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Our vision

Young people from all backgrounds across Scotland are empowered to become active citizens, taking the lead in tackling the climate emergency and advocating for a just transition in their communities, their workplaces and in political spaces.

What We Do 

Since 2014, 2050 Climate Group has been working to empower Scotland’s Young Leaders to lead action on tackling our climate crisis.

We believe today’s young people are crucial to building a fairer, more sustainable future. We are instilling a sense of responsibility in Scotland’s future leaders, equipping them with the skills and knowledge that they require to collectively lead Scotland in the transition to a just and sustainable society.

Our Areas of Focus

Skills and Understanding- We equip young people with the skills and understanding they need to grow and to become leaders

Community- We’re building a community of young people supporting each other to make a difference

Voice- We empower young people to find and use their voice in order to influence policy and to help shape the climate conversation

How We Work

We are a youth-led and volunteer-driven organisation with a team of over 50 volunteers based across Scotland
Our committed Board of Trustees focuses on the strategic aims of our charity while developing new, exciting opportunities with partners in Scotland and abroad. Our amazing Operational Volunteers are responsible for developing and delivering our core work. Our dedicated Staff Team are responsible for the day-to-day running of 2050 Climate Group. 

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is important to us.
Climate Leaders come from all backgrounds, all walks of life and have different lived experiences. We want everyone to feel welcomed, supported and represented as we work together to create a just and sustainable society. We know there are barriers to participating in climate action and we are working together to dismantle them. We will keep learning, reflecting and challenging ourselves along the way.

Website: https://www.2050.scot/

This is AIESEC

 Find your true potential

Our intense, team-based experiences will provide you with personal and professional skills in an environment that empowers you to grow.

 Gain life-long connections

By joining AIESEC, you become one of the 40,000+ members across the world. Connect with like-minded young people who are as passionate about global issues as you are.

 Make your impact in the world

As an AIESEC member, your actions directly impact the people around you. From your teammates to driving change in your communities, the opportunities to shape the world are endless and entirely up to you.

Developing young leaders

We believe that youth are the key to shaping a better future. You'll have the chance to develop these leadership qualities through volunteering for an AIESEC team locally.

Develop Practical Skills:

Through the different AIESEC roles and practical experiences that members take on in the organisation, thousands of young people are developing the skills necessary to lead the future. By joining AIESEC, members are able to gain practical skills in fields such as sales and marketing, allowing them to develop professionally and gain the relevant experience that they need in order to succeed in their future careers. AIESEC is unique in the way in which young people learn by doing, being the perfect organisation to compliment their studies.

Experience Personal Growth:

AIESEC is a space where young people are allowed to try, fail and succeed. The youth is encouraged to experiment, innovate, and find themselves and their passions along the way. Through challenges, our members are able to grow and develop. As a youth-led organisation, AIESEC wants to unleash the potential young people have through practical experiences that allow them to experience personal growth like no other organisation or educational experience.

Our routine

The role

• Become an expert consultant for one of our exchange programmes and help your fellow students to go abroad on a life-changing experience!
• Ensure a quality customer experience by managing and supporting young people for the duration of their programme
• Build your global network and foster partnerships with AIESECers from all around the globe

Meetings

• Meet every week with the rest of your team to talk strategy, get training & support on how to achieve your goals, and have fun!
• Receive guidance on how to create and track Personal Development Plan through one-to-one meetings with your Team Leader
• Relax during our bi-weekly socials!
• Attend team and committee fun days for quizzes, movies, paintballing and many more

Learning

• Get access to all our training materials through our Online Resource Hub and attending National Conferences.
• Benefit from alumni, external speakers and the leadership body's workshops to learn new skills
• Get the chance to host sessions yourself!

Conferences (watch the video embedded below)

• Attend national conferences and meet all the members of AIESEC UK
• Enhance your skill development with sessions from external speakers such as Deloitte, JDI and more

Taking the leap

• Step-up to one of our leadership positions and lead a team locally, nationally and even internationally.

Watch one of us take the leap: Chester, 23, President of AIESEC UK 20.21 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5b_Gt77IF8

MAXIS Conference 2021: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aZuMsbO9MFcaZYyme2K32WVGYWWjSPu9/view?usp=sharing

This could be you, join us now!

TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT US:

Head to our website: https://www.joinaiesec.co.uk

APPLY TO BE A MEMBER HERE: https://podio.com/webforms/27869993/2181273

Deadline: 28th September 2022

ApparelXchange is a Glasgow based social enterprise dedicated to school uniform and school aged childrens' clothes for re-use and recycling.

We work in partnership with schools and communities across Glasgow to develop services that collect, sort, clean, repair, sell and re-distribute school uniform.

Parent's purses, environmental & social impact.

School uniforms are a costly part of school life, financially and environmentally. We want to find clever ways to reduce these costs, whilst ensuring all kids have access to quality school uniforms. Kids grow so fast, which can become really expensive when keeping them in clothes, shoes, jackets and the rest We sell high quality new & lightly used uniform that's cheaper than chainstores, making eco an affordable choice!

We also give FREE clothing parcels to families in need. Parcels given through referal from schools and social work departments.

Purchasing NEW uniforms demands a high price to the earth's natural resources. Water, air and soil pollution makes clothing manufacturing the biggest polluter second only to the oil industry. Our clothing can travel thousands of miles to get to UK stores. At ApparelXchange we aim to reduce this high environmental cost through reusing uniforms locally and create greater understanding of this high price through our partnership working in schools.

Bipolar Scotland is Scotland's only charity who specialise in supporting those who live with Bipolar Disorder as well as their families and friends. 

We do this through various means of support, these include;

• Offering Support groups for people living with bipolar
• Self Management training- teaching techniques for those to successfully manage their illness
• One-to-one peer support for anyone who lives with bipolar and provides up to 12 meetings with a Peer Worker or Peer Volunteer.
• We have newly launched our 'Beyond Diagnosis' service which gives those who have just recently been diagnosed advice on understanding what living with bipolar means for them.

We are always looking for volunteers to help with our bucket collections throughout Scotland.

Volunteering for our fundraising team is a fun and exciting way to support Bipolar Scotland by raising funds. We want to build our presence in local communities and continue to host community events and bucket collections all over the country.

In return you will make new friends, gain skills and build your confidence while letting you play a key role in your community. It can also improve your career prospects and adds invaluable volunteering experience to your cv.

What you’ll do

• Support us during organised bucket collections at supermarkets, shopping centres, train stations and football grounds.
• Be happy to talk to passers-by encouraging them to donate.
• Work with our enthusiastic fundraising team, including staff and volunteers.
• Don’t get easily offended or put off by rejection.
• Count and bank money ( PVG checked Volunteers)
• Volunteer on an ad hoc basis, chose from a variety of locations, dates and times that suit you, no weekly commitment required.

What we are looking for.

• Enthusiasm for our cause
• Committed and reliable individuals
• Good communication skills and the ability to interact.
• Smart appearance
• Polite and friendly manner
• Ability to work with others

We’re one of the largest homelessness and care transition organisation in Scotland and we focus on supporting amazing people and families with a lot of complex issues going on in their lives. Our Foundations are Love and Hope and our Mission is To Empower People to Thrive, so we aim to be a Springboard to Success not a Safety Net in Crisis.

What we do, we do with and out of love. We appreciate each person’s own circumstances, their journey and the future they want to make for themselves.

Hope is the thing that helps you keep going; without it we have nothing. 

CEASE is a rallying place for survivors, activists, the curious, the hopeful, the discontent and all who want to see an end to sexual exploitation in the UK. 

We are a national human rights charity whose mission is to expose and dismantle the cultural and commercial forces driving all forms of sexual exploitation in Britain. We see the links between child sexual exploitation, sex trafficking, pornography and prostitution, and work alongside survivors and frontline organisations to end sexual exploitation in the UK by lobbying the Government, campaigning and more.

