The Bield is a Christian retreat and Conference Centre with an additional Barn gallery. It is open to people of all faiths or none and guests come for a day or longer, alone or in groups for rest and relaxation, reflection and retreat. As much produce as possible used in catering at the Bield is organic and homegrown. The volunteer will be part of a small team and help pick and process fruit and vegetables during the harvest season from July to the middle of November. The produce is used fresh and also for jams, chutneys, freezing and drying.

Helping to identify interesting topics around faith and belief to engage and attract participants. Helping to plan and advertise the event. Helping to run and manage the event on the evening. Welcoming guest ensuring everything is in place including room set up, speakers, food, evaluations forms and audio visual requirements.

The Perth Subud Centre operates in a listed villa facing the South Inch Park. It is in a peaceful setting and at the same time easy to get to. As it is in an old building, there are always things that need repairing and improving. We look for someone who is fit and creative in joinery and other handy craft things,likes to repair and fix things and is available once a week, at hours to suit themselves. We have a store for tools if necessary and previously had a retired joiner who loved to have a place to go to help out and to be valued. We can pay generous expenses.

Do you want to help people to deal with the challenges of work and life? The Business Connection (TBC) is a charity founded by 4 Christian businessmen to ‘encourage, equip and empower men and women working in the corporate business environment’. Although founded on Christian principles we support people of all faiths and none. We run fortnightly Tuesday breakfasts at the Holiday Inn Express, Chapel Street, Aberdeen giving folks a chance to meet informally to be encouraged & supported and signposted to appropriate help. We also run a monthly breakfast on the last Friday of the month at the Palm Court Hotel when we have a guest speaker. The topics are aimed at bringing useful content on wellbeing, personal development and practical guidance. In March 2019, TBC held its inaugural ‘Thrive’ conference in Aberdeen. This was to encourage those of a Christian faith in how they could thrive within the marketplace. With guest speakers from across the UK and the USA the excellent feedback received, both on content and quality of the conference, has led to plans being made for Thrive 2020 not only in Aberdeen but also expanding to Edinburgh. Exciting times! Jim Grimmer, co-founder & managing trustee cut back from full-time work in 2015 to dedicate 2 days a week, on a voluntary basis, to the development of TBC. TBC has now grown to some 300 individuals on the events mailing list and has become known for its work across the UK. Jim is also founder of a social enterprise P3 Business Care bringing personal & proactive care to employees in business in partnership with their employer and with his team, is visiting businesses on a weekly basis across the UK so no longer has the capacity to manage TBC. The opportunity of Volunteer Operations Manager of TBC has fantastic potential. Currently the fortnightly breakfasts takes place in the City centre however there is an opportunity to expand the breakfasts to multiple locations across the city on different days. There is also work to be done in developing our relationships with the local church ideally identifying a TBC focal point from the business community within each church and creating a network of TBC contacts. For more information please contact Jim Grimmer, Managing Trustee at E Mail: jim.grimmer@thebusinessconnection.org or tel.: 07449336606. Details also available at www.thebusinessconnection.org

Are you interested in helping at our concerts and arts events? Do you like music and being in a busy environment? If so, Greyfriars might be the place for you! As an Event Steward, you will greet members of the audience for events. You might pass them a programme and show them to their seats. During the performance, you will sit by a fire exit and ensure audience members are escorted out in an orderly fashion in the unlikely event of an emergency.

The Bield is a Christian retreat centre, which welcomes people & groups from all walks of life and faiths. The gardens are part of the welcome and beauty and the vegetable patch supplies the kitchen with organic produce. A full-time gardener Monica, is responsible for the management of the garden.

The estate employs 2 fulll-time grounds staff who are assisted by 2 volunteers. The main job for the volunteers is maintaining the lawns and tidying the grounds. This involves lawn mowing in the walled garden and around the main house. In the autumn there is the clearing of leaves from paths and areas open to members of the public. In winter helping with the snow clearance and on wet days preparing firewood and kindling for the many wood burning stoves. Helping clen out the chicken shed and collecting eggs. Keeping the garden furniture clean and dry. You get a good introduction to general estate and gardens work and in the past we have filled vacancies from our volunteer pool. The estate is the home of the Bield Retreat Centre and is very well maintained. The quality of your work will often be admired and commented on by the many visitors.

Aberdeen Multicultural Centre is currently recruiting volunteer(s) to assist with general office administration. A great opportunity to assist and use/enhance/develop skills. All help is greatly appreciated. For further details please contact: Ahashan Habib, Centre Manager at E Mail: a.habib@abmc.org.uk or tel.: 01224 977424.

The volunteers will be joining an already established group of volunteeres to run a cafe in the church hall. The cafe creates a social environment for many senior citizens and young mums to meet. Main duties include: Clearing Tables Waiting on Tables Clearing/Tidying up Cafe and Kitchen Area once the cafe has closed THE CAFE IS CLOSED OVER THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS Barrhead United Reform Church community café will be closing for its usual summer break on Friday the 27th of June

The Oxford Institute of British Islam (OIBI), Scottish Office in King Street, Aberdeen have exciting volunteer opportunities for people to assist as Admin / Accounts Volunteer(s). Duties include general admin and office duties. Data Entry Training on software systems. Accounts payable/receivable. Telephone answering. This also includes any other duties appropriate to your skills and experience which may be identified. To provide administrative support to the Director and office. Training is provided where people do not have the required skills. This is a great opportunity to help and develop key skills and experience at the same time. All assistance is greatly appreciated. For further details please contact Paigham Mustafa, Director / Founding Trustee at E Mail: xeitre@hotmail.co.uk or Tel.: 01224 635616 *(shared office number with Bergen).