Community Champions - Aberdeen

• Alcohol Change UK - Aberdeen

• VO105344

Alcohol harm can affect anyone, from any walk of life. So we want to work with people in communities of all types across the UK to help us create change faster. Your community could be your...
-Local area
-Workplace
-Sports club, team or league
-Virtual social network
-Community centre
-Community built on shared values, religion, joint interests, ethnicity, sexuality, identity, disability, or shared experiences.
-The role of a Community Champion
You can volunteer your time to help us to reduce alcohol harm. We have come up with a handy list of ways you can choose from to make a real difference to our work:
-Community engagement and outreach. Helping to reduce alcohol harm in your area by reaching out to different parts of it - could you talk to your local health and wellbeing team and go along to one of their events? Could you pop down to a nearby community centre, leave some leaflets and have a chat with people?
-Fundraising. This could be anything from holding a community tea party to an alcohol-free pub quiz to a Dry January® launch event! We find that fundraising is a good 'way in' - people understand charity fundraising, and a fundraiser could be a good way of then talking about alcohol.
-Campaigning. Supporting us by encouraging others to write to their local councillors or MP, or to sign petitions. This could also include setting up your own local campaigning group! Placing materials in your community. Putting up posters and distributing leaflets to community spaces like libraries, GP surgeries, coffee shops, pharmacies, and more.
-Spreading the word about alcohol-free products. You can help make sure that people can access alcohol-free alternatives by talking with your local pubs and restaurants or introducing the idea in the workplace for employee/corporate events. You could even publish a review of the alcohol-free offerings available locally for your local newspaper. Read our guide on how to get started.
-Promoting our campaigns. Spread awareness of campaigns such as Alcohol Awareness Week, Dry January® and Sober Spring within your community.
-Joining focus groups. You can help us by joining a focus group to help us test our Try Dry® app, assist with fundraising campaigns or share lived experience of alcohol harm.
-Sharing your story. This could be for one of our blogs, fundraising appeals, for a media request or even at an event with one of our corporate partners.
Our volunteers volunteer from home as well as in their communities hosting and attending events. Where the opportunity happens is flexible and dependent on the Community Champions desires and ideas.
We are always happy to hear any ideas or suggestions that you have too! We know we won't have thought of everything, and you might have a connection or and idea that works really well, so please do let us know about it.
Volunteers will have a valuable set of skills, knowledge and attitudes gained from their education, work, previous volunteering, and life experiences. If a role requires additional training then Alcohol Change UK will provide this to the volunteer. Each volunteer will be provided with relevant support. This might include regular, appropriate and mutually agreed contact, and volunteer meetings to encourage group discussion and peer support.
A fantastic opportunity to help and make a real difference as a Community Champion in Aberdeen. For more information please contact Adam Stokes at email [email protected] or telephone: 07482714665

Travel expenses

We will always look to reimburse reasonable expenses if previously agreed with the volunteer’s named contact, based on their assessment of Alcohol Change UK’s requirements and the available budget.

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Training details

Excellent support and relevant training is provided to all volunteers.
If a role requires additional training then Alcohol Change UK will provide this to the volunteer.
Each volunteer will be provided with relevant support. This might include regular, appropriate and mutually agreed contact, and volunteer meetings to encourage group discussion and peer support.

Restrictions

Minimum age: 18

Frequency & commitment

Flexible times available to volunteer-all help is greatly appreciated.

Volunteers (aged 18-25) taking part in this opportunity are eligible to claim Saltire Awards hours for their activity.
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This volunteering opportunity is also advertised across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.

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