Covid-19 Travelling to volunteer 26 November 2020 The Scottish Government have published guidance on travel rules, restrictions and protection levels, including information on essential travel and what are the exceptions. Read more Written by Rosie Abernethy Tags: Covid-19 Blogs Categories: For Volunteers, For Organisations
21st Anniversary of Volunteer Managers Day 5 November 2020 Val Ewan, Voluntary Services Manager at NHS Tayside shares with us how Covid-19 has impacted their volunteering services and what is next for them for IVMDay 2020. Read more Written by Guest Blog Tags: Covid-19 Blogs Categories: For Volunteers, For Organisations
Victim Support Scotland’s Volunteering during Covid-19 5 November 2020 Ewan McPherson, Volunteer Engagement Officer at Victim Support Scotland shares with us how Covid-19 has impacted their volunteering services and what is next for them for IVMDay 2020. Read more Written by Guest Blog Tags: Covid-19 Blogs Categories: For Volunteers, For Organisations
Community Sports Clubs' response to COVID-19 (new research) 2 October 2020 SPORT is a major contributor to Scotland’s health, wellbeing and economy, but a huge proportion of that relies on volunteers and a new report has uncovered concern over where those volunteers will be when sport finally does get moving again. Read more Written by Alan Stevenson Tags: Covid-19 Blogs, Research Categories: For Volunteers, For Organisations
A once in a lifetime opportunity for volunteering! 16 July 2020 Matthew Linning, Head of Research at Volunteer Scotland, discusses the implications from the latest research on COVID-19 in Scotland. Read more Written by Matthew Linning Tags: Covid-19 Blogs, Research Categories: For Volunteers
Going through the phases and other news 10 July 2020 As we continue to ease the lockdown restrictions we thought it useful to do a short Round Up of the latest advice pertinent to volunteering in Scotland. Read more Written by Alan Stevenson Tags: Covid-19 Blogs Categories: For Volunteers
Sports volunteering and coronavirus 19 June 2020 Sport in Scotland is entirely reliant on volunteers. Almost every sports club and organisation is volunteer-led, and many have no-one in the organisation who is paid at all. As researchers, we're keen to find out how sports clubs and volunteers have been impacted by coronavirus (COVID-19). Read more Written by Guest Blog Tags: Covid-19 Blogs Categories: For Volunteers
Scotland Cares volunteering polls 29 May 2020 We’ve conducted 2 polls with Scotland Cares volunteers which ask questions around what's happened since they signed up. Want to know what they've told us? Read more Written by Alan Stevenson Tags: Covid-19 Blogs Categories: For Volunteers