Volunteering Changes Lives!

Volunteering Awards Nominations

East Dunbartonshire Voluntary Action are excited to open the Volunteer Awards for 2024. If you would like a volunteer or a volunteer-involving organisation from East Dunbartonshire to be recognised for their contribution, then please complete the nomination form HERE
**Nominations close on Friday 17th May 2024**

Do you need volunteers?

We can help you recruit volunteers for regular or volunteering events.

We can help if you are looking for trustees or skilled volunteers for a specific task.
We can support in training and development
The Volunteering Action Plan provides a renewed focus on the contribution of volunteers in communities and seeks to tackle inequality in volunteering through supporting the most disadvantaged in our society.
Volunteering for All Our National Framework
For information or support contact our team volunteer@edva.org

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Do you want to Volunteer?

**People volunteer for all sorts of reasons:**
They may want to acquire new skills and work experience
Increase confidence/self-esteem
Gain a current reference and update their CV
Meet new people
Gain a sense of achievement
Reduce feelings of isolation or boredom
Develop new interests
Put talents or interests to good use
Most importantly, have fun!

Volunteering Opportunities

If you would like to have a chat and find out what’s involved please contact our team.

Pauline and Lorraine would be happy to help you decide on the right volunteering opportunity for you. volunteer@edva.org or call 0141 578 6680.

Choose Change Project

Creating Opportunities for young people

Do you have pupils who are ready to leave school or have already left but are not sure what the future holds?

Are you working with young people looking to build self-esteem and learn new skills to help find paid employment?

Are you supporting young people aged 16 – 24 who feel anxious about the future because they are not in education or training and would love to find out how to start building their future?

If you answered YES to these questions East Dunbartonshire Voluntary Action, working with other partner agencies could help them find skilled volunteering opportunities, write a CV, secure a reference, and assist with interview skills.

Contact Mandy on Amanda.given@edva.org or call 07591 178088. You can find the Choose Change referral form by clicking the button below.

Choose Change Referral Form

Saltire Awards
Volunteering for 12-25 year Olds

If you are aged 12-25, you can gain certificates for your volunteering. The Saltire Awards is a national programme, endorsed by the Scottish Government, designed to recognise the achievements of young people who take part in volunteering. Great for your CV, and there's no cost to you or your volunteering placement provider!
There are 4 sections to the awards:
Saltire Challenge
Saltire Approach
Saltire Ascent
Saltire Summit

Click for Saltire Awards

We promote volunteering roles received from organisations, groups and individuals to raise awareness of the fantastic volunteering opportunities across East Dunbartonshire and are provided for general information only.

Whilst we offer support, guidance and information, responsibility for those volunteering with these organisations lies with the individual volunteer and the project concerned and not with EDVA

For this reason EDVA does not accept liability for any loss harm or injury of any sort arising form or in connection with participation in the volunteer activity.

The Saltire Awards is a national programme, endorsed by the Scottish Government, designed to recognise the achievements of young people who take part in volunteering.