Your Community
Be healthier and happier in 2023, 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.
- Help to care for your local green spaces by joining your nearest ‘Friends of…’ group or view our listings of the latest conservation and gardening opportunities.
- Feel safer: find out how some quick, easy steps can help you at Neighbourhood Watch Scotland.
- Support grassroots sport in your area by visiting Glasgow Life.
- Our friends at Make Your Mark support everyone in Scotland to volunteer with historical, cultural and nature organisations. Search their volunteer portal to explore opportunities that may suit you: find volunteering opportunities through Make Your Mark.
None of these doing it for you? Then why not search for further opportunities available to do in Glasgow?
Latest opportunities:
- Celebrating Young Volunteers #volunteersweekscotThis Volunteers’ Week we want to celebrate all the young volunteers who give their time and skills to make a difference to their communities. If you’d like to join in with young people in your organisation or community, find more information below on the Saltire and Summit Awards! Saltire Awards Saltire Awards is a nationally recognised scheme ...
- 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.
- Climate ActionToday our Climate Action campaign launches and will coincide with COP26, 31st October – 12th November. Are you feeling inspired to take Climate Action? Follow along on our Facebook, Twitter or Instagram Stories to discover a wide array of inclusive Climate Action opportunities to get involved in. Themes include; environmental, community growing, recycling, upcycling, charity shops, repair, ...
- The Impact of Young Persons’ Befriending – Saad & KeiranSaad is a Befriender with the Young Persons Befriending Service has been matched with his young person for 2 years. Here they are talking about how important it is for some boys and young men to have positive adult role models and how men are supported in this role. You can find the full transcript of ...
- Saltire Awards for Covid-19 youth volunteering 💖 🙌Great news! We want to ensure that we recognise and support the great efforts of young people helping in their communities, many of whom won’t have volunteered before, and as such Saltire Awards have relaxed the rules on informal volunteering during the Covid-19 crisis. Young people (aged 12-25) can claim awards up to 100 hours’ Saltire ...
