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Green Routes Stirling
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Salary: Non-Salaried Position
The Walled Garden, Gartmore House, Gartmore FK8 3RS
Green Routes Stirling are expanding operations and are keen to recruit additional trustees who share our vision and values and have the energy, commitment, expertise and skills to help us in achieving a successful future. We would particularly welcome applicants with expertise in fund-raising, health and safety, marketing, networking with similar organisations, and project delivery.
Green Routes Stirling is a charity formed in 2007 and based near Stirling. Our aim is to develop people with additional support needs or from backgrounds which disadvantage them in terms of employment, to enable them to realise their full potential and, where they have the capacity, to progress towards employability and independent living. Green Routes, with its horticultural base, is designed to meet the needs of students and provide them with a range of opportunities, including rural and independent living skills.
We have an excellent record of success, with a number of students now in part time paid employment or on work placements, and many examples of students having acquired living skills such as independent travel and improved communication, as well as qualifications and experience in horticulture.
How to Apply:Interested in finding our more, contact: gforster@greenroutes.org.uk
Closing Date: October 31, 2022
Trellis Scotland
Trellis Fieldworkers – priceless garden support
Do you support people to garden?
Are you friendly & confident?
Have good listening skills?
Enjoy nurturing others?
Looking for ways to enrich your own professional development?
Join our team of Trellis Fieldworkers!
Trellis , Scotland’s network for therapeutic gardening, is recruiting a number of freelance fieldworkers to help support our community of gardeners across Scotland. Fieldworkers are invaluable to therapeutic garden projects across the country, they provide advice and support, help organise regional in-person events, contribute to the creation and delivery of training and learning resources. We are aiming to recruit people like you, with a range of experience, skills and qualifications in supporting people to garden in community, health and care settings.
Work will be offered taking into account your specific skill-sets and availability (approx. 1-6 days per annum). Fieldworkers are employed on a freelance (self -employed) basis, day rate £160 plus travel expenses.
See Job Description for more information.
How to Apply:
To apply please complete the expression of interest form and send your CV to jenny@trellisscotland.org.uk
Closing Date: October 14, 2022
Dundee Therapy Garden
We provide therapeutic input for uniformed service veterans who have a wide range of psychological and physical needs.
No previous gardening skill required but a willingness to get involved in this aspect would be advantageous as would an understanding/experience of service life and culture.
Attractive salary commensurate with experience. Generous holiday allowance. The successful applicants should be a mental health professional current registration, e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council, British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy. References required.
For further information please ring David Cameron on 01382 202 660.
How to Apply:
To apply please send a CV with covering letter by email to David Cameron at: dundeetherapygarden@hotmail.com.
Please state the post applied for.
Closing Date: September 30, 2022
Dundee Therapy Garden
We provide therapeutic input for uniformed service veterans who have a wide range of psychological and physical needs.
No previous gardening skill required but a willingness to get involved in this aspect would be advantageous as would an understanding/experience of service life and culture.
Attractive salary commensurate with experience. Generous holiday allowance. The successful applicants should be a mental health professional current registration, e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council, British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy. References required.
For further information please ring David Cameron on 01382 202 660.
How to Apply:To apply please send a CV with covering letter by email to David Cameron at: dundeetherapygarden@hotmail.com.
Please state the post applied for.
Closing Date: September 30, 2022
Badenoch and Strathspey Therapy Gardens
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Hours: approx. 15- 25 per week. Post open to job share applications
Salary: £14.00-£15.00 per hour depending on experience
Type of Contract: Self-employed basis, with own transport
Multiple sites - Growing Spaces, Am Fasgadh Allotments, Kingussie: Glen Centre, Aviemore; Wade Centre, Kingussie; Therapy Garden at Badenoch and Strathspey Community Hospital and Health Care Centre.
The post holder will be responsible for leading Badenoch and Strathspey Therapy Gardens’ (The Therapy Garden) project work, undertaking sessions in the Growing Spaces within the Am Fasgadh allotments, in the Glen and Wade Centres and at the Badenoch and Strathspey Community Hospital and Health Care Centre Therapy Garden.
The project aims to provide social and therapeutic horticulture to the different groups of service users who will have sessions in the Garden/s Growing Spaces or Day Centres.
These groups will be trainees and service users from Caberfeidh Horizons in Kingussie, and supported housing in Aviemore, older people at Day Care and Residential Care Centres, and people from the local communities who benefit physically and mentally.
The post holder will be responsible for supervising and supporting a small team of volunteers and taking a key role in delivering training to them. They will also ensure effective recording, reporting and evaluation of the Therapy Gardens project.
Please contact Mary or Jinty by phone or email.
