Volunteers can help out by serving customers on the till, sorting through donated stock, steaming and hanging stock, pricing items, window dressing and generally keeping the shop floor tidy. It is a great way to meet new people and raise money for Cancer Research UK. This is also a great opportunity for anyone who wishes to gain retail training and experience.

You will be working with our members to help improve their cognitive skills and at the same time have fun through playing games, cards, bingo etc. You could be asked to help out with specific groups e.g. quizzes, jewellery making, play pool, board games etc., or assist our less outgoing members to become more integrated with the others. You will actively contribute to the maintenance of a professional & welcoming environment at EHG. This is a rewarding and satisfying role.

This will involve accompanying patients from the hospital ward into the garden, and helping lead group sessions that could include other volunteers and visitors, as well as one-to-one sessions if required. This will involve providing feedback to the Garden Coordinator, as well as staff from the hospital. The role will require flexibility, so that if a patient does not feel like doing structured activity, or wishes to spend time in a quiet space relaxing or simply enjoying being outside in a green environment, that is as important as completing an agreed task. Training in both horticultural skills, and awareness of the different needs of patients, such as mental ill health, learning disability, dementia etc, will be provided, as well as supervision from the Garden Coordinator.

Every day of your life matters – from the first to the last. That's why the right care at the end of your life is so important. With other group members from your local area, you will organise fundraising events, collections and bring your community together in supporting Marie Curie. The group meets approximately every 6 weeks to organise 2-4 events per year.

Visit and chat to patients who do not get visitors and provide a welcoming atmosphere; to bring to the attention any concerns about patients to a member of staff; give out patient teas, help with the assistance of giving out the patient meals in compliance with hospital food & hygiene policy, check fridge temperature and record on the pantry sheet, ensure the hand rubs at ward entrance are full, check the remaining hand rub bottles at all the bed spaces, assist patients with completing their menu card etc.

General Volunteers are essential for supporting the smooth running of our shop. From serving at the till, to putting out stock , helping our customers with queries and what they are looking for and collecting as much gift aid from purchases as possible.

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland Community Hubs are located in the heart of local communities, unifying our activities and presence and bringing together CHSS Retail, Services and Fundraising. In essence, they provide a ‘front door’ for everything we do. Supporting a ‘Healthy Community’ (striving to be Mentally Healthy, Physically Healthy, Financially Healthy, Socially Healthy & Nutritionally Healthy), your CHSS Hub Team will engage with and host organisations that provide local opportunities for our service users and the wider community. This whole ‘Community’ approach will ensure that CHSS service users are at the heart of everything we do in our CHSS Community Hubs. Every Hub event, meeting or activity will support a CHSS Healthy Community in one or more of these five key areas. Quite simply, we cannot operate our Community Hubs without the amazing support of our volunteers. The time, support and the work they do is vital to us and the people we help. By supporting our Community Hub, you can make a difference to people and their families in Scotland and help to create a Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland Healthy Community. About Your Role It is vital that to the success of the Community Hub that we ensure that the stakeholders who engage with us: • are welcomed • understand the resources that we have to offer • have a positive experience • have the opportunity to feedback on their experience • make suggestions for future engagement The role therefore includes: • welcoming customers/ members of the public to the Community Hub and the Coffee Corner • signposting users of the Coffee Corner and Community Spaces to other areas within the hub e.g. advice line, donation station and community rooms • assisting users with the online booking of Community Spaces and being confident in showing the Community Space available to potential users • recording customer feedback on their experience of using the Community Spaces • recording customer feedback on suggestions for future engagement • keeping the tables and shelves in the area tidy

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland Community Hubs are located in the heart of local communities, unifying our activities and presence and bringing together CHSS Retail, Services and Fundraising. In essence, they provide a ‘front door’ for everything we do. Supporting a ‘Healthy Community’ (striving to be Mentally Healthy, Physically Healthy, Financially Healthy, Socially Healthy & Nutritionally Healthy), your CHSS Hub Team will engage with and host organisations that provide local opportunities for our service users and the wider community. This whole ‘Community’ approach will ensure that CHSS service users are at the heart of everything we do in our CHSS Community Hubs. Every Hub event, meeting or activity will support a CHSS Healthy Community in one or more of these five key areas. Quite simply, we cannot operate our Community Hubs without the amazing support of our volunteers. The time, support and the work they do is vital to us and the people we help. By supporting our Community Hub, you can make a difference to people and their families in Scotland and help to create a Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland Healthy Community. About Your Role It is vital that to the success of the Community Hub that we ensure that the stakeholders who engage with us: • are welcomed • understand the resources that we have to offer • have a positive experience • have the opportunity to feedback on their experience • make suggestions for future engagement The role therefore includes: • welcoming customers/ members of the public to the Community Hub and the Coffee Corner • signposting users of the Coffee Corner and Community Spaces to other areas within the hub e.g. advice line, donation station and community rooms • assisting users with the online booking of Community Spaces and being confident in showing the Community Space available to potential users • recording customer feedback on their experience of using the Community Spaces • recording customer feedback on suggestions for future engagement • keeping the tables and shelves in the area tidy

To assist members attending The Carron Stroke Chest and Heart Group. This can include helping to set up and clear the room when needed, helping with teas and coffees, participating and helping members to take part in safely organised activities whilst maintaining confidentiality of the group.

PSP & CBD are rare and little known. Education Volunteers can improve this situation. Our aim is to make education and training available to as many health and social care professionals as possible, many of whom may not have come across PSP or CBD before. Our Education Volunteer role will help health and social care professionals to understand key information about the impact of living with PSP & CBD and thereby improve their practice. We also aim to have our volunteers raise awareness in local communities by them offering informative talks to interested groups. Volunteers will need to be enthusiastic, enjoy speaking to groups and able to manage a group effectively. Ideally they will have an understanding of PSP & CBD, be passionate about raising awareness and have empathy with the aims of PSPA. Experience in public speaking and confidence in the use of PowerPoint will help in this role and those interested should be able to travel within their local area. We will provide training and resources to enable our Education Volunteers plan and deliver free training sessions on PSP, CBD and the services offered by PSPA. We offer a comprehensive learning package that covers all aspects of the role. The rewards of being an Education Volunteer with us include; the opportunity for self-development, the opportunity to meet new people and to be valued as a part of a team. There is also the unique reward of making a difference to people living with PSP & CBD and their families.