There are lots of ways to get involved with local volunteering opportunities
There is a wide range of massively rewarding volunteering opportunities available across North Lanarkshire. By getting involved and giving your time it could be the start of you gaining new skills, meeting new people and helping others.
Your involvement might just be for a one off event or it could be something that continues for many years. Its up to you, below are just some of the volunteering options available to you in North Lanarkshire. Have a look and you could take your first steps in volunteering 🙂
Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire VANL lists many of the volunteering opportunities across North Lanarkshire.
Volunteers are at the heart of Macmillan in North Lanarkshire. People affected by can often feel isolate , alone and crucially unable to access the right information and support at the right time. By volunteering with Macmillan in North Lanarkshire you’ll help make sure no-one in North Lanarkshire faces cancer alone.
There are lots of different ways to get involved in your local health service. NHS Lanarkshire volunteering offers a range of rewarding and intersting opportunities whether you want to volunteer in one of our hospitals, support others to stop smoking or be the public representative in planning a major health building project.
Quarriers is one of Scotland’s leading social care charities. Quarriers needs people whatever your age and time available to volunteer and help people to lead happier and more fulfilling lives.
Give a little time to Guide Dogs and make a big difference to someone living with sight loss, wheher it is raising puppies, sighted guiding, collecting funds or cheering on event participants. There are many great volunteering opportunities in North Lanarkshire to get involved in, even an hour makes a big difference.
Cycle2work is a salary sacrifice scheme. The discount comes from paying off the bike cost straight from your salary. This means you save on tax and national insurance with the bike cost going through as a non cash benefit.
The mylifestyle portal provides colleagues access to wide variety of savings all in one place.
Got a query or a question then check out the supports that are available:
By the end of the 90-minute session you will:
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Hundreds of NLC colleagues are riding bikes they initially got through Cycle2work. In the video Claire Grierson from the Craigneuk Family Learning Centre shares her experience of getting a bike through Cycle2work and on the right Mairi MacVicar a Active School Co-ordinator also shares her experiences.
Clients will be required to arrive at their designated appointment time. There are no waiting areas open.
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With modern technical clothing, staying warm and dry on the bike, no matter how bad the weather, has never been easier. Below British Cycling provides you advice on choosing the correct clothes, getting your layering right and other practical tips for staying warm through the worst of the British winter.
Non-vented aero style road helmets can keep your head warmer, especially when paired with a windproof skullcap or traditional Belgian style winter hat.
Put your trainers on and catch up with a colleague for a walking meeting following socially distancing guidelines. Even if you aren’t working close to colleagues geographically just plug your headphones into your phone and you can get walking and talking 🙂
Agree a lunch date with the team and have a blast with a virtual team lunch cook along. Take your digital device into the kitchen to enjoy everyone’s company over lunch whilst you cook up and eat in the comfort of your own home!
Many colleagues now working remotely have really missed the chance office encounters with team colleagues they maybe didn’t directly work with. That’s those brilliant brief conversations with team members who you hot desked next to or had a chance discussion with in the lift or at the water cooler.
Whether you have the voice of a songbird or sound like some ball-bearings in a blender, singing can have some remarkably positive effects.
Can I keep using reloadable discount cards I have with the previous shopping discounts platform?
There are four different ways you can get a discount depending on the retailer:
eGift cards
Online codes – instant discounts
Discounted retailer websites
