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Contact the Elderly aims to relieve the acute loneliness and isolation of people over the age of 75. We do this by organising small groups of volunteer drivers who take our elderly members to a volunteer host’s home for tea one Sunday afternoon a month. The group is warmly welcomed by a different host each month, but the drivers remain the same which means that over the months and years, acquaintances turn into friends and loneliness is replaced by companionship.
Contact the Elderly is currently urgently looking for Hosts in the South West of Glasgow so if you’d like to help in the delivery of this valuable service then please see here for further details and how to get involved.
Gain valuable experience and training in a counselling environment, facilitating marriage preparation and relationship ‘MOTs’ for couples.
Help people better enjoy their family lives and relationships – and help prevent relationship crises – by delivering our marriage preparation FOCCUS programme.
You must:
- Be aged 25 or over
- Have been in a committed relationship for minimum of 5 years
- Be willing to make a commitment after training of 3 hrs p/week for 3 years
Scottish Marriage Care offers you:
- Facilitator training over 2 weekends in April/May (dates to be confirmed) at SMC’s Relationship Centre, Waterloo St, Glasgow
- Travel and other out-of-pocket expenses
More info/register interest on this page
Scottish Marriage Care believes that positive relationships are at the heart of a successful Scotland, and offers counselling services, the Stepfamily Helpline and early intervention programmes. Their FOCCUSed marriage preparation sessions, and relationship MOTs are useful relationship development tools that help build stronger, healthier relationships and reduce the risk of relationship crisis in the future. Registered charity no: SC018249
Reap the rewards of providing short term care for the pets of people taken ill, or perhaps made homeless.
- You must be aged 18 or over.
- You can’t have any household members under 5.
- You can’t work full time and foster a dog.
More info/register an interest in temporary short term fostering with PFSS on this page.
More info/register an interest in medium term fostering with the Blue Cross on this page.
Pet Fostering Service Scotland working in collaboration with The Blue Cross. Pet Fostering Service Scotland, supporting local pet owners for 25 years, is always looking for new volunteers, from pet foster carers to home visitors to fundraisers, if you would like to get involved please call 0844 811 9909 and select option 5 then 1 to speak to our volunteer coordinator. Alternatively visit our website www.pfss.org.uk for more information. The Blue Cross, meeting all the welfare needs of companion animals through treatment, advice and support, and finding them caring homes. If you are looking to adopt a pet please visit The Blue Cross website at www.bluecross.org.uk and you will be able to view all the pets looking for their new home. If you have a rehoming enquiry please call us on 0300 456 8500.
Get out and about in Glasgow, work as part of a team and gain valuable experience as a driver or a helper with the Maxie Richards Foundation. Tasks include picking up and delivering goods for the Charity Shop. If you are physically fit and over 18 you can find out more by following this link.
Fun, fab things to do with great people, enabling them to access all sorts of stuff – giving you valuable experience with charity ‘Visibility’.
Visibility’s Go Active Project provides support for adults affected by sight loss to access and participate in community based social and recreational activities and is participant led. Volunteers are required to support participants individually or in group settings, and the role includes facilitating introductions, engagement, relationship & confidence building & providing sighted guiding to participants to engage in their chosen activity/event.
Some activities participants may require support with include: leisure classes, social/educational/ support group, walking groups, tandem cycling, day trips, road shows/information events.
Activities may take place anytime during the week, day or evenings, and at weekends and you can volunteer for as many activities as suits your own personal circumstances.
- You need to be aged 18 or over, and must make a minimum commitment of 5 hrs p/month for 6 months after completing preparation training.
- We’ll provide you with preparation training, ongoing support, and all out-of-pocket expenses.
- It can take up to 3 months after you initially contact us to complete training and reference/PVG checks.
More details/register an interest on the Visibility website.
Or email Rosemary or call during office hours Mon-Fri on 0141 332 4632
New to You is a charity shop run by the Gorbals Recycles project but located on Dumbarton Road in Glasgow’s West End. The shop aims to offer quality affordable goods to the public whilst also reducing the amount of household goods going to landfill sites. The shop is open Mon-Sat and is currently looking for volunteer Shop Floor Assistants to help keep the shop stocked and deal directly with customers. This is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to develop skills in the retail sector whilst also making a significant contribution to both the public and the environment. If you are interested in finding out more about this opportunity then please see here for further details.
3D Drumchapel are keen to recruit a few more helpers for their After School Clubs. These run on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. The clubs are a lot of fun for the children and volunteers who feel they are energetic, good with children of Primary school age and who can offer reliability are welcome to apply! Find out more here.
Passionate about the environment?
Gain experience and training in environmental campaign work. Help your neighbours and communities across Glasgow reduce the waste we send to landfill by giving talks, presentations and providing information and advice at event stalls.
You don’t need to be an expert – just bring your enthusiasm, ability to get on well with people – and the Wise Group will provide you with training, support and travel expenses.
Minimum age 18, and minimum commitment required is 2 hours per month for 6 months.
More information/register an interest via this page.
Wise Group Ltd is a registered Scottish Charity, No: SCO04089
Be cool, be calm and make your CV glow: negotiate the streets, helping to keep people safe.
Put your driving skills into a brand new city centre initiative: ideally one night (Fri/Sat) per fortnight delivering the SOS bus to/from Cowcaddens and Gordon St.
You must be min age 21 and have held a full driver’s licence (categories B or C) for min 2 years (no points).
A first aid certificate would be beneficial, but training will be given if you wish to achieve it!
More info/how to apply here on volunteerscotland.org.uk
Help us run our lively swap shop in Tollcross. Use your skills or learn some new ones in fashion, customer service, merchandising, promotion, DIY and more. You’ll work with a friendly team in a lively atmosphere, serve the local community and encourage recycling!
The shop is run by Playbusters’ community-led ‘Grow Green with Glasgow’s East End’ project.
For more information click here.
