At Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland we are recruiting up to five fantastic Trustees to lead the charity’s efforts to ensure there is No Life Half Lived in Scotland. Would you be interested in applying? Applications are now open and close 30/8/19. We would love to hear from you. Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland is the country’s largest charity offering care and support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions. Our network of stroke nurses, rehabilitation support workers, peer support volunteers and researchers help people across Scotland regain their confidence and rebuild their lives. We have an ambitious strategy for the future. We plan to develop new services, increase our reach and significantly increase our income. You could join the team of ambitious and passionate Trustees to make our strategy happen. Be part of a diverse Board full of new ideas. We are recruiting up to five positions and would particularly like to hear from people with one or more of the following areas of knowledge, skills & experience: • Lived experience of our conditions • Business & commercial development • Health & safety • Health & social care • Fundraising • Retail • Legal • Marketing & public relations • Volunteer recruitment & support We welcome applications from everyone. However, after a recent review, we would particularly welcome applications from: • People with lived experience of our conditions • Women • People from Black & Minority Ethnic backgrounds • People under fifty • People with disabilities For more information and to download a recruitment pack, please go to: www.chss.org.uk/becomeatrustee Download your application pack for more details and send your CV with a supporting statement to trustee.recruitment@chss.org.uk by 30th August 2019.

Everyone has the right to live life to the full. After a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition or a stroke, many people experience fear and isolation and struggle with the impact on their lives. Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland won’t stand for that. The care and support we deliver every day ensures everyone can live the life they want to. The aims and objectives of rehabilitation and peer support: To support people who have had a stroke to develop autonomy and confidence in self-management enabling them to fully engage with their community and activities of their choosing. The service follows a pathway from hospital (hospital rehabilitation support) to community (community rehabilitation support) and can be delivered in a one-to-one and/or a group setting. Peer Support Groups are community groups affiliated with CHSS and range from singing groups to swimming groups! The service can be delivered to provide specified person centred communication support for those with a communication difficulty and/or to support a specific physical or everyday task. Volunteers can provide support to enable service users to resume everyday activities following a stroke. Service delivery can be very diverse. Peer support groups range from physical activities, singing, walking or just having a good natter. The volunteering role could take place: - in a community setting - in a hospital - in the home - in a group setting Volunteers are involved with unique training to undertake this role with confidence.

Everyone has the right to live life to the full. After a diagnosis of a chest or heart condition or a stroke, many people experience fear and isolation and struggle with the impact on their lives. Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland won’t stand for that. The care and support we deliver every day ensures everyone can live the life they want to. About Retail: We currently have around 50 shops/ community hubs across Scotland. Our shops and hubs help us raise funds so we can provide our services to the people who need us. Every one of our stores relies on a team of volunteers to help run it and support our staff. Quite simply, we cannot provide our services or raise funds 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 helping out in one of our stores, you can make a difference to people and their families in Scotland who are isolated, scared or anxious about their condition. About Your Role: This is an opportunity to undertake a satisfying and rewarding role. As part of our team of volunteers, you will provide customer support, whilst working in a friendly atmosphere, providing an extremely useful and appreciated service to the Charity. The role includes: • Welcoming and assisting customers • Customer service and sales service • Stock control • Sorting donations • Hanging and ticketing stock • Helping to keep store clean and tidy

Every day in Scotland 25 people will have a stroke. In Tayside alone, 10,503 people are living with the impact of a stroke. Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS) wants to make sure that everyone has the best recovery they can after a stroke. You can volunteer with CHSS and help stroke survivors to rebuild their confidence, overcome their anxieties and live fuller lives. Our Rehabilitation Support Service enables people to get their lives back on track after a stroke. We provide a bridge for people so that they can return home from Hospital and resume independent, active lives in the communities they live in. In order to do this we rely on the support of our dedicated volunteers. In Perth & Kinross, we are desperately seeking more people to join our team as a Rehabilitation Support Volunteer. As a Rehabilitation Support Volunteer, you may be offering support to stroke survivors who have a communication difficulty or you may be part of our new Pilot service in Perth, offering support around mobility and everyday tasks. With the help of our volunteers, we can change people’s lives; the time, support and the work they do is vital to us and the people we help. As a volunteer, you are not only helping someone to live life to the full but also developing skills while doing something rewarding and worthwhile. If you think you could help make a difference to the lives of people in your local community then CHSS wants to hear from you. The volunteering role could take place in Hospital or in the Community and there are opportunities for one-to-one or small group support or a combination of both CHSS will provide full training and ongoing support for you to become an accomplished Rehabilitation Support Volunteer. To undertake your role you will be required to undertake membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Adults) Scheme in Scotland (PVG).

