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- PFSS PET FOSTERER - NORTH HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND
- PFSS VIRTUAL HOME ASSESSER - WEST, EAST, NORTH OF SCOTLAND
- Volunteer Cyclist
- OPPORTUNITY: Take part in an exciting event all about money - how you use it, plan for it and how it affects young people’s future!
- Lifeboat Press Officer
- Fundraiser
- Committee Member - The Law Society of Scotland
- Advice Line Cost of Living Volunteer
- Advice Line Volunteer
- Advice Line Know Your Rights Volunteer
- Advice Line Call Coordinator Volunteer
- Advice Line Living Well Volunteer
- Independent Custody Visiting Scotland - Volunteer Independent Custody Visitor
- Secretary
- Move against Cancer 5K Your Way Volunteer
- Telephone support volunteer
- Counsellor
- Central and Regional Team Roles for Our 2025/26 Team
- Volunteer Community Connector
- Website Developer
- Companion Volunteer (Orkney)
- Trustee Opportunity - Finance, Legal and HR
- Community Advocate
- Community Organiser
- Outreach Research Volunteer – Fortis FoodGuard
- Orkney Zerowaste Chair
- Online Fundraising Volunteer
- Trustees
- Treasurer
- Charity Secretary
- Lead Fundraising Trustee
- Local Wilder (Outdoor Group Leader)
- Event Helper
- Community Engagement Volunteering
- SSPCA Micro-volunteer
- Boxing Scotland - Judge/Timekeeper
- Oral Histories Volunteer
- Club Facilitators - Orkney
- Volunteer Co-passenger (befriender)
- Club Supporters - Orkney
- Erskine Veterans Charity Fundraising and Events Volunteer
- Volunteer Cyclist
- Unit Leader / Assistant Leader
- Committee Member
- Kindness Volunteer
- Van Assistant
- Listening Volunteer (Orkney)
- Volunteer Drivers / Escorts
- Retail Assistant
- Ability Net Tech Volunteer
- Path Maintenance and Development Volunteer
- Path Keeper
- Stock Generator Volunteer
- Guide Dogs Collection Box Co-ordinator
- Fundraiser for Guide Dogs
- Clan Shop Volunteers
- Board member
- Volunteers Speakers to help end violence against women across Orkney
- Advisers
- CHSS Community Connector
- Fundraising Group Member
- Fundraising Ambassador
- Collection Box Co-Ordinator
- Activities Assistant
- Activities Assistant
- Kirkwall shop volunteer - Orkney
- Clan Listening & Support Volunteer
- Clan Events Volunteer - Orkney
- Caseworker
- Activities Volunteer - Orkney
- Gardening Volunteer - Orkney
- Community fridge volunteers
- Stromness shop volunteer - Orkney
- Parkrun volunteers - Orkney
- Shorewatch survey volunteers - Orkney
- Beach clean and litter pick volunteers
- Horticulture Activities Assistant - Orkney
- Workshop Assistant - Orkney
- Craft Activities Assistant - Orkney
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- Fundraise as part of Kirkwall BID’s Games on The Green
- Be part of the Orkney Circular Economy Network
- Get ready to submit charity trustee information from 30 June 2025
- Generations Working Together is looking for nominations for their Excellence Awards
- Free Voluntary Health Scotland (VHS) Membership
- Third sector workers and volunteers asked to contribute to an international survey on active ageing in rural areas
- The Connect Project celebrates its young volunteers
- Get Ready to Volunteer
- PVG scheme - are you ready for 30 June?
- #VolunteeringForAll National Recruitment Campaign
- Help develop better support for including young voices in decision-making
- Scottish Women's Budget Group Women's Survey 2025
- Improving the Cancer Journey (ICJ) Service – NHS Orkney
- Orkney Community Wealth Building Consultation
- New Suicide Prevention campaign and website for Scotland
- Take part in a research study: Exploring Barriers Faced by Social Enterprises in Scotland
- Join the Ambitions 2025 Programme: Supporting Leaders, Building Growth
- Share your memories from 40 Years of the International Island Games
- Changes to legislation affecting charitable companies
- A new website for Voluntary Action Orkney
- Save the date - Volunteers' Week 2025
- Celebrating the achievements of our young people at the annual Orkney Youth Awards
- From 1 April 2025 the PVG scheme is a legal requirement - are you ready?
