As Part Of The Angus Council / Scottish Government Get Into Summer Programme , We Are Looking For Additional Volunteers During The Angus School Holidays (Summer 2023) Friockheim Park Community Volunteers Are Offering Different Sessions Including: Woodland Walks Stay & Play Litter Picking & Environmental Information Sessions At All These Sessions We Will Be Providing Hot/Cold Drinks & Basic Refreshments To Both Children & Adults. You Will Be Part Of A Team Of Volunteers Running Each Session Which Will Be Held On A Variety Of Days Throughout The Holidays, An Enhanced PVG Will Be Required For This Role. Please See Below Sections With More Information. We Look Forward To Hearing From You Soon.

There are SSAFA branches throughout the UK and overseas, each delivering support to serving personnel, veterans, and their families. Every branch has a team of volunteers who make this possible. The Administrator Coordinator is a key member of the team, ensuring the smooth running of the branch and supporting day to day operations. This role is at the heart of the branch, overseeing the group inbox, organising meetings, and liaising with volunteers and external stakeholders. Do you enjoy multi-tasking and coordinating events? Is attention to detail one of your strengths? If so, we’d love to hear from you. You don’t need an Armed Forces background, just good organisation and IT skills.

Speyside Children’s Arts Festival is a one-day event filled with fantastic, creative activities for the whole family to take part in. There will be art, crafts, drumming, dance, singing and storytelling; young and old can even have a go at circus skills or try out flying on a trapeze! The festival is organised by a group of local mums who felt that it would be great to bring this kind of event to Speyside so that all the families here wouldn’t have to travel so far to take part in things. It’s completely free and the day will be held in the grounds of Aberlour House, AB38 9LD We are looking for volunteers to make this ambitious day happen - can you come and help us? Duties range from site set up, putting up tents and gazebos, decorating the site, checking attendees in, registering people for bookable sessions, directing people to activities, assisting with creative activities, car park stewarding, directing traffic, litter picking, packing down at the end of the day, taking down tents and gazebos, packing away and site clean up.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to work as part of a team with the Agape Family Support Worker to provide a Sensory Play Group for children aged 0-3 years and parents/caregivers in the community. We hold Sensory Play Group Sessions everyday from Monday to Friday within Agape Sensory Hub. You will help to prepare and set up sensory-based activities and tidy at the end of the Sensory Play Group session. You will offer a welcoming reception to children and parents/caregivers and assist with leading the Sensory Play Group by supporting participation during the session and helping to watch over the children's safety. You will also carry out administrative tasks including recording sign-in and debrief notes for the Sensory Play Group. The Sensory Hub space is specially designed to allow parents/caregivers to ‘play’ alongside their children. Using senses to enjoy the world around them. This will improve health, wellbeing and attachment for all members of the family.

Charity Trusteeships can be incredibly rewarding as well as supporting personal and professional development. Along with your fellow Trustees and the Director of the organisation, you will set the long-term strategic direction of HSGNNL and provide advice and guidance to the other Trustees and the Senior Management Team in your specialist field where applicable. The Trustees ensure that performance is monitored and managed through internal controls and delegation and approve key strategies and policies to allow the organisation to achieve its objectives. The Board of Trustees currently meets either online or in person every 6 weeks (early evening), although this is currently being reviewed. Trustees will also be asked to support sub-groups as required. The initial appointment is for a 3-year term with the opportunity for reappointment. Role of a Trustee - General Our trustees play a vital role in making sure that HSGNNL achieves its core purpose. Whilst all involved in the work of HSGNNL, including staff, volunteers, and trustees, have a shared vision and passion of supporting families to be the best they can be, the Trustees have responsibility for the overall management and administration of the charity. They also ensure that HSGNNL has a clear strategy and that our work and goals are in line with our vision. Just as important, they support and challenge the Senior Management Team to enable HSGNNL to grow and thrive, and through this, achieve our mission. Trustees have a collective responsibility. This means that trustees always act as a group and not as individuals. Duties: • Support and provide advice on HSGNNL’s purpose, vision, goals and activities. • Provide challenge to the Director and Senior Management Team • Approve operational strategies and policies and monitor and evaluate their implementation. • Oversee HSGNNL’s financial plans and budgets and monitor and evaluate progress. • Ensure the effective and efficient administration of the organisation. • Ensure that key risks are being identified, monitored, and controlled effectively. • Review and approve HSGNNL’s financial statements. • Provide support and challenge to HSGNNL’s Director in the exercise of their delegated authority and affairs. • Keep abreast of changes in HSGNNL’s operating environment. • Contribute to regular reviews of HSGNNL’s own governance. Attend Board meetings, sub-group meetings and be adequately prepared to contribute to discussions. • Use independent judgment, acting legally and in good faith to promote and protect HSGNNL’s interests, to the exclusion of their own personal and/or any third-party interests. • Contribute to the broader promotion of HSGNNL’s objects, aims and reputation by applying your skills, expertise, knowledge, and contacts.

