MAKE IT HAPPEN
Creating Opportunities and Reconnecting Young People through Volunteering
Our youth-led programme empowers young people to build confidence, discover their strengths, find meaningful opportunities, and create lasting connections within their community.
The programme is open to young people aged 12-25 living in East Renfrewshire who are looking for a helping hand to get started or continue with volunteering, explore new opportunities, or to reconnect with their community.
How We Can Help
Individual Support
Empowering young people to take next steps, build confidence and make connections within their community.
Preparation for Volunteering Programme
A range of support sessions and activities that will work towards increasing the soft skills of the young people.
Volunteering Opportunities
Working with others to provide a range of youth friendly individual and group opportunities for young people to be able to ‘test’ volunteering together with their peers.
Boosting young people's employability through volunteering
Leveraging the benefits of volunteering to help young people facing significant challenges build confidence, gain new skills and enhance their employability
Young Persons Network
The network brings together groups and organisations who can provide local young people with access to meaningful, inclusive and accessible opportunities to reconnect and engage with their community.
Breaking down age as a barrier to volunteering and participation
Our team support groups and organisations in East Renfrewshire to create youth friendly opportunities for young people to reconnect, get involved and contribute to their communities. Get in touch with our Youth Team if you want to chat about creating youth friendly volunteering roles or other meaningful opportunities for young people to get involved in your activities.
Make It Happen Youth Team
Made up of local Young People, the Make It Happen Youth Team work closely with our Workers’ Youth Team (staff members) and Young Person’s Network to ensure the programme continue to meet the needs of young people.
All young people supported by our program will be encouraged to become members or associates of the Make It Happen Youth Team. This involvement provides various opportunities to share their unique perspectives and actively participate in the community.
We are currently looking for new members to join the Make It Happen Youth Team. If you’re interested, find out more and sign up here
Our Team
