The Merchants House is one of Glasgow’s oldest charitable organisations with a history dating back to 1605 and before. Today we make a positive impact on the lives and experiences of the people of Glasgow and the West of Scotland by providing grant support to, and partnering with, third sector bodies and by supporting individuals in need. The House manages substantial endowment funds, many of which have specific terms on the distribution of grants. Rental income is generated from the office suites of the Merchants House building owned and occupied by the House.

The present membership of the House is over 800. Up to thirty-six Directors, elected by the members, carry on the active work of the House.

The Head of the House is the Lord Dean of Guild, elected annually by its Members. The Lord Dean acts as Chairman of the House and delegates Convenorship of the different committees. The Lord Dean of Guild is Glasgow’s Second Citizen after the Lord Provost of the City.

We are currently seeking applications from candidates to become Trustees of The House. A full role description can be downloaded via the application link below.

Every day people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland.

By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as a Self-Management Training Facilitator, you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living.

You will be part of Scotland’s leading charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions to live life to the full again. Our Community Healthcare Support Services form a nationwide network of local services, including our Supported Self Management programme, community support groups, nurses, volunteers and one-to-one support teams helping families adjust to life with a heart or lung condition or after a stroke.

We are looking for a Supported Self Management Training Facilitator to join our amazing team in the Borders area. This role is focused on making sure that people affected by chest, heart and stroke conditions have access to our evidence-based Chronic Disease Supported Self Management programme,enabling people with our conditions to live with, and beyond, their new reality.

Through delivering our Supported Self Management programme, you will support people to develop the skills, knowledge and tools to confidently self manage their health condition and live as independently as possible. You’ll also

help people to get back to doing the things that are important to them – from simple things like walking to their local shop following a stroke, to returning to a sky-high hobby of gliding!

You will co-facilitate the delivery of our 6-week Chronic Disease Self Management workshops with another trained facilitator and line manage any volunteers who support the delivery of these sessions. You will lead and

motivate participants within a group setting to take control of their lives in a positive way, raising their confidence and empowering them to develop the skills to set and achieve goals, make strong and supportive connections with their

workshop peers and make meaningful changes to their lifestyle to support their ongoing self management journey.

Candidates don’t need to have medical knowledge, or previous experience as a Chronic Disease Supported Self Management Facilitator, as full training is provided. We are looking for someone with a positive attitude towards people

with disabilities and long-term conditions and an understanding of the challenges faced by people with chest, heart and stroke conditions and Long Covid. You should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to engage with others confidently and deliver key information, clearly.

At Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, our mission is to ensure there’s No Life Half Lived in Scotland – and you can be a vital part of that. We are Scotland’s leading organisation for person-centred, user-led community support for people with our health conditions.

Applicants must have a car and a current valid driving licence (expenses are paid at mileage rate).

CHSS also supports flexible recruitment through Working Families and we are “Happy to Talk Flexible Working”.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a PVG check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

About Us

Change Mental Health is a leading national mental health charity providing unique support to people with severe and enduring mental ill health. With over 50 years’ experience across Scotland, we believe people affected by poor mental health and illness deserve the highest quality of support in the community and that every person has the right to be valued and to share in the opportunities, challenges, and joys of everyday life.

About the Community Link Worker Service

The Community Link Worker service collaborates with selected GP surgeries – supporting adults over the age of 18 through social prescribing. Referrals are received from the GP to our Community Link Workers when there might be a concern caused by social factors, rather than a medical problem. The service focuses on improving health outcomes for people experiencing stressors in their lives due to social problems, which could lead to poor mental health.

About the Role

As a Senior Community Link Worker, you will have a developmental role as well as providing on-going support. You will be responsible for developing positive, working relationships between the Community Link Worker team, Primary Care and local community resources. You will work to ensure that people referred from Primary Care to the Community Link Worker service benefit from community resources which can contribute to improvement of their mental and physical health outcomes. You will contribute to community development in your local area of work by working with community organisations

You will carry case loads for on-going work with specific individuals for developing and reviewing personal support plans, and provide oversight of personal support plans designed and implemented by Community Link Workers. Working closely with Community Link Workers in a guidance and/or support and supervision role, you will promote good working practice and staff development.

You will also ensure that the Community Link Worker service provides an environment where people can improve their health outcomes, establish improved connections in their communities and enhance their quality of life.

Who Cares? Scotland is Scotland’s only national independent membership organisation for Care Experienced people. Our mission is to secure a lifetime of equality, respect, and love for Care Experienced people in Scotland and we currently have over 3000 Care Experienced members.

