Volunteers

We need volunteers to help us deliver essential services to children all over Scotland.

Being a volunteer can be a very rewarding experience and can even help with gaining experience or getting back into employment.

There are many opportunities within Aberlour for volunteers. Help us fundraise or help directly with our services. You could volunteer to  service the many collection boxes we have in shops, pubs and garages or even come to help us in our offices across Scotland.

Share your knowledge with us. Your skills and interests can be of great value. This can be as diverse as helping us in our office to befriending a child in trouble. Whatever you decide to do you will soon realise that your skills are needed and appreciated.

Please look at our Volunteers page for current volunteer vacancies.

Louise Walker - Aberlour Child Care volunteer
"I work with teenagers in an Aberlour Child Care befriending unit. I find the work stimulating and it has helped me solve problems within my own family and positively influences the way I do my work"

Margaret Maclean - Events Coordinator
"I organise events for Aberlour and raise money in my community because I believe in the things they stand for"
 

Unit 2 in Stirling consists of over 30 community volunteers who give up their own time to support young people between the ages of 8-16 who are experiencing difficulties within the home, school, or wider community.

The service's annual volunteer celebration was held recently, attended by 21 of the volunteers who act as 'befrienders'. Madge Spencer, who has worked at the unit for 16 years and retired at the end of August, said:

"Our annual event is always great fun and this year we enjoyed a fantastic Chinese buffet in Stirling. It was an honour to present the volunteers with their OBE (Order of the Befriending Empire) as they're all fantastic role models to the young people they volunteer for.

"It's so rewarding to see strong relationships being developed and trust being built amongst young people and volunteers.

"Befriending has such an impact on young people's social skills and increases their self-esteem, giving them the confidence to get involved in hobbies. Having someone to talk to is vital and young people really value the fact that befrienders spend time with them because they want to rather than because they're being paid."

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