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VASLan is the Third Sector Interface for South Lanarkshire, supporting voluntary and community organisations to be strong, sustainable and effective. We are seeking a motivated & values-driven Community Connector to empower communities to identify, scope out and implement place-based sustainable transport solutions across Clydesdale.

About the role

In this role you will:

• Engage with local communities who are experiencing rural isolation and barriers
• Identify gaps in public and community transport provision and emerging community needs
• Facilitate the co-design of locally-led, place-based solutions
• Build and maintain relationships with community organisations and statutory partners
• Support inclusive engagement and ensure all voices are heard

About you

You will bring:

• Knowledge of transport issues facing rural communities
• Passion for community development and the voluntary sector
• Experience in project management
• Ability to build relationships with a range of stakeholders
• Strong communication and organisational skills
• Full driving license and regular access to a vehicle

Blackwood is driven by its vision to help people to live life to the full through good quality landlord and care services.

As a registered Scottish charity and registered social landlord, we are a leading housing and care provider in Scotland, specialising in services for people with disabilities. Founded in 1972 by Dr Margaret Blackwood, the organisation is entirely focused on creating personalised and individual solutions to help people live fully and independently. We provide warm, safe, comfortable homes and care and support for adults with physical disabilities, long term conditions, sensory impairment and learning disabilities.

We are seeking a dedicated individual to strengthen our Board with additional skills and experience, particularly those with a background in care services, housing and asset management.

Our Board meetings are on a Wednesday evening and are held 6 times a year. Board Members will also be required to attend additional Committee meetings, and two Strategy Days per year.

Board positions are voluntary with reimbursement for reasonable expenses. The role offers opportunity to contribute your skills, experience, and perspective in a meaningful way. Training is provided based on members’ experience and development needs.

For an information pack, please visit our website.

If you think you could apply your skills and experience to make a positive contribution to the on-going success of Blackwood, to arrange an informal chat with the Chair contact us on governanceteam@blackwoodgroup.org.uk or call 0131 317 7227.

Smart Play Network is a dynamic, forward thinking play organisation and charity supporting and delivering a range of play services in Scotland.

PlayTalkRead is a Scottish Government Early Years campaign aimed at promoting positive parenting in order to give children the best start in life and a strong platform for healthy growth, development and attainment.

Are you a fun and enthusiastic individual who enjoys working as part of a high energy team? Do you like to travel? Are you passionate about making a positive impact on families and understand the importance of parent and child relationships? Then this may be the job for you.

Our PlayTalkRead team travel across all of Scotland’s 32 local authorities to inspire and encourage parents and carers to interact with their babies and little ones through fun, simple and inexpensive activities. We use playing, talking and reading together as tools to support early speech, language and communication.

As a key member of the play team you will travel to locations across Scotland. Working away from home is an integral part of the role and offers a great opportunity to see Scotland while making a difference!

Having the right mind-set, attitude and approach is as important for us as having the right experience and skills.

We appreciate that the best person might not have all the criteria we have listed, so if you feel your experience and skills will help you to make a great contribution in this role and you have the right mind-set, we would welcome an application from you.

When applying, please refer to the job details for full list of essential and advantageous criteria.

If you would like an informal chat about the Play Practitioner role please email us at recruitment@smartplaynetwork.org and we will organise a phone call.

Could you be part of something different? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to use their gifts, skills and experience to make a difference to the lives of the people in our parishes and communities.

We are looking for someone to work alongside the Parish Minister in a range of pastoral, congregational and community-related activities.

The work will involve pastoral visits, participating in worship and sharing in primary school chaplaincy and developing links with community groups.

The successful candidate will be a committed Christian with an active Church connection (Genuine Occupational Requirement in terms of the Equality Act 2010).

It is essential you have the right to work in the UK before applying to work with us. You will be asked to provide proof of your eligibility to work and remain in the UK if you are invited to attend for an interview.

Paragon Music is seeking a dynamic and motivated Business Development Manager to lead fundraising, oversee financial and governance functions, and support strategic growth. This is a pivotal role within the organisation, contributing directly to the sustainability and expansion of our inclusive music and dance programmes across Scotland and beyond. The post-holder will initially focus on fundraising and business development before broadening their remit to include governance and financial management following a period of onboarding.

Good Food Scotland is looking for new Trustees to join the Board as the organisation moves into its next stage.

Across Glasgow we run nine community food shops, employ 19 staff and spend more than £350,000 each year on food for our members. The scale of the work is significant and it reflects the scale of the challenge facing many households across the city.

Most of our shops are based in communities experiencing some of the highest levels of deprivation in Scotland, including areas ranked among the most deprived on the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation. In many of these neighbourhoods access to affordable, healthy food is limited, while wider pressures around housing costs, debt, energy bills and low income continue to shape everyday life for many families.

Food poverty rarely exists on its own. More often it reflects wider poverty and inequality. Our approach starts with food, but it does not stop there.

Food is often the reason someone first walks through the door. After that, the aim is to make sure people can access the wider support that helps them feel more secure, more connected and better able to cope with the pressures they are facing.

Our shops provide access to affordable, nutritious food and they also act as community spaces where people can meet others, find advice and connect with local support. We work alongside partners such as Govan Law Centre, One Parent Families Scotland and energy advice services, while the shops themselves are delivered in partnership with housing associations including Wheatley Group, Linthouse Housing Association, Sanctuary Scotland and Southside Housing Association. Through these partnerships members can access help with issues that often sit behind food poverty in the first place.

Until now the work has been delivered as part of the Feeding Britain network. We are now establishing Good Food Scotland as an independent Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation, while continuing to work closely with Feeding Britain as a partner. This is an important step for the organisation, and it brings an opportunity to strengthen governance and shape how the charity develops over the coming years.

