Volunteer for ChildLine in Scotland
Volunteers are at the heart of everything ChildLine does. Without volunteers, the service simply wouldn't exist.
ChildLine needs volunteers across Scotland to:
- provide telephone counselling for children and young people on a range of issues from one of our bases in Aberdeen, Glasgow or Edinburgh
- answer the switchboard from one of our bases and be the first contact a child or young person has with ChildLine before they are transferred to a counsellor
- take on a variety of administration duties at one of our bases
- raise awareness of ChildLine in Scotland by giving talks to groups of children, young people or adults in your local area
- provide training workshops in you local area on issues such as bullying or setting up support networks to groups of young people or professionals
- raise funds to keep the service going.
Becoming a ChildLine volunteer is a very rewarding experience. Anyone over the age of 16 can apply to become a ChildLine volunteer. Personal qualities are more important than experience or qualifications and you'll be given training and support, appropriate to the role you take on.
For more information about becoming a volunteer, please email volunteering@childline.org.uk including your name and address. Alternatively, you can telephone or write to your nearest base.