Charity Concierge is a social enterprise for festival lovers everywhere. Each year, we take hundreds of enthusiastic volunteers to the UK and Ireland's best music festival, including Download, Latitude, Camp Bestival, and Electric Picnic. But Charity Concierges won't spend long shifts stewarding in a field. They work at the heart of the festival to bring festival-goers the services they love. Depending on the festival, Charity Concierges will volunteer on:

• The Charity Concierge buggy service. Working as either a buggy driver or taxi ground crew member, volunteers will make sure festival-goers can hitch a lift from point A to point B and get where they need to go a little easier. At some festivals, we run the buggy service exclusively for the access campsite to make sure everyone can enjoy the festival as much as possible.

• The Charity Concierge fast-track drinks service. The nomads of the arena, our general services volunteers will take drinks orders from festival-goers, collect them using our fast-track lane at the bar, and deliver them to their customers. It's the service we've all wanted at a festival - to get more drinks and be able to keep your spot in the crowd - and our volunteers are the heroes that deliver it.

• Tent pitching. A smaller part of the volunteer role, but just as vital. Charity Concierges (provided with a little bit of training) will jump in to rescue festival-goers tied up in a tent pretzel (or the grips of desperation). 

In addition to a free ticket to the festival, Charity Concierge offer their volunteers plenty of time off to enjoy themselves with their mates. And the best part? All of the donations earned through the hard work of our volunteers go directly to Child.org, an innovative international development charity pioneering novel global health initiatives and working with mums and children in Kenya and Sierra Leone to improve the health of children in places it's most needed.

We recruit and train volunteers so they can get involved by working alongside us on our various projects. It is a great opportunity that develops skills and improves employability.

We create and run projects which address the needs of minority groups. These intiatives help us reach out to the people within the community.

We conduct research into issues which affect people’s access to services, rights, or opportunities, particularly action research with researchers from the community.

We aim to create an educational legacy from COP26, we aim to support businesses in their transition to green, circular and sustainable practices, and we aim to forge a community within the Glasgow City Region that reflects innovation, passion and inculsion for all who live and work here.  Our activities give young people a voice, and create pathways into the job roles of the future. We support underserved communities and bridge gaps in knowledge and accessibility through a legacy of strong partnerships built between businesses, academia, government and individuals. We are based within Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, supported by Scottish Government and have links to every secondary school in the Glasgow City Region.

Since we established in 2007 we have rapidly grown to 10 full-time staff supported by 400+ volunteers based in both Kenya and the UK. By the end of 2019, we had built taps which are now serving over 32,000 people at any one time, constructed toilets which are now serving over 18,000 people at any one time and delivered hygiene and menstrual health training which will benefit over 121,000 people.

Our continued mission now is to support and build the capacity of the County Government to create and improve sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene services for the next generation.

One of our primary fundraising avenues to raise the funds to support this work is through our not for profit Dig Deep Challenges. Established in 2012, Dig Deep Challenges has organised and run numerous international challenges such as climbing Mount Kilimanjaro for over 1200 fundraisers so far providing not only an incredible life-changing experience for these individuals but raised approximately £1.5million to support Dig Deep's charitable objectives over this period.

The Dig Deep Family continues to grow year on year and we always welcome the support of new volunteers looking to contribute their drop to create those ever-expanding ripples of change.

Eye Heroes is the UK’s first child-led campaign to fight avoidable blindness. Children are trained through volunteer-led interactive workshops in schools and after school clubs to become eye health champions, and inform people in their communities about eye health and the benefits of regular eye tests.

The workshops are run for free by local volunteers, marrying the science of eye health with the pressing need to raise awareness in a fun and memorable way. Eye Heroes workshops are currently aimed at children aged 8-12 and include games, videos, role play and more.

Children are uniquely placed in society with the ability to overcome barriers such as language, problems with mobility, perceived costs associated with eye tests , anxiety and the stigma that can be attached to sight loss. Harnessing this potential to spread powerful messages within diverse communities, Eye Heroes trains children to inform hard-to-reach individuals who are often at greater risk of avoidable sight loss.

Eye Heroes workshops are now running in schools across the UK.

Girlguiding Glasgow supports over 2500 young members across the city to grow in confidence, be amibtious, have fun and be a powerful force for good.

Glasgow Film Festival 28 February – 10 March 2024
2024 will be the 20th edition of GFF!

