It is great to get involved in your local community by volunteering. It can help you learn new skills, meet new people, stay active and help those in need. Here are just some of the opportunities available locally.
Are looking for volunteers to deliver activities in their communities and keep cycles working if there is no local bike shop.
Find out more in the ‘Things to do‘ section or on the Cycling UK website.
Diabetes Scotland are excited to share our latest volunteering opportunities for young people aged 18-24 with type 1 diabetes. These opportunities are centred around peer support and connecting young people with type 1 aged 13-24 with their peers and making new connections. We have a number of different roles around 1-2-1 buddying, setting up local peer support groups, moderating discussion groups online, hosting online webinars and running and facilitating wellbeing sessions. If you would like to know anything more about these opportunities please email Iain French the Youth Coordinator on Iain.French@diabetes.org.uk to find out more and how to get involved.
Volunteering opens up a lot of doors. Apart from being a lot of fun, you get to meet new people, you learn new skills, it looks great on your CV and you get to help your community along the way. 👍 VAO can get you involved…
Visit the VAO website to find out more.
The group of seven, 17 – 30 year olds, known as the YLAG, have overseen a series of their own projects as well as provided funding to support other groups and organisations across the county. They also attended major national events, meeting young people from other areas in Scotland and raising awareness of the issues affecting young people from island and rural communities.
The YLAG is a subgroup of the Orkney Local Action Group (LAG), and its activities are funded by the Community Led Local Development (CLLD) and OIC Crown Estate Community Led Development (CECLD) funds.
The YLAG members are supported by OIC’s, Community Led Local Development team and Voluntary Action Orkney’s Youth Development Coordinator. For more information about the YLAG, you can find them on Facebook and Instagram, or you can email: eilidh.wilkinson@vaorkney.org.uk.
During normal office hours Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm Contact Orkney Health and Care Children and Families Services on 01856 873535 extension 3342 or if the person is an adult call 01856 873535 and ask for Adult Social Work
This will take you to The Balfour Hospital switchboard then you ask for the Emergency Social Worker.
