and fundraising events. You may need to be available to attend meetings at evenings and weekends. -Who You Are: We are looking for someone with good people management skills, ability to manage a team of volunteers, project management skills and experience, ability to work in a team and collaborate with others, and good communications skills. It is essential you have experience of working with volunteers and managing a team. We’re looking to hear from people of all backgrounds so please get in contact and share your skills with us. -What You’ll Get Joining Cultivate Aberdeen: • A friendly and welcoming induction course and a variety of training opportunities • An opportunity to get new and relevant professional experience • A chance to broaden your professional network • Meet new people, connections, friends, and colleagues • Play an important part in delivering our vision for communities in Aberdeen • Social opportunities to meet the diverse and friendly bunch who volunteer for Cultivate Aberdeen • Ongoing friendly support and training -To Apply: For an application form email: recruitment@cultivateaberdeen.co.uk or phone: 01224 034591. Further details are also available at: https://www.cultivateaberdeen.co.uk/were-recruiting-volunteer-lead/

Fresh (Fitness, Recovery, Exercise, Safe, Health) Community Wellness - help in the community through providing wellness walks and chat safe space sessions, activities that connect with nature, fun litter picks, easy exercise education and fun fitness, befriending and mentoring to encourage those who may not currently be connected in the community, with gentle motivation from friendly community volunteers. As well as the inclusion of lived experience. To help in this fantastic and important work we are currently seeking people to assist with a wide range of roles. This includes helping as: -Gardening, Tidying & Nature Enthusiast Volunteers -Handy Person/Upcycling Outdoor Items Volunteers -Community Walks Volunteers and Walk Leaders -Community Garden Painting Volunteers -Community Improvement Volunteers -Community Gardeners -Helping with practical tasks e.g.: joinery, painting -Phone or Internet Initial Befriending Volunteers -Fundraiser/Events/Awareness Volunteers -Welfare Outreach Assistants -Committee Member Volunteers -Design Volunteers -Presentations & Networking Volunteers -Home Based Wellness Assistants -Video, Film & Music Social Issues Volunteers -Befriending and Wellness Volunteers -Wellness & Nature Enthusiast Volunteer Hub Leaders Good support and relevant training is provided in all roles to all volunteers. Training offered for induction then optional specialisms as per individual. All help makes a real difference and is greatly appreciated. A tremendous opportunity to help, make a real difference in the community and be part of a great, welcoming voluntary group. All assistance is greatly appreciated. For more information about any of our volunteer roles please email us at: admin@freshcommunitywellness.com Further details are also available via our websites and social media at www.freshcommunitywellness.com , https://twitter.com/FreshCWellness and https://www.facebook.com/freshcommunitywellness

Providing support in developing services and activities with local community groups and associations, Assisting in home visits to monitor and advise on energy efficiency, Offering advice to households on fuel budget management, grants access and waste management, Working on changes in attitudes towards energy saving as well as food and travel efficiency, Actively reducing households energy consumption through energy monitoring, guides, workbooks etc.

The Allotment Market Stall provides good quality, well priced, locally grown fruit and vegetables and reduces waste. We have opportunities this season for volunteers to be a part of running our veg stall in the park *(either on Fridays at Duthie Park, Seaton Park or Victoria Park or on Saturdays at Bonnymuir Green). -Main tasks include: • Help set up the stall with gazebo, tables and crates • Sell fruit and vegetables to public • Help promote The Allotment Market Stall and the values of growing and eating good stuff • Engage with public to answer questions on our produce Full training is given and volunteers will be accompanied and supported at all times. • Make a difference in your city and the environment • Be a part of a community of growers • Meet people and grow in confidence Email us your contact details, availability and why you might like to get involved to email.: Theallotmentmarketstall@gmail.com