- Voluntary Health Scotland releases videos showcasing the work of Community Link Workers
- YLAG members attend their first Rural Youth Action Network event
- Orkney’s Third Sector at breaking point amid proposed Council Tax hike
- Changes to the Charities Act – be prepared!
- BBC Make a Difference Awards launches in Scotland for first time
- Capturing over 40 years of memories and creating new Sporting Memories Clubs
- Clan looking for volunteers on Orkney to support people impacted by cancer
- Orkney Youth Awards - nominations now open
- Small Grants Scheme open for applications
- Launch of the Improving the Cancer Journey Service
- Parents urged to consider mediation as a way to build a positive future for their family during Family Mediation Week
- Free human rights and equalities training, resources, events and networking
- New support available to help local charities and community groups manage their money
- SOS function on your mobile phone
- Live n’ Live 9
- Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund Round 4 – coming soon!
- The Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 changes – are you ready?
- Local communities join with artists to commemorate the impact of Covid in Orkney
- A new era begins for Voluntary Action Orkney
- VAO launches new Employer Supported Volunteering (ESV) Policy
- Volunteers’ Week 2024: Volunteering Stories
- New NHS Orkney Healthy Families Resource
- Volunteers' Week 2024
- Closure of the Adult Befriending Service supported by Voluntary Action Orkney (VAO)
- Volunteers' Week 2023 - Colin's story
- Volunteers' Week 2023 - Volunteers bring site to life
- Volunteers' Week 2023 - Volunteers lead the way for Orkney 2025 Islands Games
- £15 million mental health funding - Community support for a third year to help more projects
- Our Strategic Plan 2023-2026
- Voluntary Action Orkney Celebrates Volunteers' Week 2022!
- Social Enterprise Scotland
- Additional funding for community mental health
- National Care Service Consultation - Analysis of Responses
- Police Scotland - Officer Impersonation
- Keeping safe online at Christmas top tip checklist
- A new fund looking to tackle mental health inequalities has launched in Orkney
- Trustees’ Week 2021
- Scottish Government Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund Statement by Orkney TSI – Voluntary Action Orkney
- New Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund launched - £15 million to help improve mental wellbeing
- Young Person's Guarantee
- 'Worrying about Money?' Guide
- Each and Every Child website
- Volunteers' Week 2021 - what is volunteering?
- Volunteers' Week 2021 - volunteering with British Red Cross in Orkney
- Volunteers' Week 2021 - Saltire Award winner Thomas
- Volunteers' Week 2021 - volunteering with HM Coastguard Orkney
- Orkney Domestic Abuse Forum (DAF) - 'Survivor Card'
- Does Social Enterprise mean business?
- My Rights, My Say website
- Evidence Bank shares perspectives of Young People
- Events
- Scottish Drugs Forum & Orkney ADP - Everyone has a story: Children affected by parental substance use
- Very Brief Advice on Smoking Training (11 Dec 2025)
- Reaching Advocacy
- Joint Sanday Community Council and Sanday Development Trust surgeries (November)
- Scottish Drugs Forum & Orkney ADP - Principles of harm reduction
- Alcohol Brief Interventions: Motivating Change
- Basic drug awareness in an Orkney context
- Joint Sanday Community Council and Sanday Development Trust surgeries (October)
- Very Brief Advice on Smoking Training (7 Oct 2025)
- Joint Sanday Community Council and Sanday Development Trust surgeries (September)
- Scottish Drugs Forum & Orkney ADP - In Person Trauma & Substance Use
- Joint Sanday Community Council and Sanday Development Trust surgeries (July)
- Very Brief Advice on Smoking Training (14 July 2025)
- Save a Life Training
- Good Conversations (30 June)
- Joint Sanday Community Council and Sanday Development Trust surgeries (June)
- 'What is Community Engagement in the NHS?' workshop
- Child Protection Awareness - Specific Workforce Training (26 June)_
- Families Outside Training - Prison and prison visiting (June)
- National Islands Plan (Online)
- Gambling Harm Support for migrant communities
- Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network - research talk (Stromness Community Centre)
- Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network - research talk