Could you help with delivering play, youth and community sessions locally in Moray and support the work of the Army Welfare Service? Volunteers are needed to help set up and tidy up before and after the sessions; help plan an evaluate the sessions and build professional, supportive relationships with children young people and families.

We are looking for welcoming and enthusiastic volunteer(s) to lead short health walks in Moray -- currently these gentle walks are based in Forres, Fochabers, Hopeman, Elgin, Cullen, Buckie, Lossiemouth, Dufftown, Rothes and Keith. It's sociable, relaxed, fun and flexible -- and there is great support for our volunteers. Becoming a volunteer walk leader requires you to commit around an hour or so of your time weekly (but there is room for flexible dates!) and to sometimes complete a small amount of preparation & paper work for the walk. Health walks encourage people who have not exercised for a while, find walking boring, or lack confidence to join a walking group because they think they will not be able to keep up. Walks are free, short, low intensity, safe and social and are usually followed by a cup of tea or coffee and a chat! Over the next year we plan to build upon our network of gentle exercise activities across the Moray region. To help us achieve this we are looking for friendly and supportive volunteers who enjoy walking, meeting new folk sharing the wide ranging health and well- being benefits of gentle physical activity. Volunteers all receive Paths for All Walk Leader training to give them the skills and confidence to lead walks in your community. You will be encouraged to join a Health Walk and chat to a Health Walk leader 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 local Health Walk co-ordinator, too

Responsible for recording and receiving any furniture, brick-a-brac and electrical equipment. Making sure it is stored safely and securely. Helping move stock from warehouse to shop floor.

*Home visiting volunteers Every day Home-Start Aberdeen is providing life-changing support to families across the city. Our local community network of trained volunteers helps families with young children when they need us most. Home-Start’s Home Visiting Volunteers work alongside families, offering compassionate and confidential support, tailored to what each family wants and needs. They undergo extensive training and are supported by our expert staff team. Most of our home visiting volunteers have some parenting experience; they understand that family life can be tough sometimes, which is why their support is so valuable to another family. *Our Home Visiting Volunteers: · Visit families weekly in their own homes · Offer friendship, emotional support and practical help and be a regular, reliable presence for families · Reassure families that bringing up children can be challenging and everybody needs help sometimes · Emphasise the positive aspects of family life · Draw on their own experience to help parents develop their skills, improve their confidence and build better lives for their children · Keep children at the centre of the support focusing on their wellbeing and safety and ensuring the best possible outcomes for them *We offer our Home Visiting Volunteers: · Excellent preparation for the role through our Volunteer Preparation training course · Regular and frequent support and supervision meetings, and ongoing help and advice, from a dedicated Volunteer Coordinator · Ongoing training and personal development opportunities · The opportunity to make new friends and build social networks · Involvement in a vital local service which is part of a national and global network Home visiting requires energy, commitment, reliability, creativity and a sense of humour. It can be exciting or challenging but above all it is extremely rewarding and worthwhile. For more information please email: admin@homestartaberdeen.org.uk or telephone: 01224 693 545.

We are a local charity in Aberdeen (Registered Charity SC049024). We raise vital funds for Orchard Brae school which is a school for children with multiple and complex additional support needs. More information is available at https://orchardbrae.aberdeen.sch.uk/parents/friends-of-orchard-brae/ and www.facebook.com/friendsoforchardbrae We are seeking a treasurer, a valuable part of the committee which is made up purely of volunteers. This is a great opportunity to enhance the education of children with disabilities. All help makes a real difference and is greatly appreciated. For more information please contact Lisa Simons (Chairperson) at email friendsoforchardbrae@mail.com or telephone 07708801886.