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The Retired and Senior Volunteer Programme (RSVP) encourages and supports people aged 55+ to volunteer in their local communities. We are currently looking for people who are interested in volunteering within primary schools, in the Stirling area.
In this role, you may support pupils with reading, writing, or arithmetic in small groups. Alternatively there are opportunities to support the teacher in the classroom environment during arts and crafts, music, drama or other activities.
The activities that you carry out are flexible and can be agreed between yourself and the school. Flexible volunteering hours is also available to suit your needs.
"Grandmentors" is an award winning inter-generational mentoring programme, matching volunteer mentors who have a range of life skills and experiences, with young people aged 16-26 who are care experienced or who have "adverse childhood experiences". Grandmentors has now launched in Midlothian in 2023, for the first time!
Our volunteer mentors help young people navigate the transition to independence into adulthood, by guiding them through life skills such as managing finances, accessing employment, education and training, and supporting their health and wellbeing.
This opportunity is for volunteers (normally aged 50+) who have life experience and skills to offer. However, if you are younger than 50 and feel you could offer valuable support, please do apply or contact us to discuss further.
It is important that you have good people skills, communication skills, patience, and can offer a regular commitment of a few hours per week (weekly or fortnightly). This role requires a PVG check which we will process for you after you apply to become a mentor.
We provide our volunteers with comprehensive induction training, all on-going support, volunteer expenses and lots of other great benefits including the chance to make a difference to a young adult in need.
Would you like to make a difference to New Scots families in your community?
Would you like to help tackle Child Poverty?
We have the right opportunity for you!
Volunteering Matters is now recruiting volunteer mentors to help build resilience and aspirations to move parents towards and enter employment. While our staff will be on hand to help you provide employability specific support to parents, your role as a mentor will be focused on developing additional skills and overcoming personal barriers to facilitate their entry into the job market. More specifically, you might be supporting your mentee with confidence building, public speaking, time management, social skills, proactiveness, future plans and aspirations, accessing further education courses or work placements, additional services or local groups. No previous experience or knowledge required, just a willingness to make a difference to families in your community.
We especially welcome applications from mentors that have direct or indirect lived experience of any of the mentioned barriers and struggles and feel ready to provide friendly guidance to someone who is on their employment journey.
You will be ideally a flexible, patient and reliable individual with strong people skills. Before you start, we will invite you to attend training, aimed at providing you with all the necessary tools and knowledge to carry out your mentoring role safely and knowingly.
You will also have multiple opportunities to meet with the mentor project worker in 1:1 meetings and go through any questions or doubts you may have before you start.
All across the UK our 450+ volunteers support older and/or disabled people at home to offer one to one support with their technology, whether that's a computer, laptop, smartphone or tablet.
Our volunteers will:
Troubleshoot technical issues
Offer impartial advice on technology.
Set up new tech and install hardware and software.
Show people how to use their tech at home eg shop online, send/receive emails and video calls with family/friends.
Make adaptations to support a disabled person's specific technology needs.
All across the UK our 450+ volunteers support older and/or disabled people at home to offer one to one support with their technology, whether that's a computer, laptop, smartphone or tablet.
Our volunteers will:
Troubleshoot technical issues
Offer impartial advice on technology.
Set up new tech and install hardware and software.
Show people how to use their tech at home eg shop online, send/receive emails and video calls with family/friends.
Make adaptations to support a disabled person's specific technology needs.
Mamacita Foundation is looking for dedicated volunteers who are fluent in foreign languages and English to assist our non-English speaking service users. Volunteers will provide translation services and tutoring to help individuals improve their English language skills and better integrate into the community.
Responsibilities:
Provide translation services for service users who do not speak English.
Assist with tutoring sessions to help individuals improve their English language skills.
Support service users in understanding important documents and communications.
Help facilitate communication between service users and staff or other volunteers.
Prepare and provide language learning materials and resources.
Encourage and motivate service users to practice and improve their English.
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Home-based volunteering, Suitable for groups
We are looking for dedicated and friendly volunteers to help welcome and assist service users at Mamacita Foundation events and services. Volunteers will provide support and information to immigrants and newcomers to Aberdeen, helping them settle and integrate into the community.
Responsibilities:
Greet and welcome service users at events and service locations.
Provide information and guidance on available services and resources.
Assist immigrants with settlement information, including housing, healthcare, and local amenities.
Support service users in completing necessary forms and applications.
Facilitate connections between service users and relevant support agencies.
Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of local resources and services.
Join Young Scot's #YSEquity Panel and have your say on our services, making them fairer and more accessible for everyone.
Project Information:
- 11-18 years old (inclusive)
- From April 2024 to March 2025
- Meeting every 6-8 weeks (a mix of online and in-person sessions)
- Anywhere in Scotland
- Travel costs covered
What’s the YSEquity Panel about?