Launched in 2005, Glasgow Film Festival is now one of the biggest events in the UK with audience numbers in excess of 42,000 and a well-respected programme of World, European and UK premieres. Each year we welcome a host of guests to the festival, which have included Richard Gere, Lynne Ramsay, Emily Watson, Jack O’Connell, Simon Pegg, Don Letts, David Tennant, Karen Gillan, Jessie Buckley, Ben Wheatley and many others.

Our approach is 'up close and personal' where audiences and creative industry practitioners get the opportunity to meet filmmakers from around the world. We are passionate about cross sector collaborations and partnerships and our unique ‘pop-up cinema’ events are a model of innovative programming.
Our Industry programme is at the heart of the festival, creating a bustling hub of activity for emerging and developing screen practitioners. This is where we forge connections, share fresh new thinking and nurture diverse filmmakers of tomorrow.
As well as Glasgow Film Theatre on Rose Street, during festival time we use other venues across the city to deliver our many screenings and events.

And none of this could happen without you!
We rely on friendly faces to generate a welcoming atmosphere in our venues and at our events and parties. Whether you’re a film buff with free time on your hands, someone keen to gain experience, or are simply looking to get out and meet new people – there are many reasons to get involved.

There are several different volunteer roles available. If you are interested in applying, please read through the Volunteer Application Pack available here. In order to be considered for volunteering you will need to submit your application by Monday 8 January at 6pm using the application form available here.

If you have any questions about volunteering at Glasgow Film Festival 2024 please email festivalvolunteer@glasgowfilm.org.

Do you like riding bikes? Would you like to help others ride bikes and learn to get the most out of them? If yes then we have the perfect opportunity for you!

Glasgow Riderz SCIO is a Youth Cycling club for riders aged 6-18. The activities are run in a safe off-road environment by qualified British Cycling coaches and vary from core skills to track cycling, cyclo-cross and mountain biking.

We are based at Bellahouston Park and Cathkin Braes. Cycling activities take place in Bella Houston and in nearby Pollock Park. (Bellahouston has large open spaces and a cycle track, Pollock has mountain bike trails). We alternate locations, for blocks of several week, and use Cathkin Mountain Bike Trails for some blocks.

The club meets on a Saturday morning, 10.00-11.30, throughout the year weather permitting. There are also regular weeknight activities including BMX and Track.  For riders under 13 the cycling skills are in an off-road environment.

Riderz are always on the lookout for volunteers to help with club activities. We have several midweek and weekend sessions that run throughout the year. If there are any students or staff that are interested in cycling, we would welcome them to explore opportunities of volunteering with Riderz.

Riderz will cover training costs.

Should you require any additional information, or would like to discuss further, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Glasgow Students' Nightline is a member of the national Nightline Association. This ensures that our Nightline is operating according to best practice as decided on by the Nightline Association, mental health professionals, legal advisors, the Samaritans, and the Helplines Partnership.

Global Followership Conference Co-Founders:
Marc & Samantha Hurwitz:

Followership is personal to us because we used to be bad at it (Marc worse than Samantha, but it impacted both of us). At a crucial time in our corporate careers, the realization that followership was important, meaningful, and developable had a profound impact. Because of this, we had a burning design to grow awareness of followership and have people acknowledge and appreciate its equal importance and value to leadership. This is not only true for careers. We also realized that it is only when all of us recognize the equal value of followership that we can have truly egalitarian organizations, where “leaders” aren’t lauded, they are just fulfilling a (valuable) role, the same as everyone. And that everyone takes on a leading role and a following role from time to time.

Fast forward a decade later, after we attended too many leadership conferences where followership was an afterthought or even a never-thought.

After a number of attempts, we realized the only way to bring the message of followership as an equal partner to leadership was to create more space for the idea. So, we decided to create a followship-focused conference. It was a huge effort, but in 2019 we hosted the first Global Followership Conference to build and develop momentum.

Over 130 people attended and it truly was global! We had people attend from China, Australia, Brazil, the UK, Indonesia, and more. They were an inspiring mix of academics, practitioners, thought leaders, trainers, consultants, personal interest, students, and those new to the concept.

With an interruption imposed by COVID, our hope is that this conference will be a like a snowball that keeps gaining momentum, profile, and people from all over the world.