At the heart of Who Cares? Scotland’s work are the rights of Care Experienced children and young people, and the power of their voices to bring about positive change. We provide individual relationship-based independent advocacy and a broad range of imaginative participatory opportunity for Care Experienced young people across Scotland; we work alongside corporate parents and communities of all sorts to broaden understanding; we work with policy makers, leaders and elected representatives locally and nationally to shape law, policy and practice on the basis of all that can be learnt from the voices of those with experience of care – working together to build on the aspirations of The Promise and secure positive change.

The post holder will work directly with children and young people with experience of care, in an individual relationship-based advocacy role, and within participation and group activity across our North East region. This unique role requires you to listen to what children and young people with experience of care say and support them to ensure their rights are upheld and their voices are heard in the processes of making decisions about their lives. You will also help facilitate a broad range of participatory and engagement opportunities and create the conditions for collective advocacy.

The right candidate for this post will be brilliant at forming positive relationships with children and young people. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, adaptable to a wide range of contexts. You will enjoy working collaboratively with partners. You will be committed to children’s rights, inclusive working, equal opportunities, and believe that all young people can make transformative change happen in their lives if given the opportunity.

The successful candidate will be joining Who Cares? Scotland and working within the North East locality team at an exciting time, when the voices of those who are in or have experienced care are growing in power, individually and collectively – bringing with them insight, challenge, hope and change. Flexibility will be required given the remit of the role. Some evening and weekend work will be necessary, as will a full driving licence and access to transport.

If this sounds like the role for you, we would love to hear from you. For an informal conversation about this opportunity please contact Jane Donaldson, our Advocacy and Participation Manager for our North East team at jdonaldson@whocaresscotland.org.

Make a Difference for Unpaid Carers

Angus Carers Centre is seeking dedicated and values-driven individuals to join our Board of Trustees to help shape the future of our work supporting unpaid carers in Angus

Unpaid carers play a vital role in our communities, often at significant personal cost. Our charity exists to ensure carers are recognised, supported, and empowered to maintain their wellbeing while caring for others.

As a Board Member, you will:

• Provide strategic direction and governance for the charity
• Ensure the organisation remains financially sound, ethical, and sustainable
• Act as an ambassador for the charity and its mission
• Contribute to key decisions that impact unpaid carers and their families

This is a voluntary, unpaid role, with reasonable expenses reimbursed.

Who We’re Looking For

We welcome applications from individuals with a passion for social impact. You do not need prior board experience. We are particularly interested in people with skills or experience in:

• Finance or accounting
• Legal or governance
• Health and social care
• Lived experience as an unpaid carer
• Fundraising, communications, or digital
• HR, people management, or organisational development
• Youth work/ GIRFEC

We are committed to diversity and inclusion and strongly encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ages, and lived experiences.

Time Commitment

Approximately 8 board meetings per year, plus occasional sub-committee or development sessions.

Why Join Us?

• Make a meaningful impact on the lives of unpaid carers
• Develop board-level and leadership experience
• Be part of a supportive, mission-driven team
• Contribute to positive social change

Help us to make a difference!

Sacro’s mission is to deliver life-changing services that empower people, give hope and protection, and help to build safe communities.

Sacro provide Restorative Justice and one to one Behavioural change programmes to assist young people to address offending behaviour and, where appropriate, to support young people to make amends to address their behaviour by making amends to the person they have harmed.

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated individual to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Fife Youth Justice service. You will be responsible for working directly with young people as part of an existing Youth Justice team.

You should have experience of working with young people who offend and have knowledge of psychosocial and psychological interventions, Restorative Justice and experience of delivering group work programmes.

You should be able to demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills. The ability to work both as part of a team and independently is essential along with a commitment to Sacro’s value base.

Experience of multi-disciplinary team working would be an advantage.

About us

The Super Power Agency exists to help young people write their story and to stay with them while they grow into it.

We are a small organisation with big ideas, grounded in the belief that creative writing is not a ‘nice to have’, but an essential skill.

Writing builds confidence, literacy, empathy and self-expression.

When young people are given the space to imagine freely and the structure to shape their ideas, their worlds open up.

The Role

We are looking for someone who believes in the long game. Someone who understands that impact is not only measured in numbers, but in confidence gained, stories remembered, and lives quietly shaped. Someone who can offer strategic guidance, governance oversight and thoughtful challenge all while holding fast to the values that make this organisation special.

The coming years are significant. We are growing our reach, deepening partnerships, expanding into new communities,

and working towards a long-held ambition: creating a dedicated writing centre where young people can flourish and write freely.

As our Chair of Trustees, you’ll provide leadership, support and a bit of magic to help guide our charity’s vision and direction.

• Lead the Board in shaping our strategy and keeping our mission at the heart of every decision.
• Work closely with the CEO to champion creativity, confidence and sustainability across everything we do.
• Be an ambassador for the Super Power Agency by helping to build partnerships, open doors and spread our story far and wide.
• Ensure our governance and finances are strong, inclusive and focused on supporting young people.

