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VOLUNTEERING
The following opportunities are available for those
wishing to volunteer their time and talents to the Church
of Scotland. Please note this list is not exhaustive
and if you would like to help out in your local community,
click here to find
out how to contact your local minister.
CrossReach
Impact
The Well Asian Advice Centre
World Mission
Church and Society Council
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CrossReach
There are a range of volunteering opportunities at CrossReach
- the Social Care Council. Our Christian ethos statement
is at the heart of our organisation making a positive
difference to the work we do:
Our motivation is rooted in our relationship with
and faith in Jesus Christ. As recipients of His unconditional
love and grace we desire to serve others in His name.
His example is our model for all that we are and do.
We strive to reflect Him as an organisation, in the
services we offer and in our relationships with each
other.
For more information about CrossReach and full contact
detail for those wishing to offer their gifts to help
the council to provide essential social care services,
visit their dedicated website at www.crossreach.org.uk
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Impact
You can be involved in the work of Impact, formerly known
as Summer Mission, throughout the year and can help in
a variety of ways:
- join an action group;
- ask for a team to work with your church or local
secondary school;
- run a mission project over a weekend;
- have a speaker at your Guild or mission group;
- join the Mission Leaders Training Programme and
train to lead a team;
- go on a mailing list and receive regular updates
on mission teams in Scotland;
- donate money to mission teams.
Information about these volunteering opportunities
and Impact teams near you, visit their website at
www.impactscotland.org.uk
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The Well Asian Advice Centre
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The Well is a drop-in centre administered
by Glasgow Presbytery, staffed by three full-time
workers and a 30-strong volunteer team drawn from
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It offers advice and information to Glasgow's Asian communities
as a means of facilitating relationships between the Christian
staff and their neighbours of other faiths. While The
Well has a clear commitment to mission, its ethos is very
much based on listening to people and accepting people
for who they are as an integral part of Christian witness.
The Well would welcome your support in prayer, financially
or as a volunteer.
For more information you can email
info@the-well.clara.co.uk or telephone 0141 424 4523.
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World Mission
There are a whole host of ways you can get involved
in making a difference globally with the World Mission
Council. These include:
- making your voice heard in one of our campaigns
for fairtrade and an end to poverty;
- encouraging your class, congregation or office
involved in stamp recycling;
- developing relationships with other people in the
world through our world church partnerships; and
- committing to one of the many exciting projects
run by our partner churches
A guide to how you can help by volunteering for World
Mission is available to download below in Word [.doc],
rich text [.rtf] and text only [.txt] formats.
Download the volunteers' guide:
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For more information, visit the getting
involved pages from the World Mission Council by
clicking
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World Mission also supports the work of Scottish Churches
World Exchange who send volunteers worldwide for up to
one year. For more information, visit their website at
www.worldexchange.org.uk
The following agencies also send mission partners and
volunteers abroad:
Methodist Chrurch
www.methodist.org.uk
Presbyterian Church in Ireland
www.presbyterianireland.org
Church Mission Society
www.cms-uk.org
United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
www.uspg.org.uk
Interserve
www.interservescotland.org.uk
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The Church and Society Council offers a term of internship
programme which allows recent graduates to work as volunteers
in its Department in Edinburgh for up to 15 weeks. More
information is available here.
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