And, our ultimate hope is that one day a followership-focused conference won’t be necessary - that every conference and everyone sees that followership and leadership are equal parts of a partnership, and both influence each other. You aren’t leading is no one is following.

One of our services is our Family Support Service which supports families to build on existing strengths and experience as a parent to help overcome challenges they are facing and build resilience to face future challenges. 

We help with - Family routines, Parenting support, Groups to meet other parents and share information

Location: we have volunteering opportunities for students Scotland wide. 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. We are aiming to reach and support many more individuals over the next few years, from 200,000 people today, to 500,000 by 2023. We are keen to diversify our volunteers, and attract younger volunteers, such as as a student population. Volunteering for Guide Dogs is rewarding and will offer skill development to increase employability and add to your CV.

Home-Start Glasgow South offer a range of services, from baby massage to English tuition. Our core service relies on volunteers who, once trained, are paired with a family with at least one child under 8 and visit them in their home for 2-3 hours a week. The volunteers provide practical and/or emotional support dependent on the circumstances, which vary but can include challenges such as isolation, poor mental and/or physical health or lack of routine for the children.

Inclusive Homework Club (IHWC) was founded by a committee in May 2018 and officially registered as a Scottish Charity in June 2020.

IHWC's primary objective is to offer educational support to school aged children with a particular focus on the vulnerable groups of people in Glasgow area and provisions of adult courses. Furthermore, we aim to ensure every child in the club receives individualized learning support to reach their full potential.

IHWC is designed to assist students in not only completing their school assignments but also to provide supplementary educational opportunities after school hours covering subjects like English, Maths, and more.

In addition to supporting children academically, IHWC also helps adult members of its community acquire both language and computer skills, which also facilitates the support of children in education.

Since its establishment, IHWC has significantly expanded its services to benefit its community members. These expansions include holiday sports programs, indoor and outdoor activities tailored for both children and adults, and various other initiatives.

IHWC remains dedicated to fulfilling its mission of enhancing the education of children and adults in line with its stated purpose.

It's a Penalty works collaboratively to end human trafficking, exploitation and abuse. We run local and global education and awareness campaigns highlighting penalties for offenders, the signs to look out for, and how to make a report.

Our Student Ambassador Programme educates and empowers UK university students to prevent human trafficking, the world's fastest growing crime.

It’s a Penalty run global campaigns during major sporting events such as the Olympic & Paralympic Games and the NFL Super Bowls, working in partnership with the sports, travel and tourism industry, NGO's, law enforcers and top athletes. We also advocate for legal reform to improve protection from sexual exploitation and abuse for children through our CommonProtect programme.

And we don’t stop there. We’re going all out to find ever better ways tohelppeople with cancer, helping to bring forward the day when everyone gets life-transforming support from day one.

MCR Pathways works in all Glasgow’s secondary schools and in schools in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Edinburgh, North Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire. The programme supports almost 2,000 young people each week. MCR supports them to find, grow and use their own talents and skills.

Move On Scotland work with vulnerable young people and people affected by homelessness to help them unlock their untapped potential. We match volunteer mentors to vulnerable young people to support them to achieve goals and reach their full potential. Mentors and young people meet once a week to work together towards a goal of the young person’s choice. Move On also manage the Glasgow and West of Scotland regional centre of FareShare, which redistributes surplus food to frontline charities and community groups. People can volunteer in the warehouse either individually or in groups.

At Prostate Cancer UK we are looking to recruit fundraising volunteers to sell our Man of Men pin badges to spread awareness of Prostate Cancer. Volunteers will chat to shoppers spreading awareness and raising vital funds for the charity. We will provide all necessary training. 5th October Buchanan Galleries Shopping Centre 6th October Buchanan Galleries Shopping Centre 11th October Braehead Shopping Centre 12th October Silverburn Shopping Centre Sign Up At: https://prostatecanceruk.org/get-involved/volunteer-with-us/badge-volunteers-glasgow

Refuweegee have received an amazing response from people and have provided over 2000 community-built, personal welcome packs. They aim to extend Glasgow's friendly welcome through welcome packs, events and various volunteer opportunities. They works with multiple organisations around Scotland to distribute welcome packs to schools and community organisations. 