This role is perfect for someone who wants to make a real difference while bringing their leadership, collaboration and

imagination to the table.

Equal Say has been providing advocacy for people with disabilities and their carers since 1995. We want to recruit a new worker for our project in North Lanarkshire providing collective advocacy for carers of people with disabilities, mental ill health and/or long-term conditions.

We require one full time worker but will also consider two part time workers, working 21 (£18,926) and/or 14 (£12,618) hours per week subject to negotiation.

The project is funded initially for one year with further funding extensions subject to project evaluation. We would particularly welcome applications from candidates with experience as an unpaid carer and a passion for carers’ rights.

If you have knowledge or experience of any of the following, we want to hear from you:

• Providing advocacy or representation to marginalised people
• Experience of working with carers, adults or children with disabilities, mental ill health or long-term conditions.
• Experience of groupwork in a community setting
• Autonomous working within communities
• A passion for inclusion and natural justice

We offer 37 days holiday, employer pension contribution of 8.75% if the employee contributes 6%, travel allowance, company mobile phone/laptop and flexible working. Generally, this means you work to the needs of advocacy partners on any day Monday to Friday that suits your and the project’s needs. It is a mixture working from home and some days in our office base in Wishaw but mostly in community settings across North Lanarkshire.

Access to suitable transport and driving license are essential for this position due to the size and nature of the Local Authority area covered.

This post is subject to membership of the PVG scheme and suitable references.

Please read the Background Information, Job Description and Person Specification.

Join the Board of East and Southeast Asian Scotland (ESAS)

About ESAS

East and Southeast Asian Scotland (ESAS) is a community-led organisation working for justice, rights, and empowerment of East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) communities across Scotland. We centre the voices of ESEA people while building solidarity and belonging across diverse communities.

• Founded in 2020 and incorporated as a Community Interest Company, ESAS has grown into a trusted and recognised voice. Our achievements include:
• Leading community research (Migrant Life in Scotland survey) on ESEA migrants’ access to services during the pandemic.
• Delivering emergency food, clothing, and IT support during COVID-19.
• Supporting wellbeing and inclusion through peer support groups, befriending, English lessons, and women’s sessions.
• Partnering with COSLA and the Scottish Government to support Hong Kong BN(O) migrants and improve access to services.
• Providing hate incident reporting and casework support through the national On Your Side service.
• Advocating for labour rights across the UK through the ESEA Migrant Alliance UK project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.

The opportunity

We are seeking new Board Directors who share our commitment to justice, rights, and empowerment. As a Director, you will play a vital role in shaping strategy, strengthening governance, and ensuring our work has lasting impact.

Previous Board experience is not essential—we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, skills, and lived experience. We are particularly interested in candidates with knowledge or experience in:

• Governance and organisational leadership
• Finance (including an applicant for the Treasurer role)
• Fundraising and understanding of the NGO/funding landscape
• HR and compliance
• UK policy and systems that shape migrant and community wellbeing

Commitment

This is a voluntary, non-executive role (reasonable expenses reimbursed). The time commitment is around 29 hours per year, covering meetings, preparation, and occasional reviews. Meetings are mainly online, with one in-person meeting in Scotland annually. Every five years, Directors attend a Governance Development Weekend (the next in Jan/March 2026).

Why join us?

• Make a meaningful contribution to long-term systemic change for ESEA communities.
• Help shape the governance of a growing, grassroots organisation at a pivotal stage.
• Gain experience in third-sector governance, policy advocacy, and organisational development.
• Connect with grassroots communities, statutory partners, and national networks.

Are you passionate about supporting recovery from domestic abuse? Fife Women’s Aid are looking for a full-time Team Manager to join our supportive management team.

The successful applicant will have at least SVQ Level IV or equivalent level of qualification in management or other relevant subject, or equivalent experience and willingness to work towards a qualification.

You will be able to demonstrate a high degree of motivation, the ability to support and lead staff, a knowledge base of trauma-informed practice and the ability to work effectively as part of a team.

An ability to cover on-call is an advantage (additional payments are made for this role).

Please join us for an online session to find out more about Fife Women’s Aid services and the Team Manager role. This will be at 6.30pm on Monday 2nd February 2026. Please confirm your attendance to info@fifewomensaid.org.uk and we will send you details of the zoom meeting. We hope to see you there.

Fife Women’s Aid is a feminist organisation and strives to be a supportive and empowering employer offering competitive terms and conditions.

Membership of Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme is a requirement for this post.

If you would like further information about the post, please contact Kate McCormack, CEO at kate.mccormack@fifewomensaid.org.uk.