You’ll be helping disabled people feel unstoppable. As a Community Fundraiser you’ll be right at the heart of our team’s efforts to make sure no one affected by spina bifida or hydrocephalus feels alone.

Each year, we aim to raise over £100,000 through Community Fundraising to support our essential services. Your mission will be to generate income by engaging with businesses, community groups, third-party challenge events, and volunteer-led fundraising efforts across the Central Belt of Scotland (including Edinburgh and Glasgow).

This is an exciting and creative role where you will have the freedom to develop and implement your own fundraising strategies. As you grow your fundraising success, you’ll have the chance to shape your own career path. At SBH Scotland we believe in rewarding success and encouraging staff to fulfil their potential. You’ll also be part of an experienced team to support you every step of the way.

What SBH Scotland can offer you

Flexibility – We offer flexible working, including the opportunity to work from home or around caring responsibilities.

Motivated and supportive colleagues – Staff scored SBH Scotland as 9 out of 10 for motivation and a supportive work environment.

An opportunity to express yourself – Staff scored SBH Scotland as 8 out of 10 for being supportive in taking risks with new ideas.

We also offer: Workplace pension scheme, salary sacrifice scheme, death in service benefit, toil system, childcare voucher scheme, 30 days annual leave plus 4 statutory holidays.

Reporting to: Director of Fundraising

Place of Work: Hybrid office/home-working model with base being the Dan Young Building, Dullatur G68 0LS. Occasional travel within Scotland to accommodate needs of fundraising.

Working Hours: 35 hours per week, normally 9.00am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday. The role will necessitate working some hours out with normal office hours, including evening and some weekends.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

To be as unstoppable as the people we support.

• Implement the Community Strategy, delivering effective, exciting and appropriate fundraising activity including the development of a Farmers Market Scotland wide.

• To be responsible for the organisation of a well-established Ladies Lunch event

• Proactively recruit individuals and teams for third party challenge events i.e. Kiltwalk.

• Proactively develop and nurture relationships with potential funders and fundraisers e.g. businesses, community groups and individuals.

• Identify and follow up opportunities to secure non-cash or in-kind support, e.g.

volunteering, pro bono support, donations of equipment.

• To be responsible for the stewardship of supporters.

• Co-ordinate the recruitment and appropriate use of volunteers to support local

Fundraising.

To be innovative and creative in your role.

• Working with the Head of Communications & Marketing devise a communications plan to promote Community Fundraising initiatives.

• Identify potential PR opportunities.

• Work closely with Direct Services colleagues to involve them in building relationships with supporters and in fundraising activities as required.

A commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

• Provide regular analysis of income and impact.

• To gather data and feedback to learn from failures and apply learning to improve processes and applications.

• Ensure that all donor and prospect records are maintained and updated accurately and promptly on Raiser’s Edge and that record keeping is compliant with the charity’s Data Protection Policy.

About the roles:

We seek two Befriending Coordinators to market and deliver our well-established befriending service in the Fife area to young carers who are socially isolated, and who need a break from their caring responsibilities. You will recruit, match, and support a network of volunteer befrienders to support young carers one to one, as well as delivering your, small direct case load. You will also liaise with a range of organisations, particularly Fife Young Carers.

This post requires you to have your administrative home-base in Fife and involves regular travel across Fife to homes and communities.

It involves regulated work for which a satisfactory PVG will be required. Lead Scotland has a Recruiting People with Convictions Policy.

About you:

Are you passionate about the transformative power of befriending to overcome social isolation and loneliness? Are you confident in communicating one to one and have a flexible and creative approach to befriending?

Would you enjoy being an active part of the vibrant, inclusive, and supportive Lead Scotland team?

Do you have great organisational skills, previous experience of supporting disabled adults experiencing a range of barriers, and of designing and delivering befriending activities?

You must enjoy working with young people, be enthusiastic, and be committed to a person-centred experience for befriendees. Experience of recruiting and training volunteers is a key part of this role.

Applications from disabled people:

Lead has Disability Confident status, and we encourage applications from disabled people. All disabled people meeting the minimum requirements will get a guaranteed interview. Information about our commitment to recruit disabled people is available on our website. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in the online form. This will in no way disadvantage you in the recruitment process. All job application information can be made in alternative formats on request including braille, large print and audio and people can make applications in alternative formats.

Recruitment paperwork is kept for 6 months before it is destroyed. Please complete our anonymous equal opportunities form to help us ensure we are attracting a broad range of candidates.

Glasgow Association for Mental Health is one of the principal providers of community mental health services in Greater Glasgow. We are commissioned by Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership to deliver a Compassionate Distress Response Service (CDRS) for people in distress who do not require a medical or clinical intervention. We would like to recruit for our Out of Hours Pathway for Emergency Services, First Responders, the Mental Health Assessment Units etc. The OOHs service operates 7 days a week Monday through to Sunday 5pm -2am.

The service operates from our GAMH Head Office- Glasgow by the Green.

Key Skills:

Good communication skills to be able to work effectively with referrers and individuals using the service. Compassionate listening, be able to alleviate individual’s feelings of distress. Be highly resourceful in supporting individuals i.e., identifying coping strategies, self-management techniques and onward referral where appropriate. Be confident and competent to apply risk assessment, safety planning, and escalation processes where appropriate. SVQ 3 or equivalent or willingness towards achieving this qualification is essential.