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Oban’s Ishbel hands in her notice – after 50 years
A CHARITY volunteer who has run an annual fundraising coffee morning in Oban for 50 consecutive years has decided to retire from the role. Ishbel Banks was in her usual flurry of activity at another...
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Oban sisters’ Peruvian adventure trail
Oban sisters Carol Harris and Susan MacAskill have returned from the trip of a lifetime – volunteering with a children’s project in Peru before heading out on the Inca Trail. Read their story in The...
View ArticleOban couple set to wed after meeting on beach clean
Fiona Campbell-Smith and Thomas Ferris met while helping out at Hope Kitchen's monthly clean - and they will wed in the charity's premises tomorrow (Friday January 5). The post Oban couple set to wed...
View ArticleOban Charitable Trust volunteer appeal
Local charity seeks new trustees to continue 'a vital and essential service' for cancer sufferers and their families. The post Oban Charitable Trust volunteer appeal appeared first on The Oban Times.
View ArticleThe Lorne Highland Games needs you
Ageing organisers desperately appeal for younger volunteers, or they may not be able to hold a games in 2019. The post The Lorne Highland Games needs you appeared first on The Oban Times.
View ArticleRAF needs welfare volunteers in Oban
Would you be willing to join a team of trained welfare volunteers supporting current and former RAF personnel and their families in need? The post RAF needs welfare volunteers in Oban appeared first on...
View ArticleKillin volunteer car scheme launched
The car scheme offers ‘a safe, reliable, friendly and affordable, door to door, voluntary car service' to residents. The post Killin volunteer car scheme launched appeared first on The Oban Times.
View ArticleMegan is enriching young lives in South Africa
Christmas will be nearly 40 degrees this year for Oban teenager Megan Evans volunteering in South Africa. The post Megan is enriching young lives in South Africa appeared first on The Oban Times.
View ArticlePop in to lend Oban’s winter festival a hand
Help make this year's Winter Festival an even bigger success by being part of its crew. The post Pop in to lend Oban’s winter festival a hand appeared first on The Oban Times.
View ArticleYoung volunteers looking for Oban groups they can help
The project sees young people volunteer for a day and in return are rewarded with a trip The post Young volunteers looking for Oban groups they can help appeared first on The Oban Times.
View ArticleHighland Council asks staff to volunteer in delivery of vital services
Highland Council has issued an appeal for employees who are fit and healthy to apply to volunteer their skills and experience to help in the delivery of priority and statutory services. The post...
View ArticleOban RNLI seeks new volunteer press officer
The RNLI’s Lifeboat Station in Oban is looking for a volunteer to join the existing team in the role of Lifeboat Press Officer. Celebrating 50 years of lifesaving, Oban Lifeboat Station operates its...
View ArticleVolunteer medals for West Coast shed, paper and garden
Volunteer groups behind Dunoon Men's Shed, a community newspaper on Lewis, and a garden tackling loneliness on Skye, are among the 22 organisations across Scotland awarded the Queen’s Award for...
View ArticleVolunteer medals for West Coast shed, paper and garden
A community newspaper on Lewis and a garden tackling loneliness on Skye, are among the 22 organisations across Scotland awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in the Jubilee Honours List The...
View ArticleNominate your volunteering hero
Criteria for the 2023 awards is all about celebrating those who have gone above and beyond in their volunteering efforts. The post Nominate your volunteering hero appeared first on The Oban Times.
View ArticleVolunteer drivers needed in Dalmally
Under the North Argyll Volunteer Car Scheme, volunteers use their own cars to drive people, who have difficulty with public transport and do not have their own car, to hospital appointments, to see the...
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