Display and Merchandising Volunteer Utilise your artistic, entrepreneurial and fashion flair. As part of our team of volunteers you will dress window and interior displays making them eye catching to customers. The role includes organising and planning themes and selecting stock for dressing window and interior displays.

Do you love to chat and get to know people? Can you talk about anything and everything? If this sounds like you we have a fantastic opportunity to let you do just that! In our shops we talk to our customers, make them feel welcome, help them find the things they’re looking for and inform them of the BHF’s life saving heart research. So, we’re always looking for outgoing and enthusiastic customer service volunteers. We keep the shop floor looking fresh and inspiring and thank everyone who brings in their donations and custom. Come and be a part of your local team and learn customer service skills and gain experience. Don’t worry if you’re not a confident speaker, with this role all you need is a welcoming and helpful attitude.

Help build up the pace in Scotland by sharing badges and displaying posters across your local area; playing your part in the future of Scottish medical research and taking on heart disease. The Heart of Scotland Appeal is a fundraising campaign to raise and spend money in Scotland on vital medical research into the prevention, treatment and cure of heart disease. 41 people die every day in Scotland from cardiovascular disease and the death rate from coronary heart disease is almost 50% higher than for the South East of England. This isn’t fair and we want to change this. You'll be given posters for you to display in your local shops, community centres, libraries, supermarkets, pharmacies and doctors’ surgeries to help reach as many people as possible. The Heart of Scotland Appeal is backed by internationally acclaimed Scottish fashion designer, Christopher Kane, who's designed 4 unique badges. You can be sent a box of badges to sell to friends, family and colleagues for donations, as well as asking local shops if they will have a box of badges on their counter (that the organisation can then send out to them). Let’s get everyone wearing a Heart of Scotland badge.

Help us build up the pace in Scotland by sharing our badges and displaying posters across your local area; playing your part in the future of Scottish medical research and taking on heart disease. We can provide posters for you to display in your local shops, community centres, libraries, supermarkets, pharmacies and doctors surgeries to help us reach as many people as possible. Our Heart of Scotland Appeal is a fundraising campaign to raise and spend money in Scotland on vital medical research into the prevention, treatment and cure of heart disease. 41 people die every day in Scotland from cardiovascular disease and we know that the death rate form coronary heart disease is almost 50% higher than for the South East of England. This isn't fair and we want to change this. The Heart of Scotland Appeal is backed by internationally acclaimed Scottish fashion designer, Christopher Kane. Christopher has designed four unique badges to sell to friends, family and colleagues for donations, as well as asking local shops if they will have a box of badges on their counter (that we can send out to them). Join our network of volunteer Pace Makers and help us get everyone wearing a Heart of Scotland badge.

Becoming a volunteer walk leader with this group would require you to commit around an hour of your time each Wednesday morning, and to sometimes complete a small amount of preparation & paperwork for the walk. You would also have to attend a one day ‘Paths for All’ walk leader training course, if you have not done so already. Walk leader training courses are free, organised locally and equip attendees with all the skills necessary to be able to lead a health walk. 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. This is a well- established health walk group with varying abilities, so someone who is outgoing and chatty, as well patient and understanding, would be preferable for this role.

The vision for the CHSS Health Defence programme is to be the face of prevention; raising awareness of risk factors for our conditions and supporting behaviour change to modify risk factors. This work aligns closely to the Public Health Priorities for Scotland. The programme will deliver health checks; healthy lifestyle workshops. This role will support lifestyle change to reduce the risk of our conditions in local communities, particularly where there is a high prevalence of health inequalities and deprivation. Information about the role: Providing a safe, welcoming and supportive environment for service users Contact the service user on a regular basis to motivate and support lifestyle change Supporting and promoting health and wellbeing changes using a people-driven approach Celebrating service users success