Refuweegee

(ref-u-wee-gee)

noun - A person who upon arrival in Glasgow is embraced by the people of the city, a person considered to be local.

see also Glaswegian

We are a cooperative of graduates from the Glasgow School of Art who operate three art venues on the High Street and Saltmarket, including Salt Gallery.

We have a friendly and welcoming volunteer team who help support us within fundraising and admin. We have flexible roles and no minimum volunteering commitments in events, mascots, speaker, virtual admin and support including collection cans. We welcome volunteers from all backgrounds and can help you develop new and pre-existing skills as well as enjoy a fun and engaging way to support us.

The Mental Health Foundation has an opportunity for volunteers with experience of mental health issues to join the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival’s Talking Heads volunteer reporter project.

The Talking Heads project supports a group of volunteers to attend arts and mental health events, including at SMHAF, and develop creative responses including written pieces, interviews, audio and video content, photography, and more.

Training will be provided in having conversations about mental health and developing the skills you need to get the most out of the project. Each submission you produce will be published on the SMHAF website and shared through social media and our network of partners, as well as with the artists, organisations and participants involved. There will be further opportunities to get involved in the festival and continue to contribute after it has finished.

This project is open to anyone aged over 18 who is living in Scotland and has experience of mental health issues in some way. No experience is required but applicants should be able to demonstrate an interest in mental health and the arts or creative activities. The project will begin in July and the key SMHAF dates are 4-22 October 2023.

If you would like further information about the project, please read our volunteer information sheet or contact Rob Dickie at rdickie@mentalhealth.org.uk.

Application process

Application form is available here: Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival - Volunteer Opportunity: Talking Heads (mhfestival.com)

The deadline for applications is Friday 9^th June. If you would like to apply in another format to make this opportunity accessible to you, please get in touch to discuss this.

We deliver a range of services across Glasgow, Edinburgh (Streetwork) and across Central Scotland. We work with people so that they can resolve their homelessness as quickly as possible. We maintain contact with people – in diverse circumstances – so that we can help them address the underlying reasons for their homelessness and get the support they need.

By working and learning together we can drive impact and change person to person – to transform everyone’s experience of homelessness in Scotland.

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We believe in lifelong learning and work on sustainability across all forms of education from early years to workplace learning. We act as a support crew - facilitating, encouraging and mentoring people wherever they are on their sustainability journey in sustainability.
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We see the power and potential in students and young people to be at the forefront of change. We work alongside them as equal partners in their sustainability leadership journeys.

Volunteers can support the ‘I Bike’ team with outdoor activities for children and young people at schools in Bishopbriggs (5 minutes Subway ride from Queen Street), Kirkintilloch, Lenzie or Lennoxtown.

This would suit people who enjoy being active, and have an enthusiastic mindset about young people and outdoor education.

The activities volunteers can help with could include; teaching children and young people how to cycle or scoot, school playground cycle/scooter skills activities, leading cycle rides or walks, showing people how to look after and repair a cycle, or helping with the maintenance of our bikes that we lend out (training provided).I Bike volunteering is very flexible - volunteers will be provided with an online calendar which shows the upcoming dates for planned activities, so they can decide which ones they'd like to attend.  Activities take place within school hours (between 9am and 3pm) during school term times. There are no activities during school holidays (July-mid August).

The volunteers will be making a positive impact on young people’s confidence and ability to get around in their community, as well as making a significant contribution to their health and wellbeing. Studies have shown that children who cycle to school are more likely to cycle as an adult, so the volunteers will also be helping to make a significant impact on transport emissions and air pollution.

Befriending is a weekly voluntary role, where a volunteer makes a telephone call to someone who has a neurological condition and/or supports someone with one. The aim is to be a calm, non-judgemental ear, and bring a bit of kindness and empathy their way. We ask that volunteers take on two befriendees where possible, so it would require 2 x 30-minute conversations each week. We do require a DBS enhanced and we can sort that out with volunteers unless they are on the DBS update service.

https://www.thebraincharity.org.uk/dont-suffer-in-silence-if-youre-lonely-try-our-phone-befriending-service/

TCV Scotland offers a wide range of environmental activities in Central Scotland for people from different backgrounds, ages and abilities to help protect and enhance our local greenspaces and biodiversity. At the same time participants learn new skills, improve their physical and mental health, and engage with like-minded people.

