• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Vision and Mission
    • What We Do
    • Our History
    • Our Structure
    • Our Funders and Supporters
    • Vacancies
  • Healthcare
    • Campaigning
    • Consultation Responses
    • Learn about healthcare rights
    • Mental Health & Wellbeing in Children and Young People
    • The EACH Charter 
  • Services
    • Children and Young People
    • Families and Carers
    • Professionals
    • Schools
    • Frequently asked questions
  • How You Can Help
    • Become a Member
    • Become a Volunteer
    • Join our Family Participation Group
    • Fundraise or Donate
  • Resources
  • News
  • Events
    • Children’s Health Scotland Conference
    • Scottish Children’s Health Awards
    • Scottish Children’s Health Week
    • Stress Awareness
  • Contact Us

Children's Health Scotland

You have the right to the best quality healthcare.

Please donate

  • E-mail
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Vimeo

Become a Volunteer

There are several 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 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 Children’s Health Scotland, for example, 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 complete the online form below. We will send you a short application form for you to fill in and information about being a volunteer.

  • Name * REQUIRED
  • Subscribe to our e-newsletter * REQUIRED
    We would like to add you to our mailing lists. You can unsubscribe at any time and we will not pass your information to any third-party organisation.

Volunteer Stories

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 Children’s Health 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.

Lynda

Primary Sidebar

How You Can Help

  • Become a Member
  • Become a Volunteer
  • Join our Family Participation Group
  • Fundraise or Donate

Translate this site

Feedback

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.

Trisha

Know your rights

EACH charter cover
Did you know that all Children and Young People are protected by the EACH ( European Association for Children in Hospital) Charter?

This sets out ten articles that describe how you can be expected to be treated in hospital, and what your rights are.

Sign up to our news mailing

  • Name * REQUIRED
  • * REQUIRED
  • Young People up to their 13th birthday need their parent or carer’s consent under data protection law to sign up online. Please select one option: * REQUIRED
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Children’s Health Scotland. Scottish Charity No. SC006016. Registered Company No. 100114

Registered Address : 22 Laurie Street, Edinburgh EH6 7AB

Copyright © 2021 Children's Health Scotland

  • Privacy
  • Accessibility
  • Sitemap

Site design and build by graphics.coop · Powered by WordPress

The Scottish Government Children, Young People and Families Early Intervention Fund We acknowledge the support of the Scottish Government through a CYPFEIF and ALEC Fund Grant.