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Check out the range of opportunities currently available.
Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland
Ongoing
From stunning boutiques full of designer gems to volume stores where you can grab a bargain, our charity shops are much-loved across Scotland.We are looking for friendly volunteers to help our shop management team assist customers and donors, and ensure the shop is tidy and well stocked.Whether you have a passion for customer service and pre-loved fashion, or you would prefer to be behind the scenes in our stockroom, your help could make a difference to people in Scotland who are isolated, scared, or anxious about their condition.
We are looking for someone to help our shop management team assist customers and donors and ensure the shop is tidy and well stocked.
Expenses Reasonable out-of-pocket expenses will be reimbursed. These should be discussed with your Line Manager prior to outlay and must be submitted within the prescribed guidelines as detailed in the CHSS Volunteer Expenses Policy. Safeguarding In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a basic disclosure check. Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland are committed to equality of opportunity, and we aim to ensure no volunteer is unfairly treated on the grounds of an offending background.
Quarriers North West Glasgow Carers Centre
A Volunteer Peer Mentor plays a vital role in supporting individuals through guidance, encouragement, and shared experiences. This position is designed for those who are passionate about helping others, fostering personal growth, and building a sense of community. Peer mentors act as role models, offering practical advice and emotional support to their mentees.
Provide Guidance and Support:
Foster a Positive Environment:
Encourage Personal Development:
Facilitate Group Activities:
Maintain Confidentiality:
Collaborate with Colleagues:
Re-engage
26 May 2026 - 25 May 2027
Build experience and gain skills that will last a lifetime with our voluntary Research 100 programme. We’re passionate about investing in our volunteers and members of our Research 100 programme will benefit from 1:1 mentoring, all while helping us towards our mission of ending social isolation and loneliness for people aged 75 and over.
What does the Research 100 programme offer?
Our 12-month programme is hosted by our policy, research and consultancy (PRC) team; however programme participants will have the opportunity to connect and work with a wide range of departments within the charity. The Research 100 programme is fully remote and accommodates flexible working. The programme requires students to complete 100 hours of voluntary activities across a 12-month period. These hours can be fitted around your other commitments and can include evening and weekends.
The user researcher activities provide you with invaluable insights and the opportunity to develop skills within a supportive environment. Our programme placements work on a variety of projects, ranging from conducting user research calls to user research input.
This role involves:
As a Research 100 volunteer, you’ll support our evaluation work by speaking to older people and other volunteers over the telephone, conducting questionnaires and interviews to help us understand the impact of our services.
Conducting surveys and interviews
Evaluation and wellbeing surveys - In these calls you’ll be asking older people about their experience of Re-engage, as well as about their general wellbeing, feelings, and relationships.
Advisory group calls - Re-engage has an older people’s advisory group with around 50 members and consults with them four times a year. We send members information on each consultation topic before you call to ask for their opinions and feedback. Previous topics have included: cost of living, climate change, smartphones and ageism, as well as Re-engage services.
Ad hoc surveys and interviews - We conduct various projects throughout the year; on these calls you could be asking people about a range of topics.
Data entry
We’ll occasionally send our older people surveys to complete on paper. These can then be scanned and shared with you in PDF format, for you to enter online ready for analysis.
Written research tasks
You will have the opportunity to complete tasks such as literature reviews which will inform and contribute to our research work at Re-engage.
Work experience
If desired, as part of the programme, you may be given the opportunity to complete work experience within the charity. This could be within one of the following teams: communications and marketing, service delivery, engagement, fundraising.
Who can apply?
Our programme is open to students aged 18 and over.
What happens at the end of the programme?
At the end of your programme, you will receive a Research 100 certificate and (if needed) a reference from Re-engage. You will also be encouraged to apply for any permanent positions, if suitable ones are available and/or to become a permanent member of our impact volunteers' team.
The deadline for submission of an application is Sunday 26th April 2026.
Interviews will be held between 9:00am – 5pm on Tuesday 12th May 2026.
Closing date for applications is 26 Apr.
