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Read our Covid-19 related blog posts...
The Scottish Government have published guidance on travel rules, restrictions and protection levels, including information on essential travel and what are the exceptions.
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.
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.
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.
Matthew Linning, Head of Research at Volunteer Scotland, discusses the implications from the latest research on COVID-19 in Scotland.
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.
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).
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?
A few days ago, a visually impaired athlete took her smartphone and streamed an audio described workout on Facebook. The class was followed by lots of other visually impaired people wanting to exercise during lockdown.
We've answered some of your PVG related questions.