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Volunteer Together as a Team

Volunteering together, as a team, is really popular and it’s easy to see why.  It is a brilliant way of experiencing something completely different as a group, having fun and crucially achieving something really worthwhile.  Whether you are a team of work colleagues, a group of friends, a faith group or even a family – team volunteering is an easy and enjoyable way to get involved and make a difference.

If you’re interested in group/team volunteering opportunities you should have a look at the one-off/event opportunities listed below.

To make life easy for you we also have a simple, easy-to-follow Team Volunteering Guide (PDF format).

Team Opportunities for Employees

People who work well together as a team are one of the most valuable assets any employer can have. There are many team building tools available but few are as satisfying, inexpensive and widely beneficial as a community challenge.

Rather than spending large amounts of money on a conventional team building day, connecting with a local community-based organisation can provide both employers and teams with many benefits:

  • Great value for money
  • An outstanding sense of achievement for all who take part
  • A real team building experience, impossible to replicate in the training room
  • Delivery of your corporate social responsibility policy objectives

More and more companies, big and small, are now seeing the benefits of team volunteering challenges in their local community.

There is no charge for choosing one of the one-off/event team volunteering opportunities below.  (NB: if they happen outside your normal employment hours you should consider time off in lieu arrangements.)

If there’s nothing of interest listed below, email us with your “offer” of support and we’ll consider including it (also free of charge) in our next email bulletin to 430+ Glasgow based groups and organisations – they can then respond with suitable opportunities/tasks that we don’t already know about.  Those groups will be asked to send suggestions direct to you to progress.  Please note that this process usually requires at least 6 weeks notice if you have a specific date(s) in mind.

If you would like the Volunteer Centre to act as a broker between your company and the host organisation, to source suitable opportunities, and to co-ordinate the arrangements, a fee will apply.  Email us to request more details.

Latest one-off/event opportunities:

  • Help Run Our Office Would you like to gain or refresh administration skills? If so. Aberlour Childcare Trusts ROC (Running: Other Choices) project would be delighted to hear from you.
  • Ahoy matey! The Tall Ship at Riverside are looking for volunteers to roll up their sleeves for a clean-up with a difference!
  • Garden makeover True grit - big grins. The GAMH 'Food for Recovery' project needs your team to help their staff and service users to prepare the gardens for next year.
  • Brighten up the YWCA Family Centre Get your team out of the office, and have a ball painting the YWCA reception area, supporting vulnerable families in the city. Charing Cross - any Friday in November
  • Love Nature with the RSPB Challenge your team to raise money for the RSPB, protecting and campaigning for the environment across Scotland and the UK.
  • Glam it Up: swap not shop Handbags, accessories and books: loads of laughs and banter in aid of Move On homelessness charity when your team runs a bring & buy in your workplace.
  • The £1000 RNIB Talking Book CHALLENGE So just how good is your team under pressure? Raise £1000 in a day so that the RNIB can produce a Talking Book for people whose lives have been devastated by sight loss, and have the book dedicated to your Team. How fab is that?!

If you want to do things together that will last longer than a day search our online opportunity database