Do you use your Young Scot National Entitlement Card to get on the bus, access the leisure centre or enjoy local discounts? Has it sometimes been tricky for you to get involved in things like school trips, sports clubs or art groups? Then this opportunity could be a great place to have your voice heard!
We want young people aged 11-18 on our YSEquity Panel to help us improve our Young Scot services so they meet the needs of young people, are accessible to everyone and help tackle stigma.
You’ll get the chance to share your experiences with education including any challenges you’ve faced being ready to learn and attending regularly. We’ll also try to offer you opportunities to meet decision makers in Scotland to share your thoughts on these topics too.
The Panel will look at things like:
- Young Scot National Entitlement Card
- Cost of the School Day
- Access to education
- Rewards
- Local Discounts
- Extra-curricular activities
- Information content and more…
We would love to hear from a wide range of young people right across Scotland – we’re particularly interested to hear from:
- young carers
- young people who live in a rural area
- care-experienced young people
- if you get or have had free school meals
Join our Adult Literacy & Numeracy (ALN) Team as a Volunteer Tutor Assistant. FREE training on offer from October 2024 which leads to an SQA Professional Development Award: Supporting Adult Literacies Learning (PDA SALL). This qualification is a minimum requirement for our volunteers and is the same SQA level as a Higher.
Training will be delivered over 7 weeks (one day per week) and candidates will be placed in ALN (Adult Literacy & Numeracy) groups for reflective practice assignments. There are 5 assignments in total. We will support you throughout this process.
Candidates can take up to around 6 months to complete the qualification (depending on their other commitments). Please see link below for more information.
https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/65433.html
Volunteers should:
• Commit to volunteering for 2 hours per week for a minimum of one year post qualification
• Be confident with their own literacy/numeracy and ICT skills
• Commit to attending at least 4 volunteer meetings per annum
In return we offer:
• Full support throughout the training and beyond with a named member of staff
• All travel expenses reimbursed
• PVG/Disclosure costs covered
• Training and continuous professional development available
VTO provides free tutor support to children and young people aged 8-18, to help tackle the poverty related attainment gap in Scotland. We work with young people from diverse backgrounds including, but not limited to, those who are care experienced, those who speak English as an additional language (EAL) or those faced with perceived barriers to learning. Our volunteers focus on developing a person-centred tutoring experience through relationship building to instil confidence and increase motivation and educational attainment. Volunteers from a range of diverse backgrounds and experiences are welcome.
What will I be doing?
• Working one to one with a young person who requires support with their learning online. You can choose to take part in our QuESTS programme (Qualifications for Every Student Through Tutor Support) which is a form of tutoring aimed at helping a young person achieve a qualification (a member of our team will discuss the different opportunities available upon application)
• Relationship building and mentoring
• Monitoring and recording progress of learning and keeping in contact with your assigned VTO Learning
Communities Coordinator.
• Supporting learning in English and/or Maths and potentially other subjects, dependant on experience and pupil need
• Sourcing and creating engaging ways to support pupils’ skills and learning.
• You can ask to work with more than one pupil if you have the time available.
• We ask for a minimum commitment of 6 months from being matched with a young person and ideally until the end of the academic year.
Support
Volunteer induction training is delivered in a dynamic and interactive online session and a timetable of additional (optional) training is made available throughout the year focussing on topics such as dyslexia, Autism, Care Experience and EAL.
You will be allocated a VTO Learning Communities Coordinator to support you whilst volunteering.
You will have full access to our online tutor forum where tutors share ideas on how to get the best of their tutoring experience.
Benefits & Perks
Satisfaction of giving something back and helping to reduce the attainment gap.
Develop new skills.
Gain experience in the areas of teaching, tutoring experience working with children and young people.
Enhanced personal statement and/or CV and a volunteer reference is available to you after 6 months of volunteering with us.
Skills Required
You don't need any formal teaching or tutoring experience to become a tutor, just a desire to support young people to reach their full potential.
Our focus is supporting young people with the core subjects of English and Maths, if you have skills in either of these areas, we would love to hear from you.
We work with children and young people who face barriers to their education and so we are looking for tutors who are creative, enthusiastic, understanding, and resilient.
Volunteers must be aged 18+
Travel Information
For online tutoring, you can take part from anywhere. To tutor online, you will need access to a PC, Laptop, iPad or tablet with a microphone and camera, and access to Google Chrome. A stable internet connection is also essential.
Next Steps
Visit our website to sign up VTOScotland.org/register. If you would like more information or have further questions please contact us on 0141 946 6498 or admin@VTOScotland.org and a member of our friendly team will be happy to assist you.
You can also find out more about VTO as well as our impact by having a look at our short films https://www.vtoscotland.org/news/ or by having a look at our social media linked below.