Volunteers Needed for Stay Well Lanarkshire Project
We need volunteers for our new Stay Well Lanarkshire project for young people aged 11 to 18 years with long term health problems. This project aims to help them live more healthily through a process of self management workshops which will develop their confidence, skills and knowledge to manage their condition better. The project is open to any young person with a long term condition eg diabetes, asthma, depression, epilepsy, arthritis, chronic pain/ fatigue amongst others. We are looking for motivated, enthusiastic volunteers to help our Project Officer deliver our workshops. Ideally you will have experience of working with young people and group work, but this is not essential as support will be provided. (Expenses reimbursed, own transport not necessary). If you can give around 3 hours weekly (evenings or weekends) click here to download an information pack. contact: 0131 553 6553 or email ascs@btconnect.com for further information.
There are several other ways you can help as a volunteer:
- You could help in the running of our charity by joining our Executive Committee which meets every six to eight weeks in Edinburgh.
- You may be able to help with admin work in our Edinburgh office or you could help publicise and promote our work by staffing stalls at conferences and other events.
- You may have experience of our healthcare system as a parent, patient or as a healthcare professional. We are often asked to provide the patient or parent perspective on local NHS committees and groups. You may be interested in representing us on one of these committees.
- You could help by raising funds for ASC(S) eg by organising a coffee morning or by organising a local fundraising event.
Please do get in touch if you’d like to discuss further by contacting us on 0131 553 6553 or use our email contact form. We will send you a short application form for you to fill in and information about being a volunteer.
Volunteer Stories
There are several other ways you can help as a volunteer:
- You could help in the running of our charity by joining our Executive Committee which meets every six to eight weeks in Edinburgh.
- You may be able to help with admin work in our Edinburgh office or you could help publicise and promote our work by staffing stalls at conferences and other events.
- You may have experience of our healthcare system as a parent, patient or as a healthcare professional. We are often asked to provide the patient or parent perspective on local NHS committees and groups. You may be interested in representing us on one of these committees.
- You could help by raising funds for ASC(S) eg by organising a coffee morning or by organising a local fundraising event.
Please do get in touch if you’d like to discuss further by contacting us on 0131 553 6553 or use our email contact form. We will send you a short application form for you to fill in and information about being a volunteer.
Trisha
As the mother of a young deaf person with health problems, volunteering has allowed me to have a say in the welfare of children, before and during a stay in hospital. I have spoken at a Community Paediatricians conference allowing me to put forward the parent perspective. I also am the parent representative on the ‘Asthma Services for Children and Young People Board Wide Multidisciplinary Group’. It is important to me to put something back and raise the profile of deaf awareness. After all, I have received encouragement and help from so many professionals over the years.
Lynda
As a young child I was admitted to hospital on a few occasions, which was a traumatic experience. Also as a parent I had to endure time spent in hospital with my own ill children. As a trained nurse I was able to help alleviate their fears and worries, by giving them all the information and knowledge that they needed. This is why I volunteered with Action for Sick Children (Scotland), so that I can help children and parents deal with issues that may arise in the health service, by giving information about services available and using hospital play boxes and making hospitals a less scary place to be.