Closing Date: September 30, 2022
Blooming Gardeners CIC
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Hours: 24 hours per week
Salary: £15.65 per hour
Type of Contract: Permanent
Barbaraville, Alness, Invergordon and other sites in the area as required
Blooming Gardeners is a thriving therapeutic gardening project in Easter Ross which promotes the health and well-being of its clients (gardeners) through involvement in horticulture. The gardeners have a range of learning disabilities and social communication disorders.
The Horticultural Trainers are key to the success of the project, creating a happy, secure environment for the gardeners and volunteers, while guiding and supporting them in plant production, garden maintenance, soft landscaping and fruit and vegetable growing. They make use of eco-friendly practices and encourage the gardeners to understand and care for the environment.
We hope to recruit another part time Horticultural Trainer to join the team. We are looking for someone who has horticultural knowledge and expertise, together with enthusiasm for working with disadvantaged groups. The ability to support and communicate with people with additional needs is essential.
The successful candidate will work in close collaboration with the other Horticultural Trainers in the practical gardening activities and planning, helping Blooming Gardeners to maintain high standards of service and support to its gardeners, staff and volunteers.
The horticultural trainers also engage with the directors in strategic planning and development and in ensuring Blooming Gardeners meets its aims and obligations.
You can request the full job description, person specification, and job application form from admin@bloominggardeners.org.uk
Contact Name: For more information phone Fiona on 07751 345639 or 07799 595200 How to Apply:
Please send the completed job application form together with your CV and a covering letter, outlining how your experience reflects the job description and person specification, to the Secretary of Blooming Gardeners at admin@bloominggardeners.org.uk
Closing Date: September 26, 2022 Interview Date: Thursday, 6 October, 2022
Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society (The Caley)
Fully expensed, including travel costs.
Various locations in the Central Belt in Scotland.
• 12 month fixed term contract.
• 5 days per week (37.5 hours).
• 28 days holiday.
• Pension auto enrolment with NEST.
• 4 months probationary period.
• Potential for promotion to permanent employee following completion of 12 months fixed term and subject to external funding.
• Immediate start.
About us
The Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society (The Caley) was established in 1809 to promote ‘the encouragement and improvement of the best fruit, the most choice flowers and the most useful culinary vegetables’. As a registered Scottish Charity [SC006522], The Caley seeks to encourage meaningful horticultural education for individuals of all abilities. More information on The Caley and our activities can be found here: www.thecaley.org.uk
The Caley X Coalfield Regeneration Trust (CRT) Partnership was established to help people of all backgrounds and abilities gain new gardening skills that work in harmony with nature through completion of The Caley’s Grow and Learn in Nature (GLiN) Award. We are now looking for a new member to join our small team. You will support and extend the delivery of the GLiN Award to 6 projects within East Ayrshire and the Central Belt. This role will involve development of a wide range of educational resources as well as administration and marketing duties. More information about our CRT partnership can be found at: https://thecaley.org.uk/grow-learn-in-nature
How to Apply:Please email CV and covering letter (no more than one page) to growandlearn@rchs.co.uk
If you would like to discuss the role in more detail or have any queries, please contact
growandlearn@rchs.co.uk
Closing Date: August 7, 2022
Cyrenians
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Hours: Between 15 hours - 30 hours per week
Salary: £22,622 – £25,296 pro rata, plus pension
Falkirk
Do you want to work outdoors, explore your creative flair, and make a real difference to your local community?
If you have a passion for growing plants and supporting people to grow this could be the perfect role for you! Would you enjoy contributing and implementing new innovative ideas in our walled garden, helping to develop a ‘growing and maintenance’ plan?
A new opportunity for a Community Gardner within our Falkirk services has arisen that could be perfect for you!
About the Walled Garden
The Walled Garden is one of Cyrenians public facing services, where we support people on Community Payback Orders to put back into the community and develop their own horticultural skills.
Set in a public space of half an acre within Dollar Park, Falkirk the garden is highly valued by the community, and is a home for events, volunteering and enjoying the tranquillity it has to offer.
About the role
As Community Gardener you’ll contribute to developing a creative and interactive garden and programme for those engaging with our services. You’ll be surprised at how many opportunities you’ll have to perfect planting, bring new ideas and share your enthusiasm and garden knowledge with others. As you’d imagine, there are plenty of chances to get your hands dirty – and it’s safe to say you’ll never be bored!
You’ll be part of a small garden team who engage with a real variety of people to help us we meet our aims, including those on community payback orders and community volunteers.
About you
You’ll be an experienced gardener with a dynamic ‘can-do’ attitude and a genuine interest in people, gardening and working outdoors. Your enthusiasm and positive outlook will help you nurture an environment where people feel safe, valued and an opportunity to gain new skills
What we can offer you
- Our garden services are delivered 7 days a week and offer working flexibility for the postholder and meeting service delivery needs.