- Good Conversations (17 June)
- Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network - research talk for carers and people with lived experience
- Child Exploitation Awareness Training
- Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network - research talk (Kirkwall Community Centre)
- Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network - research talk for staff and professionals
- Free Family Fun Day
- Families Outside Training - Supporting children and young people who have a family member in prison (June)
- Funding Socials: meet Funders, find new resources and connect with your peers
- Work in Progress / Work and Progress exhibition - opening night
- Navigating the New Code of Fundraising Practice
- Scotland's next Child Poverty Delivery Plan: Rural and Island Scotland
- Families Outside Training - Understanding the issues for families affected by imprisonment (June)
- National Islands Plan (Kirkwall)
- National Islands Plan (Rousay)
- Joint Sanday Community Council and Sanday Development Trust surgeries (May)
- Passport to Learning - 6 week course
- Police volunteer recruitment event (24 May)
- Police volunteer recruitment event (6pm on 22 May)
- Police volunteer recruitment event (2pm on 22 May)
- AI Webinar for Charities
- EASE (End of Life Aid Skills for Everyone) - taster session
- Cold Spots of Community-led Activity Research Launch Event
- Henry's Healthy Families: Growing Up programme
- Using FOI: a guide to making successful information requests (30 April 2025)
- Using FOI: a guide to making successful information requests (29 April 2025)
- Get Involved - Volunteers' Week
- Joint Sanday Community Council and Sanday Development Trust surgeries (April)
- Very Brief Advice on Smoking Training (24 April 2025)
- Child Protection Awareness - Specific Workforce Training (10 April)
- Child Protection Awareness - Specific Workforce Training (9 April)
- Free help with the switch to digital landlines
- Child Protection Awareness - General Workforce Training (2 April)
- Orkney Matters Two consultation project - creative collaborations
- Treasure Hunt in aid of The Peedie Retreat
- Good Conversations Volunteer Training (28 March)
- Joint Sanday Community Council and Sanday Development Trust surgeries (March)
- Orkney Youth Awards
- Sporting Memories Club Taster Session
- Rural Connections – Insight into Mental Health (March)
- Social Prescribing Day - Species on the Edge nature walk
- Social Prescribing Day
- Investment Awareness Session plus Networking Lunch
- Flexible Working webinar
- Child Protection Awareness - General Workforce Training (13 March)
- Confidence to Cook – trainer programme
- Good Conversations Volunteer Training (11 March)
- Introduction to Motivational Interviewing (3 day course)
- Let’s Dance Event
- Clan Cancer Support- Volunteering Open Day
- Joint Sanday Community Council and Sanday Development Trust surgeries (February)
- Good Conversations Volunteer Training (27 February)
- Child Protection Awareness - General Workforce Training (27 February)
- Want to build your environmental, social and governance goals?
- Self-Harm Awarness: Understanding and supporting people who self harm - Parent's awareness and Q&A session
- The National Lottery Community Fund - Fund Information Event
- OSCR Webinar: Changes in law affecting charities working with children and protected adults
- Embedding a Trauma-Informed Approach, Suicide Prevention and Self Harm: Joining the Dots
- Rural Connections – Insight into Mental Health (February)
- Free Gaming and Gambling Harm Workshops
- Free Financial Training and Mentoring
- Funding Opportunities
- Marketplace - Large Events
- Community Event Funding
- CashBack for Communities
- Social Innovation Challenge 2025
- Community Enterprise Fund
- Scops Arts Trust - Round 2
- Step Up loan programme
- Strengthening Organisations
- Orkney Children’s Trust
- Strategic Legal Fund
- Pounds for Purpose
- Start It
- Garfield Weston Foundation
- The Craighnish Trust
- Greener Spaces, Fairer Places
- Wheelchairs for Children
- VSS Emergency Assistance Fund
- Fairer Life Chances
- Community Action
- Scottish Land Fund
- Young Start
- National Lottery Awards for All Scotland
- Urgent Assistance Fund
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- Heart of the Community Trust
- Small Grant Programme for Older People
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