From mentoring care-experienced young people and supporting families through life’s challenges, to reducing isolation among older adults and protecting Scotland’s natural environment, our programmes address a wide range of social issues rooted in local communities.
Volunteering with us means joining a movement that’s helping to reduce inequality, tackle loneliness, and create more inclusive, connected places to live.
Our approach is place-based and community-led. We work alongside local people to co-design solutions that reflect their needs, strengths and aspirations. Every project is tailored to the unique challenges of each area, helping to build resilience, open up opportunities and support people to thrive.
Introducing our projects in Scotland
We deliver a diverse range of volunteer-led projects across Scotland, from mentoring care experienced young people to tackling loneliness and protecting local green spaces. Each one is shaped by local communities to create real and lasting change. Click to explore.
This programme in Edinburgh supports targeted young people in S2 – S4 by facilitating access to volunteering experiences with a local charity partner.
Family Supporters Edinburgh offers practical and emotional support to families across the South East, South West, North West and North East localities of Edinburgh, empowering them to face a range of life challenges.
Grandmentors is an award-winning, inter-generational mentoring project for care experienced young people. The project operates in Perth and Kinross in Scotland.
Our handyperson service runs in Stirling and Clackmannanshire and involves older volunteers who complete small and minor maintenance jobs that some older people cannot do by themselves.
Offering support to those facing significant barriers to employability, in the Dundee area, to help them to move forward in life, progressing into Employment, Higher Education, Training, or other positive destinations.
Empowering young people to make their own choices in North Lanarkshire in this befriending project.
The Retired and Senior Volunteering Programme (RSVP) in Forth Valley provides volunteering opportunities primarily for the 50+ age group.
The Retired and Senior Volunteering Programme in Glasgow provides volunteering opportunities primarily for the 50+ age group.