Our ambition is to build a model that is financially sustainable and capable of growing into other communities across Scotland.

About the role

Trustees play an important part in guiding the organisation and making sure it remains well run and focused on the communities it exists to serve. The Board works closely with the leadership team, offering support, challenge and oversight, helping shape the longer term direction of the charity while making sure strong governance and financial responsibility remain in place.

What we are looking for

As the organisation continues to grow we are particularly keen to hear from people who bring experience in one or more of the following areas.

Commercial retail experience, particularly where you understand how multi site operations work in practice and where improvements to systems, stock management or logistics could strengthen how the shops run.

Finance or accounting experience, ideally someone who may be willing to take on the role of Treasurer and help the Board maintain strong financial oversight.

Legal experience, helping ensure the charity meets its responsibilities and operates within the appropriate governance framework.

Previous board experience can be helpful but it is not essential. Practical knowledge, sound judgement and a willingness to contribute are just as important. We would also welcome interest from people whose lived experience reflects the communities we work alongside.

Why join the Board

Good Food Scotland is already working at scale across Glasgow and making a real difference in communities that face some of the toughest economic pressures in the country. Joining the Board offers the opportunity to contribute to work that is practical, community rooted and focused on long term change.

For those with relevant experience it is also a chance to help shape the organisation as it establishes itself as an independent charity and looks at how the model can grow into other communities.

Time commitment

Trustees attend quarterly board meetings, with occasional input between meetings when needed. Meetings may take place more regularly over the next 12months, with Trustees able to attend in person in Glasgow or online.

If you are interested in using your experience to support communities across Glasgow and help shape the future direction of Good Food Scotland, we would be pleased to hear from you.

About Us

Lambhill Stables is a community owned charity in the North of Glasgow providing recreational, educational, training and employment opportunities. Our aims are to develop and deliver programmes of community-based activities in support of our provisions, to engage in viable and socially inclusive activity and to do so in a sustainable way.

Job Purpose

• To assist with the delivery and development of youth work provision within the policies of Lambhill Stables.
• The primary responsibilities of a Youth Worker are to provide guidance and support to children and young people and to help them reach their full potential.
• By doing so your duties will include but are not limited to -
• Building trust and respect with the children and young people to help develop a lasting relationship with Lambhill Stables
• Understand the community you work within, including the barriers faced by those who live there.
• To be accountable and responsible for carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the post outlined in Lambhill Stables’ Equal Opportunities policy.
• To participate in regular performance reviews, undertake training courses appropriate to your role.
• To encourage youth led ideas and active participation in the delivery of sessions.
• To be aware of and implement Health and Safety; Child Protection and all organisational policies and procedures.
• Aid in the delivery of programs built for the purpose of NEET young people and aid in employability or further education opportunities.
• Youth Work is Face to Face, and we work closely with our community members to ensure we are a safe and healthy environment for those who come to us.

All applicants are subject to a PVG and Disclosure Scotland check.

The Butterfly Trust is the lead provider of social and psychosocial support for people affected by Cystic Fibrosis throughout Scotland. We provide a comprehensive range of outreach services for all ages of people with Cystic Fibrosis and their families across Scotland.

We aspire to a quality of excellence in our standard of service provision to Scotland’s Cystic Fibrosis Community.

All of our personnel are expected to maintain those standards when providing support that is focused on promoting emotional wellbeing alongside practical help to maximise income and addresses issues that include housing, benefits, education and employment.

We are looking for a dynamic, proactive and personable individual to join our team. They must have a positive attitude, attention to detail with a genuine passion for supporting other people and who has ambition for their own continued personal and professional development. They will have excellent communication, interpersonal, problem solving and organisational skills, experience in managing or supervising staff or volunteers and able to work with people at all levels.

We will provide both in-house and external training to ensure all of our team have appropriate skills and knowledge to fulfil their role to the best of their ability.

The Adult Services Manager is responsible for providing a range of services to adults affected by Cystic Fibrosis, including direct support for carers and supervision of volunteer mentors who provide direct support them.

They will work in collaboration with specialist medical personnel to ensure provision of professional and integrated medical and social support services as well as liaising with Social Care Services, Local Authorities and other relevant specialist agencies, as required.

Full driving licence and a car is essential.

For this regulated work the successful candidate will be required to gain/maintain PVG scheme membership which will be paid for by the Trust.

We offer:

Out of pocket expenses

Mileage allowance

Individual staff training budget for in-house and external training

Generous holiday entitlement

5% Workplace pension

As LEAP Sports Scotland's Volunteer Community Coordinator, you will be responsible for coordinating the participation of volunteers and activists within LEAP Sports and for ensuring that they are effectively supported, deployed and rewarded on their pathway.

The successful candidate will:

• recognise and respect the place of volunteers and activists within LEAP Sports and be motivated towards their successful participation

• recruit, deploy and support volunteers, community activists and equality in sport activists

• work directly supporting volunteers on the Pride House Glasgow project

• undertake targeted actions to involve marginalised communities and underrepresented geographic communities.

• be skilled in digital work and support the development of new digital activism opportunities

We’re looking for a Wellbeing Co-ordinator who will play a vital role in delivering one of our core objectives to improve the wellbeing of our community. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated person with a strong community focus to shape wellbeing activities at The Pyramid, with a high level of autonomy.

We are open to a part-time or full-time role (min 21 hours to max 35 hours per week), to be agreed with the successful candidate. FTE £28,000 - £30,000, depending on experience.

Hours may be worked flexibly to meet the needs of the organisation and the employee, it is expected there will be some evening working and occasional weekend working.

Based at The Pyramid.

A full Job Description can be downloaded below.