Your Community
Be healthier and happier in 2018, by helping to make Glasgow a better place:
- There are many foodbanks across Glasgow providing much-needed support to those affected by poverty. You can find your local Trussell Trust foodbank here and searching on Facebook is often a good way of finding others in your local area.
- Join together with your neighbours on issues affecting your local area by joining/attending/supporting your local Community Council (opens in new tab)
- Help to care for your local green spaces by joining your nearest ‘Friends of…’ group (opens in new tab) or join the Neighbourhood Improvement Volunteers (opens in new tab) or view our listings of the latest environment opportunities
- Feel safer: find out how some quick, easy steps can help you – by hitting the big green “join” button at Neighbourhood Watch Scotland (opens in new tab)
- Support grassroots sport in your area by joining forces with Eddie Izzard via joininuk.org or contact Glasgow Sport
None of these doing it for you? Then why not search for further opportunities available to do in Glasgow?
Latest opportunities:
- Translating and Teaching English – Special Offer VolunteerPiotr is a qualified ESL teacher with a passion for language. He has experience teaching English at all levels of advancement, helping students to improve their English language vocabulary, reading, comprehension and writing. Piotr achieved 7 out of 9 in his IELTS exam, which is equivalent to a C1 level in English. He has a M.Sc ...
- Let Jean lead the way – Volunteer Special Offer!Jean is a qualified coach who can work 1-2-1 with people to help them make clearer choices and to develop self-understanding.
- Give a little, gain alot – befriending with QuarriersQuarriers has two exciting befriending opportunities available. If you would like to make a difference in somebody’s life then one of these roles could be for you.
- Support the Kiltwalk – Team Request!Here’s a brilliant offer to teams looking to volunteer for a day – or maybe two! Be part of one of the biggest charity events in Scotland this year! Join our Kiltie Volunteer team providing event support and helping thousands of walkers reach the finish line as they raise much-needed funds for their chosen charity. There ...
- Organisation Support Ebulletin – 2021 Round-Up!Welcome to the final Organisation Support e-bulletin of 2021! Full of the latest news, updates and information from Volunteer Glasgow’s Organisation Support team! If you have something relevant to Volunteer Managers that you want us to include in the next e-bulletin in 2022 please let us know. Advertising Workshops & Volunteer Managers’ Networking Events Thank you to ...
- Climate Action Spotlight – Bike for GoodFor our Climate Action campaign we will be spotlighting organisations in Glasgow that are making a fantastic impact in the Climate Action Movement with the support of volunteers. Today’s spotlight is Bike for Good – an incredible charity and social enterprise based across two hubs in the Westend and Southside of Glasgow. “Our mission is to change ...
- Climate Action Spotlight – Music BrothFor our Climate Action campaign we are spotlighting organisations in Glasgow that are making a fantastic impact in the Climate Action Movement with the support of volunteers. Today’s spotlight is for Music Broth ‘Scotland’s loudest Library’! Watch their fantastic music video ‘Enough’ created by Music Broth Volunteers for #COP26 You don’t need to be a musician to get involved, ...
- Climate Action Spotlight – Repair Cafe GlasgowFor our Climate Action campaign we will be spotlighting organisations in Glasgow that are making a fantastic impact in the Climate Action Movement with the support of volunteers. Today’s spotlight is Repair Cafe Glasgow, based in The Deep End in the Southside of Glasgow. Repair Cafe Glasgow is a voluntary organisation, founded in 2017 on the principles ...
- Climate Action Spotlight – Merry Go RoundFor our Climate Action campaign we will be spotlighting organisations in Glasgow that are making a fantastic impact in the Climate Action Movement with the support of volunteers. Gaynor volunteering with Merrygoround Today’s spotlight is Merrygoround, which is a charity and social enterprise based in the Southside. At Merrygoround, our environmental aim is to reduce the amount of new ...
- Climate Action Spotlight – Glasgow Tool LibraryFor our Climate Action campaign we will be spotlighting organisations in Glasgow that are making a fantastic impact in the Climate Action Movement with the support of volunteers. Today’s spotlight is Glasgow Tool Library, soon to be based at Queens Cross Housing Association in the North of Glasgow.