Guide Dogs Scotland
We are Guide Dogs and we’re here to help people with sight loss live the life they choose. Our ambition is a future where every person with sight loss has the confidence and support they need to live their lives to the full.It costs £58,000 to support one single guide dog throughout it's life, so without our amazing fundraisers raising money for us, we wouldn't be able to provide our life changing services! As a Collection Box Coordinator, you'll be responsible for placing and collecting our iconic Guide Dogs collection boxes around local venues and businesses. Collection boxes raise a huge amount of income for us so it's a really important role.This is a great role for anyone who has never volunteered before as you don't require any prior knowledge or experience. You'll be able to learn new skills while giving back to the community and making new friends! You'll learn a lot about visual impairments too which is important knowledge you'll have for the rest of your life. It's also a great role for students as the time commitment required is flexible and the role can easily be incorporated into your daily life. “You don’t have to give loads and loads of time, you can give whatever time you can give and we'll still be really grateful" - Guide Dogs student volunteer and guide dog owner
What does the role involve?
Placing our iconic dog-shaped collection boxes in local venues, shops and businesses and counting up the funds every few months before paying them in to Guide Dogs.
Key responsibilities:
Literacy Pirates
As a Volunteer Crewmate, your role is to join our online sessions and help children practise their reading and writing in small groups.
We take children on voyages as readers and writers. Volunteer with us to join the adventure!
Who are Literacy Pirates?
Through our term-long after-school programmes, we develop the literacy, confidence and perseverance of children aged 9-13 who are falling behind in school and have fewer opportunities in their personal lives, so that they can succeed at school and beyond.
Children join us on our Virtual Ship once a week to practise their reading and writing. By welcoming them into our joyful spaces, publishing their work in the real world, and celebrating everything they do, we develop their literacy, confidence and perseverance.
What does a Volunteer do?
As a Volunteer Crewmate, your role is to join our online sessions and help children practise their reading and writing in small groups by providing constant encouragement, positivity and celebration of their achievements.
Sessions are led and managed by staff, which means your time is solely focused on supporting the children in breakout rooms.
You will:
We offer:
What are we looking for?
We ask volunteers to give just four afternoons per school term, although you are welcome to volunteer as frequently as you like!
Sessions run every weekday during term time from 3:45 to 6:15 p.m. and you will have the flexibility to select which sessions you would like to attend. Please note, we do not run sessions during half terms or the Christmas, Easter and Summer holidays.
No experience is required to become a volunteer – just a desire to help children develop their reading and writing skills! Full training is provided.
All we ask is that you:
Apply via our website and start your training! https://literacypirates.org/volunteer/.
If you have any questions or wish to discuss completing your work placement with us, please email volunteering@literacypirates.org.
Glasgow Life
Glasgow Libraries offer a network of free coding clubs where children and young people can learn how to be creative with code, while having fun and making new friends (For ages 7 – 17). Our clubs are part of the CoderDojo network which runs clubs around the world.
Mentoring at CoderDojo is a really exciting opportunity to inspire the next generation of digital makers by helping them learn to code in a fun and sociable environment. Dojos are supported by Library staff with Volunteer Mentors providing the technical know-how and skills. Sessions are 1-2 hours, frequency varies from weekly to monthly.
Young coders start off by following simple instructions on how to make games and animations with Scratch, a block-based programming language developed specially for children and beginners. As they progress they move on to making web pages and programming in Python and other real-world languages. Help is always on hand from specially trained library staff and volunteer tech mentors. Computer equipment is available at all our library CoderDojos.
