Are you between 12 and 25 years old? Are you already volunteering or thinking about it? Get registered for Saltire Awards now!
These awards are the Scottish Government's way of celebrating, recognising and rewarding the commitment, contribution and achievements of young volunteers in Scotland. Try out volunteering by taking part in a team challenge or start learning new skills with the Saltire Approach. Not only does it look great on your CV also by signing up to the Saltire Awards you can also earn up to 3,000 Young Scot Reward Points with each Award you achieve. When you are eligible for a Saltire Award you will also be invited to our annual Saltire Awards Ceremony. Interested in what the event looks like? Check what we've been up to during ourcelebration in 2019 here.
The four main sections to the Saltire Awards are:
The Challenge: for those getting started in volunteering through team challenges
The Approach: for when you've reached 10 and 25 hours volunteering
The Ascent: For when you've reached 50, 100, 200 or even 500 hours volunteering
The Summit: For those that have made an outstanding contribution to volunteering
Both you and the organisation(s) with whom you volunteer, need to be registered for Saltire Awards. You can register with us at Voluntary Action Shetland. Volunteers need to fill in Form A to register. If you are an organisation please fill in Form C. You can find all forms in our resources section or by selecting the one you need below:
Organisation Registration (Form C)
Award Request and Case Study (Form D)
To hand in your registration form or if you need help with any other paperwork or need to check anything out please get in touch with our Youth Volunteering Support Worker Lavinia Schmidt, Lavinia.schmidt@shetland.org, 01595 743911
Please also contact us if you would like help with recruiting volunteers for your group/organisation.