We are also committed to providing a diverse range of high-quality learning opportunities for a wide range of participants, we support local communities, and can help you discover your ‘inner scientist’ and that hidden passion for nature.

You can read about TCV Volunteer Policies here.

Kiltwalk is Scotland’s largest mass participation walking event with over 145,000 people taking part since 2016.

The kind-hearted Kiltwalk community have taken big strides for charities close to their hearts and together with The Hunter Foundation, have managed to raise a staggering £42.5 million to date. All funds raised have been distributed to 3,330 Scottish Charities.

We fund world-leading research, share the latest information and campaign for everyone's rights. Together we are a community and together we can stop MS.

We understand what life’s like with MS. And we know together we are stronger. We’re researching, writing, campaigning and fighting. Running, walking, caring and talking.

Together, we are strong enough to stop MS.

Our mission is to reduce loneliness and isolation by promoting the well-being of people in Greater Glasgow and providing friendship and companionship. We provide one-to-one meetings and phone calls between clients and volunteers and group be-friending (tea parties, visits to museums and galleries, storytelling and reminiscing sessions) to people who would otherwise be lonely or isolated.

You can read our full story here!

We believe that all children should have access to educational support, regardless of family circumstances. Many of the young people we support are care experienced or school refusers. We are always looking for people to join our exciting, friendly, and committed volunteer team. You do not need formal training in education. If you are able to give up around an hour a week to volunteer with us, you can become an important part of the organisation and help make a difference to the lives of young people across Glasgow by supporting their educational goals.

Our Vision

Volunteering Matters’ vision is of a society where everyone can participate to build strong and inclusive communities.

Our Mission

Volunteering Matters’ mission is to enable people to take an active role in their communities through volunteering and social action.

Our Values

• Valuing staff and volunteers
• Working as a team
• Being agile
• Being ambitious
• Demonstrating mutual respect

Our ambition

To be a high performing, agile, effective charity responsive to the needs of individuals and communities in the UK and beyond in the 21st Century

Volunteering Matters’ four communities of our work

• Older & retired people
• Young people
• Disabled people
• Families

The Whiteinch Centre recognise that the volunteer’s time and skills are a valuable resource without which the organisation could not offer a comprehensive service to the public. The organisation hopes volunteers find the time spent volunteering a valuable and stimulating experience. This policy alongside other policies and the code of conduct is intended to provide an understanding of the volunteer role in the organisation.

Objectives:

• To offer learning opportunities for local people in Whiteinch and the surrounding areas.
• To enable community involvement through volunteering
• To support local health and wellbeing by providing a range of activities and classes.
• Improve access to affordable nutritious food.
• Support community development

Who Cares? Scotland is Scotland's only national independent membership organisation for Care Experienced people. Our strategic vision is to secure a lifetime of equality, respect and love for Care Experienced people in Scotland. At the heart of our work are the rights of Care Experienced people and the power their voices have to bring about change.

Won Connect is a non-profit social enterprise with the aim of tackling social isolation amongst older and socially isolated individuals in Glasgow. We do this through IT classes which help older people be independent, feel confident, and stay safe online, as well as providing them an opportunity to socialise with peers. We’re also creating a social media platform just for older people to meet new people and reconnect with old friends.

We raise money to support these activities through donations, by providing a digital consulting service to other businesses, charging community centres, care homes and businesses to run the IT classes, and through our ecommerce site.

Woodcraft Folk is an educational movement for children and young people, designed to develop their confidence and activity in society, with the aim of building a world based on equality, friendship, peace and cooperation.

Adult volunteers run groups for children and young people in their local communities. Children and young people influence their local group programme and take part in a range of activities such as camping, co-operative games, hikes, arts and crafts, outdoor adventures, social action, environmental education, global education and discussions on issues important to them.

Our motto is 'Span the world with Friendship'.