- You’ll be part of an enthusiastic, knowledgeable staff team who will help you develop and grow in your role and a supportive line manager.
- You’ll also have access to wider Cyrenians support, including our learning and development programme, and staff wellbeing services.
- Opportunities to participate in any relevant training for continued personal development.
About us
At Cyrenians we tackle the causes and consequences of homelessness. We understand that there are many routes into homelessness, and that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to supporting people towards more positive and stable futures. That’s why all our work is values-led and relationships-based.
Our values
- Compassion: We believe that everyone should have the chance to change, no matter how long that might take.
- Respect: We believe in tolerance, acceptance, valuing diversity and treating each other as equals.
- Integrity: We are committed to the highest quality of work, grounded in honesty, generosity, sincerity and professionalism.
- Innovation: We are willing to take risks, challenge convention and be creative in our search for new ways of working, in particular by taking account of the environmental impact of our decisions.
Click here to view the job description.
Website
How to Apply:
Visit www.cyrenians.scot/jobs, or e-mail recruitment@cyrenians.scot.
CVs will not be accepted.
Closing Date: July 25, 2022
Amisfield Walled Garden Project
Background Information
The Amisfield Preservation Trust is a charity which has been set up to restore the historically important 8 acre walled garden at Amisfield Park, Haddington, East Lothian. Since 2007, our gardening group (all volunteers and amateur gardeners) has returned the walled garden from a severely neglected state back into a working productive garden. We have a long term lease of the garden from East Lothian Council and have ambitious plans to create a financially self-sustaining community resource where people can learn new horticultural skills within a beautiful historic setting. As our project has developed, we have welcomed all sections of the local community to work within our volunteer team, and we believe that the project demonstrates the therapeutic benefits to mental and physical health from hands on gardening and from working as a team to achieve a common goal.
The volunteer coordinator post is for an initial one year period. The position has been funded jointly by the National Lottery Fund and East Lothian Council for the past 4 years and funding is confirmed for the coming year. We anticipate that we will be able to secure funding beyond this, given our record of successful grant applications. The post will be subject to a 3 month probationary period.
We are looking for a practical, motivated person to manage and supervise our volunteer gardening team, to promote the project in the local community, to provide training and to work with the Trust’s board of directors to plan and develop the project.
Further information on the project is on our website: www.amisfield.org.uk
The job description and application form can be downloaded from https://www.amisfield.org.uk/job-vacancy/
How to Apply:Application Process and Timetable
Candidates are welcome to visit the walled garden prior to interview during our normal opening hours from 10am to 4pm, Monday to Friday, or from 10am to 1pm on a Saturday.
If you require any further information or wish to discuss the post, please call Kate Rycroft, Chair of the Amisfield Preservation Trust, on 07870 213731 or enquiries@amisfield.org.uk.
To apply for the post of Volunteer Coordinator, please complete the application form and email it to: enquiries@amisfield.org.uk
or post it to : Amisfield Preservation Trust, Lady’s Field, Whitekirk, Dunbar, East
Lothian EH42 1XS
Closing Date: July 22, 2022
Camphill Wellbeing Trust
Camphill Wellbeing Trust is a medical charity which provides extended approaches to address illness, support resilience and maintain wellbeing. We have a dedicated and passionate team of employees and volunteers, based across three sites approximately 6 miles west of Aberdeen City. A vacancy has arisen within the Compass Project team for an enthusiastic and capable Head Gardener / Outdoor Areas Manager to take on the development and coordination of our Compass project outdoor areas and related activities.
The role involves care for all aspects of the 4.1 acres outdoor site, including its mixed woodland. Gardening/ Horticultural/agricultural experience is required and experience of beekeeping is highly desirable. Ability to forward plan with regards to planting and land management is essential as is ability to operate a range of appropriate land management power tools.
Key responsibilities include:
- Management of Compass outdoor areas in line with sustainability and organic / biodynamic principles
- Liaising with Camphill organisations to facilitate meaningful outdoor activities for volunteers, patients and people with additional support needs
- Managing health & safety of outdoor areas including repairs and maintenance
- Managing outdoor areas budget
- Supporting and educating volunteers, service users and local community in healthy food production on a small scale while maximising growing opportunities and production in gardening areas
- Documentation of progress through photography and video
If you have the relevant experience along with strong communication and people skills, we would love to hear from you.
For further information and application pack, please email admin@cwt.scot or contact us on 01224 862008. Site visits can be arranged at your request.
How to Apply:For further information and application pack, please email admin@cwt.scot or contact us on 01224 862008.
Closing Date: June 3, 2022