As winter is here and festivities are under way, we are looking to collate information on volunteer opportunities and community events that people can get involved in. We will use this information to create a “Festive Hotlist” for potential volunteers.
Volunteering News
Volunteer Scotland Knowledge Event: ‘What We Do Together: The Relationship Between Volunteering & Other Activities’
Volunteer Scotland are holding a Knowledge Event online between 10am – 11:30am on Thursday 12 December. The theme of the event is ‘What We Do Together: The Relationship Between Volunteering and Other Activities’ and it will be run by Dr David Bomark, who will be sharing the insights from his PhD research on what makes volunteering…
Volunteer Scotland Disclosure Service Changes – November 2024
Disclosure Scotland are making changes to the online system that will impact the generation of application links and your applicants journey. These changes will be live from Monday 18 November 2024. They are keen to share what these changes will mean for you, the voluntary organisation, and your applicants. Changes to: Applying for a PVG…
Welcoming Young People as Volunteers: Workshop
Volunteering Matters, YouthLink Scotland and Young Scot and are delighted to announce further dates for the highly successful Youth VIP training and Community of Practice. Funded by The Scottish Government, these sessions are for anyone interested in improving youth participation in organisations. Youth workers, volunteer managers, board members and everyone in-between are welcome! If you would…
Volunteer Scotland AGM 2024: The Value of Volunteering
Volunteering plays a crucial role in our society in many ways: delivering services; contributing to the local economy; boosting individual and community wellbeing; influencing change; and much more – and reflecting this, Volunteer Scotland invite you to join them online for an interactive event exploring ‘The Value of Volunteering’, on Tuesday 26 November. Created as…
Calling All Volunteering Organisations
A small class of Forth Valley College (Falkirk) students with learning disabilities are currently looking to engage in impactful and meaningful volunteering experiences. What They Need: Day: Tuesday Duration: Half-day (around 4 hours) Type of Work: Activities that can be tailored to support diverse abilities, including hands-on tasks (perhaps related to their educational focus of…
International Volunteer Managers Day: 5 November 2024
International Volunteer Managers Day (IVMDay) was founded and observed for the first time in 1999, and was developed in order to bring recognition to individual Managers of Volunteers and their roles in the mobilisation and support of the world’s volunteers. International Volunteer Manager’s Day (IVMD) is approaching on Tuesday 5 November 2024 with the theme…
Make Your Mark: Volunteer Managers Conference 2025
Make Your Mark is a campaign to increase the number and diversity of heritage volunteers in Scotland. With heritage defined as built, natural, cultural and intangible heritage. Make Your Mark is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Make your Mark are holding their second annual conference, this year focusing on how to support…
Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Membership Changes
Most of the Disclosure Act (2020) will be implemented on Tuesday 1 April 2025. While there is no decision regarding fee waivers and reductions yet (for more information, please see our Consultation Update article – linked for your convenience), on this date: There will be different levels and types of Disclosures to choose from. Regulated Work…
Disclosure Scotland Consultation Update
As many of you will remember, Disclosure Scotland ran a consultation on potential changes to fee discounts and waivers during the spring. They received over 1200 responses, including our own CVS Falkirk response which we developed alongside local Falkirk organisations, highlighting the impact that charging for volunteer PVGs could have on the sector. Disclosure Scotland…
