Volunteer Visitor
Do you have an interest in older people and the issues that affect people in later life? As a Volunteer Visitor you'll build a relationship with one or more of our members with the aim of reducing their loneliness & improving their wellbeing
Volunteer with Open Arms Project
Open Arms is a project run by ELREC in partnership with 3 other organisation. The aim is to outreach to women from BME and migrant background and try to tackle isolation and loneliness and the related adverse physical and mental impact by providing those women with physical activities as well as social ones.
Volunteering on the Union Canal
Litter picking the towpaths and the water. Vegetation Control to widen the towpaths. Garden Maintenance at Calder Crescent. Painting the canal metal fencing surrounding locks & canal furniture metal and wooden. Graffiti removal from walls and bridges.
VolunteerNet - Flexible Volunteering
VolunteerNet offers practical and/or 1:1 support for older people who may have dementia, adults with physical and learning disabilities who live in the community. We offer flexible volunteering in various locations across the city
Walk Leader
A fun, fulfilling opportunity, with some responsibility; leading and supporting moderately-paced health walks for older adults. Ageing Well leaders are open, warm and friendly - so, if you enjoy being around people, walking, finishing-off with a cuppa and a blether you're likely to enjoy leading this activity
Walking Befrienders
Walking Befrienders spend 1-2 hours p/w with an adult experiencing loneliness/isolation. The sessions take place outdoors in NE Edinburgh. We (1) promote walking as exercise; (2) increase social contact/build self-esteem to improve mental wellbeing; (3) support people to feel more connected to the community.
Walking Football Co-ordinator
Volunteer position with award winning Leith based football charity Street Soccer Scotland based around a weekly walking football session on Thursdays at Leith Community Centre at 11am, the role would include promoting the session locally, helping run the weekly activity.
Walking Group Leader
We're looking for an enthusiastic, committed volunteer who can support our Walking Group to get out and get exercise!
Walking Netball Facilitator
To encourage participants to participate in sport in a social environment, and once engaged to help participants have fun and be active while taking part in ‘Walking Netball’.
Warehouse Assistant
Looking for a workout? If you like to keep active and stay in shape, volunteering in our warehouse could be the answer you’re looking for. We always need helpful and active people to help keep our stock moving from the van to warehouse and onto the store and from store back to the van for delivery!
Warehouse Assistant
Looking for a workout? If you like to keep active and stay in shape, volunteering in our warehouse could be the answer you’re looking for. We always need helpful and active people to help keep our stock moving from the van to warehouse and onto the store and from store back to the van for delivery!
Warehouse Volunteer
We would like to expand our warehouse team and need individuals to help with checking, dating and sorting food donations and making up food parcels at our warehouse.
Waste Wise Volunteer
The Waste Wise Volunteer Project aims to create a measurable reduction in the volumes of waste produced in Edinburgh. Volunteers engage with residents and help deliver a fun programme of community engagements.
Welcomer / Guide
Part of a team of up to four people. Main role is to greet visitors into the church on arrival, answer any questions, oversee the shop for their purchases, bid them farewell on departure.
Welcoming Jogging Leader
To map and lead weekly jogging groups for Newcomers on safe and accessible routes across Edinburgh.
Welfare Rights Adviser
We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help provide advice on benefits, debt and other matters to the general public. After mentoring and training you will help to provide advice on benefits, debt and other issues to the public within our advice service. Prior knowledge of welfare rights beneficial.
Welfare Volunteer
Welfare Volunteers work together helping to ensure the mental, physical and emotional wellbeing of volunteers and members of the SHRUB Coop. This could include helping create accessible welfare policies, assisting with workshops and drop in sessions and arbitrating conflicts and complaints.
Witness Service Volunteer
The work of the WS volunteers can vary from spending one whole day with one witness or family, to five minutes with each witness giving information and being with someone before and after they have given evidence in Court. A lot of the volunteers' time is spent being supportive to people while they wait.
Women and Children's Swimming Leader
To support newcomer women and children to access leisure facilities and get active in Edinburgh within a sociable and friendly swimming group.
Women's Group Volunteer
Would you like to help expand our women's groups across Edinburgh, supporting newcomer women and local women to share stories, experiences and build friendships. Seeking female volunteers with an interest in facilitating and supporting inclusive, sociable and relaxed women's only spaces.