Learning Opportunities for Your Volunteers
Free literacy, numeracy and basic IT classes for individuals who are currently volunteering with organisations or those who would like their skills and confidence boosted prior to getting involved.
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Time credits: galvanise, organise, and deliver
We’ve just published a research and consultation report with recommendations on how ‘timebanking’ can reshape how Glasgow cares for our older people.
Employability Award
Take advantage of an SQA accredited Employability Award for your volunteers in the volunteering workplace. Let the Volunteer Centre prepare you for this and assess your candidates!
The Saltire Awards are here!
Recognise and reward your younger volunteers with the Scottish Government’s new Saltire Awards. A great opportunity also to recruit more 12-25yr olds!
Promote opportunities via BBC
An additional way to promote your volunteering opportunities and/or activities if they’re in the arts/crafts, history, environment, astronomy/science education.
Aged 16-18? London 2012 at Hampden
Be a part of UK history and get your youth group or sports club to send a team of you to volunteer for the 2012 Olympics, maybe at Hampden! Apply by 31st Oct.
£4m Enterprise Growth Fund
John Swinney launches £4m fund for the Third Sector to be administered by the Wise Group.
Glasgow’s FIRST Volunteer Friendly Awards
At the end of Volunteers’ Week, during this European Year of Volunteering, Volunteer Centre Glasgow is delighted to announce that 8 local organisations have achieved the national Volunteer Friendly Award.
Recruit more volunteers: ‘Just ASK…’
Free volunteer recruitment ‘Just Ask a Friend’ campaign postcards are available from the European Year of Volunteering 2011 Scottish Alliance.
The Challenge of the Goodwill Surplus
People have retired early, others need work experience or a confidence boost, large employers are falling over themselves to donate staff time to charity, and our young people are looking for a wider range of learning opportunities to become ‘effective contributors’. But do we NEED more volunteers?
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