Heriot-Watt Volunteering

What a fantastic idea! Please share with anyone you think would benefit from this generosity this Christmas! ☃️

Not got an advent calendar yet? Check out this lovely idea! 🗓️

The Advent calendar that gives back This year some people are choosing to mark the countdown to Christmas with daily donations to charity.

We're still after a few volunteers for our fantastic Haunted House charity event on Friday, as well as our Charities Week the week after. Message [email protected] if you'd like to join the fun. 🤗

Looking to help fellow students? Nightline is running an information event at Heriot Watt on Thursday (18.30-19.30, Student Union, Committee Room 1). Can't make that? You can still attend one of the other sessions elsewhere! 🌜☎️

Interested in Food/Festivals? Sounds like this volunteering opportunity might be your kind of thing! 🥕🥕🥕

Will you be at the heart of making 's festival of happen again? We're recruiting!

Please share this post and help us find the handful of people to secure the Festival's future.

https://poweroffoodfestival.wordpress.com/2017/09/21/were-recruiting/

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A great opportunity from a fantastic charity. Please share far and wide.

What’s your big idea?

Applications are now being taken for the scholarship fund set up in memory of MND campaigner, Gordon Aikman.

The Gordon Aikman Scholarship is worth £50,000; with the Scottish Government providing £25,000 and MND Scotland matching this funding.

The fund allows people living with MND, and their carers, to apply with practical ideas for research and development, informed by their own experience of living with the condition.

Could it be an idea for a new kind of mobility product, to help somebody with MND live a more normal life? Could it be investigating a new way of helping somebody with MND communicate? How about developing exercises that keep someone mobile for longer, or identifying what is key to keeping carers fit, healthy and happy?

If you have MND, or if you care for somebody who does, we’re keen to hear your ideas of how we can use this money to improve the lives of people with MND.

Successful applicants will work with MND Scotland, and a committed team of researchers, and could help make their idea take shape and come to life.

If you wish to apply, you must contact MND Scotland with your idea before the end of the month. We will then work with you to submit your formal application.

If you are an individual who wishes to apply, you will require the endorsement of MND Scotland. Please contact [email protected] with your proposals.

For more information, please visit www.mndscotland.org.uk/gordon-aikman-scholarship

Brilliant summer volunteering opportunities up for grabs here!! 😇

Join our Festival Community! Applications open on 11 May and close at midnight on Sunday 21 June. Interviews will take place in June. If your application is not successful for the role of Festival City Volunteer, we will help you and find something that is right for you.

Volunteering is easy peasy 🍋👌! Take a look at this article and start volunteering your time with the Union (or other organisations) today. 💪💪💪

How to start volunteering: ‘Stop whining, I tell myself. Do something’ I assumed I didn’t have enough time - that was my first mistake

Seven days left to become a Freshers Helper, and join this lot in making sure Freshers have the best time ever. 😇😇👌

Apply here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/TNFDNQ5

Only two weeks left to apply to be a Freshers Helper.

It's a fantastic opportunity which looks GREAT on a CV and will be super fun guaranteed. 🚀🚀👌

Apply here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/TNFDNQ5

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🎭👩🏽‍🎤Like going to gigs (of any sort) and want to volunteer in the community? Sign up to GIG BUDDIES and help support people with learning difficulties who share the same interests as you!

More information here: https://www.facebook.com/gigbuddiesscotland/

Gig Buddies with Thera Trust Gig Buddies with Thera Trust enables people with a learning disability to get out to more events and enjoy the social life they choose. Our current local projects are: Gig Buddies Edinburgh, West Lothian, and Glasgow.