Active Schools Volunteering Resources
Thank you for expressing your interest in volunteering with Active Schools
Before volunteers can start in schools there are some mandatory training modules which we ask everyone to complete. In the links below you will find our Active Schools Induction videos or you can request a paper copy of our induction booklet.
Active Schools Volunteer Induction
Active Schools is always on the lookout for keen and enthusiastic volunteers, where together we can take pride in getting more children, more active, more often! Our training videos are here to support you to be the best volunteer you can be while ensuring that each session is safe and fun.
The new Active Schools Volunteer Induction training is now live, and available for volunteers looking to deliver and support extracurricular sport and physical activity.
What to expect from our training?
Our online training programme will take volunteers through what they need to know to deliver safe sessions and cover topics such as volunteering opportunities, volunteering programmes and opportunities, first aid, health and safety, child protection, GDPR and further training.
The videos are available on YouTube. Please click on the links below to view individual videos.
1 – Introduction to Active Schools
The Operations Manager for Active Schools, Grant Wilson, welcomes new volunteers and gives an introduction to the Active Schools program and its aim to get More Children, More Active, More Often in Aberdeen City.
2 – Volunteering with Active Schools
The second video in our volunteer induction touches on some of the benefits of volunteering, what volunteers can expect from Active Schools as well as our volunteering and leadership programmes.
Covering Health and Safety, First Aid, and Child Protection, the Active Schools team will explain how these Policies and Procedures are relevant to your volunteering role.
This video will explain the contents of a standard Active Schools Register Pack, and go through the GDPR guidelines for storing registers for volunteers.
5 – Next Steps
Our final video of the series will take you through what to do once you have watched the series of Volunteer Induction videos. Below you will find links to the resources mentioned in this presentation.
Volunteer Information Form (to be completed at the end of the video)
Volunteer Handbook
All of the information given in our volunteer induction can be found in the Active Schools Volunteer Handbook, along with contact details for the team of Active Schools Coordinators.
To download a copy, click on the button below.
Useful Resources
sportscotland Active Schools Booklet
sportscotland Volunteering