Absafe is a unique safety education charity dedicated to saving lives and reducing harm by instilling a positive safety culture in our communities and inspiring a passion for safety through education and engagement. No one else does what we do locally! Our vision is for a safer future; free from life-changing unintentional injury and harm, with protective communities inspired by a passion for safety, so that no one has to learn by accident. We are passionate about the power of educating in a participative and engaging environment, using fun to create lasting change in children’s lives and in the communities in which they live. We believe in the transformative impact that a positive safety culture can have on the health and prosperity of future generations. Absafe provides health, safety and well-being education and risk awareness. Protecting people and places from harm, helping communities thrive by building a strong positive safety culture, and giving individuals the confidence, skills and attitudes to create a safer future. We deliver a range of unique projects and interactive training programmes designed to inform, instruct and engage to reduce vulnerability to unintentional injury and harm, and support positive decision-making in relation to harmful behaviour. We are looking for a Volunteer Treasurer to join our Board of Trustees, so we are able to continue to deliver education to the children and young people of Aberdeen, we would like you to have an interest in Education, health, safety risk management, and also health and wellbeing. We are a small Charity and every member is important, joining Absafe means that you will be making a real difference to the children and young people of Aberdeen. For more information please contact Louise Richardson, CEO at email: Louise@absafe.org.uk or tel.: 07748654105.

Fresh (Fitness, Recovery, Exercise, Safe, Health) Community Wellness - help in the community through providing wellness walks and chat safe space sessions, activities that connect with nature, fun litter picks, easy exercise education and fun fitness, befriending and mentoring to encourage those who may not currently be connected in the community, with gentle motivation from friendly community volunteers. As well as the inclusion of lived experience. To help in this important work we are currently seeking people to assist as Handy Person/Upcycling Outdoor Items Volunteers. A great and exciting way to volunteer, this is using reclaimed materials to create planters, art work, projects which the whole team could then be a part of too. Good support and relevant training is provided to all volunteers. Training offered for induction then optional specialisms as per individual. All help makes a real difference and is greatly appreciated. A fantastic opportunity to help and all assistance is greatly appreciated. For more information please contact us at email: admin@freshcommunitywellness.com

Fresh (Fitness, Recovery, Exercise, Safe, Health) Community Wellness - help in the community through providing wellness walks and chat safe space sessions, activities that connect with nature, fun litter picks, easy exercise education and fun fitness, befriending and mentoring to encourage those who may not currently be connected in the community, with gentle motivation from friendly community volunteers. As well as the inclusion of lived experience. FRESH Community Wellness is an expanding local group. Many of our volunteers also volunteer for other services and groups. If you have a couple of hours free to spare each week and are enthusiastic about the idea of motivating others to make “safe choices” in their lifestyles, we would love to hear from you. Feel free to get in touch. Further details are also available via our websites and social media at www.freshcommunitywellness.com , https://twitter.com/FreshCWellness and https://www.facebook.com/freshcommunitywellness FRESH Community Wellness offers a free befriending/ active wellness service for people of all ages in the Aberdeen area. We use motivational interviewing (MI) techniques to help make positive changes to lifestyle. By lending an ear and offering gentle encouragement, we hope to help anyone in the community, vulnerable, in need, lonely to meet the goals and make the changes that matter to them. With confidence and without judgement. FRESH meets up regularly at outdoor locations throughout the city, 6 days a week. As well as being Covid safe, meeting outdoors gives everyone the space for some fresh air and light exercise. A great chance to meet some new people. Equally, if they are more introverted, a spacious outdoor setting means that plenty of room to split up into smaller groups, for a quieter chat. At the meet-ups, we usually go for a relaxed walk in the area, whether that be the beach, a park, or alongside one of Aberdeen’s beautiful rivers. This is a great environment for a confidential chat if you feel like it. But if not, we also tend to focus on a particular activity at each session, such as litter picking, or on a particular discussion topic, such as cooking on a budget. We also offer signposting towards the “safe choices” offered by local services. And, we should mention, we always make sure that everyone who comes gets a decent snack and something hot to drink. All of our volunteers are trained in the use of naloxone and basic emergency response. Some of our volunteers have had first-hand experience of alcohol or drug dependencies, as well as personal journeys of treatment and recovery. But regardless of our individual background, and regardless of yours, all of us will treat you without judgement, and with empathy, kindness, and respect. As one of our Home Based Wellness Assistants you can assist greatly with a number of aspects such as social media and promotional updates, befriending, mentoring or fundraising. A fantastic opportunity to help and all assistance is greatly appreciated. For more information please contact us at email: admin@freshcommunitywellness.com