Basic knowledge and interest in coding, no academic qualifications required. Experience with any of the following are desirable but not essential for this role. - Scratch - Hour of Code - micro:bit - Python - - Makecode Arcade - Aframe -Games design/programming - Blender - Cyber Security
**Please note PVG membership will be required for this role, Glasgow Life will process and pay for this. More details will be shared at interview. ** ***Please note this opportunity requires two references, when you select APPLY you will be asked to enter the name and email addresses for two referees. ***
You can read more about the sessions and our recent news at: https://libcat.csglasgow.org/web/arena/coderdojo-clubs
From 28 Jan 2026
We are Guide Dogs and we’re here to help people with sight loss live the life they choose. Our ambition is a future where every person with sight loss has the confidence and support they need to live their lives to the full.It costs £58,000 to support one single guide dog throughout it's life, so without our amazing Fundraisers raising money for us, we wouldn't be able to provide our life changing services! As a fundraiser you'll be working with a group of other volunteers to organise events in your local area to help raise money and awareness for Guide Dogs! We have a large fundraising group in Glasgow with about 20 guide dogs and puppies in training who are part of the group, so this is a great volunteering role if you like dogs! This is a great role for anyone who has never volunteered before as you don't require any prior knowledge or experience. You'll be able to learn new skills while giving back to the community and making new friends! You'll learn a lot about visual impairments too which is important knowledge you'll have for the rest of your life. “One thing that I absolutely love about volunteering for Guide Dogs is that you feel part of a family, you make lots of friends and you feel like you are all part of the Guide Dogs family and it’s just wonderful.” - Guide Dogs student volunteer
Assisting your local fundraising group in organising, promoting and taking part in a variety of activities to raise money for Guide Dogs. Without our amazing Fundraisers raising money for us, we wouldn't be able to provide our life changing services!
Main responsibilities:
Simon Community Scotland
StreetCycles is a mobile project that helps us reach people in and around the city centre – an extension of our Street Team but on two wheels. Our e-Bikes can carry sleeping bags, basic first aid provisions and other essentials to offer people such as bottles of water, underwear, socks, sleeping bags and Period Friendly products.
You'll act as an ambassador for Simon Community Scotland. This will crucially involve cycling in accordance with the laws of the road and acting in a responsible, professional manner at all times.
You must have a reasonable level of fitness to carry out a shift where you're cycling for several hours at a time, over a variety of terrain and in changeable weather.
MerryGo Round
Become a Volunteer with Our Online Sales Team!
Are you looking for a way to make a difference in your community? Join our Online Sales Team at Merry-Go-Round and help us give pre-loved children’s items a second life! As an Online Sales Volunteer, you’ll be a key part of our mission, assisting with everything from photographing and listing donated items to packing and shipping orders. You’ll also play a role in keeping our stock room organised and ready for action. We’re looking for motivated, reliable, and friendly individuals who are eager to learn and contribute to a meaningful cause. Whether you’re experienced or new to volunteering, we offer training, support, and the opportunity to develop new skills. Plus, you’ll be making a tangible impact by helping local families save money, access essential items, and reduce waste. At Merry-Go-Round, we’re a social enterprise and charity dedicated to supporting local families in Glasgow. Through our shop, online shop and Carousel Programme, we provide affordable, high-quality children’s goods and free items to families in need. Your efforts will help ensure that these vital resources reach those who need them most. What’s in it for you?
Time Commitment: A minimum of 3-6 hours per week. By joining our team, you’ll be a part of a vibrant community that’s not only helping families but also working towards a more sustainable future. If you're ready to make a positive change while having fun, we’d love to have you on board! If you are interested please click the ‘Apply’ button (available when logged in and registered). You will then soon be contacted by the coordinator to arrange next steps!
Super Power Agency
We are seeking writing mentors to help young people tell their stories!We work with young people (8-18) during school time to boost their confidence through creative writing. Our volunteers work with a small group of learners in the classroom, supporting them in their writing process. You do not have to be a writer to become a mentor, just lots of enthusiasm, patience and passion!We need your help to work directly with young people by providing individualised writing support during workshops that take place during class time. You don’t need experience as a writer, all you need to do is listen, be willing to talk, ask and answer questions, and be a positive presence. Volunteers are needed when workshops take place. You don’t have to be a writer to be one of our writing mentors – you give young people superpowers through encouragement and enthusiasm. We won’t make you wear a cape, but you will definitely feel like a superhero.Our workshops run during school hours throughout Monday–Friday and each shift is around 1 and 2 hours.We ask for a commitment of 8 workshops per year
Founded in 2016, The Super Power Agency aims to improve the lives and literacy rates of some of Edinburgh's most under-resourced young people. Through a range of writing workshops, interdisciplinary creative programmes and the help of community volunteers, we aim to empower children and young people (8-18 years) through literacy. We are currently working with Leith Academy, with plans to expand to other schools and youth-serving organisations in Edinburgh and beyond.
Closing date for applications is 28 Aug.