Volunteering

Purpose of the group

To raise awareness of volunteering in all sectors to ultimately increase participation rates in all its forms. 

To ensure volunteering has a high profile in the Scottish Parliament and influence Scottish Government Policy.

To ensure opportunities for volunteering are recognised across all SG directorates.

Examination and sharing of research in other parts of UK and beyond.

To liaise and work with other CPGs to promote volunteering.

Forthcoming meetings

Next meeting:

Agendas/Links

• Agenda for meeting 16 November 2016 (280KB pdf)
• Agenda for meeting 25 January 2017 (190KB pdf)
• Agenda for meeting 29 March 2017 (182KB pdf)
• Agenda for meeting 1 November 2017 (391KB pdf)
• Agenda for meeting 31 January 2018 (387KB pdf)
• Agenda for meeting 28 March 2018 (299KB pdf)
• Agenda for meeting 30 October 2018 (300KB pdf)
• Agenda for meeting 30 January 2018 (250KB pdf)
• Agenda for meeting 04 June 2019 (143KB pdf)

Minutes

• Minutes of Meeting 16 November 2016 (140KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 25 January 2017 (191KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 29 March 2017 (67KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 28 June 2017 (385KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 1 November 2017 (388KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 31 January 2018 (253KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 28 March 2018 (245KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 7 June 2018 (250KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 30 October 2018 (243KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 30 January 2019 (116KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 4 June 2019 (125KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 25 November 2020 (157KB pdf)

Annual Return/Report

• Registration form (94KB pdf) 
• Annual return 2017 (536KB pdf)
• Annual return 2018 (685Kb pdf)
• Annual return 2019 (700KB pdf)
• Annual return 2020 (201KB pdf)

Group Officers

Group Members

Organisations

Volunteer Scotland - secretary

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland 

Voluntary Arts Scotland

Volunteer Glasgow

Scouts Scotland

Quarriers

Befriending Networks

TSI Moray 

CVS Inverclyde

Volunteer Centre Dundee

Dyslexia Scotland

VC Borders

Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations

Volunteer Edinburgh

Voluntary Action South Lanarkshire 

CVS Falkirk 

Volunteer Midlothian

Voluntary Arts Scotland

Volunteer Centre East Ayrshire

Project Scotland

Breast Cancer Care Scotland

Big Lottery Fund

Open Secret 

Voluntary Action Fund

CHAS

Children 1st

Lead Scotland

Fresh Start

Home start UK

TSI Ayrshire

Carnegie UK Trust

Changing Faces

Exchange Scotland

Guide Dogs

Red Cross

Scottish Sports Association (SSA)

St Andrew's First Aid

Voluntary Action South Ayrshire

Volunteer Centre Edinburgh

Youth Link Scotland

NHS Health Scotland

Samaritans

The Food Train

National Autistic Society 

Fife Voluntary Action 

Clackmannanshire Third Sector Interface

PKAVS Volunteering Hub

Engage Renfrewshire

Scottish Water Ways Trust

Highland Third Sector Interface

Stirlingshire Voluntary Enterprise

CVS Inverclyde

The State Hospital

Voluntary Health Scotland

Planning Aid for Scotland 

Volunteer Centre East Ayrshire

Voluntary Action South Lanarkshire 

Scottish Government Third Sector Unit 

Shelter Scotland

Rowan Alba Limited

Highland Third Sector Interface

Voluntary Action Scotland

SCVO 

Camphill Scotland 

NHS Tayside Board

Cruse Scotland 

Royal Voluntary Service 

Fresh Start

Paths for all 

Cancer Research UK

PKAVS Volunteering Hub

Scottish Drugs Forum 

Breast Cancer Now 

Scottish Men's Shed 

South Lanarkshire Council

Cancer Research UK's Cancer Campaigns Ambassador Programme

MacMillian Cancer Support

Intergenerational National Network

CHAS

Scottish Water Ways Trust

Volunteering Matters

Contact the Elderly 

Argyll TSI 

Argyll & Bute Council

Citizen Advice Scotland 

The Machan Trust

Aberlour

CSR Scotland 

Bield

Senior Researcher Office of Graham Simpson MSP

Volunteer Centre Western Isles

STRIVE

Fife Voluntary Action

The International Voluntary Service 

National Autistic Society 

Leonard Cheshire

Glasgow Caledonian University 

Breast Feeding Network 

The Wood Foundation 

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

LAMH World of Work

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