“Right to Try” and Volunteering
UK Government announcement suggests disabled people may soon be able to volunteer without fear of immediately losing social security benefits.
Blog posts for the ‘Partners’ Category
Join our weekly Volunteering Information Session
Volunteer Glasgow hosts weekly Volunteering Information Sessions every Wednesday at 11am. Everybody is welcome – whether you’re just curious or ready to get started! 📍Where: Skills Development Scotland Monteith House 11 George Square Glasgow, G2 1DY (You’ll find the office next to Greggs on the corner of George Square.) What to expect These relaxed group […]
“Fairer Pathway to Settlement” for Migrants and Refugees
Volunteer Glasgow and SRC have fundamental concerns with UK Government proposals for a “Fairer Pathway to Settlement” for Migrants and Refugees
Decline in Volunteering: calls to action
Your experiences of the decline: the challenges and opportunities that exist to address them – including what Government (and only Government) can do to help!
Priceless Economics: Government must act
People’s participation in volunteering is declining: we urgently need effective Scottish and UK Government policy decisions, interventions and investment.
Do you need volunteers on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or Boxing Day?
Could your organisation benefit from extra volunteers on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or Boxing Day? Around this time of year, we start receiving calls from people keen to volunteer on Christmas Day. While we understand that most organisations who remain open during this period will rely on existing volunteers, we are keen to signpost callers […]
We’re asking the next UK Government to…
Guarantee everyone claiming social security benefits can volunteer.
Additional support for people seeking volunteering opportunities
Volunteer Glasgow’s Volunteering Support Team can offer a limited number of 1-1 appointments each week to help people access volunteering opportunities. If you are interested in volunteering and would like some additional support; Or You are supporting clients or service users to access volunteering and they are unable to attend our weekly Volunteering Drop-in or […]
Services Impact Report – 2022/23
This week, we’re sharing key stats from our annual Services Impact Report, as well as feedback from our partners and community members. Take a look at an overview of our services, including figures and feedback, from April 2022 – March 2023: Volunteering Support Our Volunteering Support team provide advice, support and guidance to anyone who […]
What goes around, comes around – volunteer as a team in Merry-go-round’s textiles sorting facility!
Merry-go-round can offer your team a flexible volunteering opportunity throughout the year! Merry-go-round would like to invite you and your team to help out at the textiles sorting facility at their hub in the Shawlands area of Glasgow. Here they carry out quality control checks before sizing and sorting items into categories, ready to […]
