Volunteer Centre Western Isles will be working to support the COVID-19 response in the following ways:
– Helping in the promotion of volunteer roles related to the COVID-19 response
– Communicating with local volunteers and organisations to let them know what is happening and connect them where relevant
– Providing advice and guidance on volunteering safely when dealing with vulnerable members of the public.
Please check our website news, facebook and instagram for the latest volunteering opportunities, updates and good practice guides.
Get in touch with any questions – we are here to help!
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Please click below for the latest Volunteer Centre Western Isles Newsletter with COVID-19 updates and info for volunteer involving organisations https://mailchi.mp/710ff832c98f/covid-19-volunteer-information-update
It is crucial that all staff and volunteers working in the sector follow the current government advice to stay at home wherever possible and strictly limit face-to-face contact. Only services which are essential should be provided in communities.
We have put together the following FAQ page to help people who want to help out during the current Covid-19 pandemic.
Youth Volunteering>
If you are 25 or under, volunteer with us – you never know where it could take you! We have opportunities throughout the Outer Hebrides – tell us what you are interested in and we will help you find a volunteering opportunity. Watch local girl Eleanor Nicolson’s volunteer journey, produced by the Wee Studio.
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Find out what you can offer in your local area
Find out what you can offer in your local area
Volunteering is one of the most rewarding things you can do. Do you know how you can benefit?
Under 25? Find out more about youth volunteering and how you and your community can benefit.
For Organisations >
We offer a range of free Volunteer Management Training through our Training Programme which runs across the Outer Herbrides.
We run Volunteer Network meetings for volunteer managers. The VOLNET meetings are very informal and offer managers a chance to share practice and network.fr
You can download template Volunteer Policies here or contact us for support to develop your organisations volunteer policies.
Volunteers are urgently required, please follow the link below
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We urgently need volunteers to help people stay safe & well in their homes. Become a kindness caller & check-in on people over the phone. Deliver shopping to people or walk their dog. Make sure no one is left to fight the virus alone. Sign-up now: http://chss.org.uk/kindness
Volunteer Centre latest newsletter with info for our volunteer organisations on the COVID-19 response in the Western Isles
https://mailchi.mp/710ff832c98f/covid-19-volunteer-information-update
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It is so important to look out for each other throughout these challenging times
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It’s more important to be kind now than ever before. https://twitter.com/BelievePHQ/status/1242556996974522372
New rule are crystal clear. #StayAtHome except for these limited reasons:
✅To shop for basic necessities
✅For one form of exercise a day
✅For medical/care needs, or to help a vulnerable person
✅To travel to and from work but only if it is a necessity.
#COVIDー19
With immediate effect ferry companies will no longer take non-essential travellers.
From now on Ferries will be for those who live on our islands, who have an essential need to travel to or from the mainland and for essential supplies or business. Nothing else.
We have put together FAQs information on our web page http://www.volunteercentrewi.org to help people who want to help out and volunteer during the current Covid-19 pandemic. Please share
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