Volunteer Application

Digital Volunteering

Apply to become a digital volunteer by completing the questions below.

Digital Volunteering with Get Online

Welcome to our volunteer application.

All fields marked with are required.

First name

Please enter your first name below

Last name

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Date of birth

Please enter your date of birth below

Address line 1

Please enter your address below

Address line 2

City

Please enter your city of residence below

Postcode

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Email address

Please enter your email address below

Phone number

Please enter your contact telephone number below

Status

Are you currently (please indicate as appropriate)

EmployedUnemployedRetiredStudent

Your availability

Please indicate when you are available to volunteer (Monday-Friday)

References

Please provide details of two people who we can contact to provide a character reference e.g. employer, landlord, tutor/teacher, youth worker, another volunteer, but not a family member. Applicants under 18 years only require one referee.

Reference 1

(Name, Address, Phone, Email, Relationship to you)

Reference 2

(Name, Address, Phone, Email, Relationship to you)

Location

Would you prefer to volunteer in a particular area of the city or might you be prepared to do a little travelling (we provide expenses)?

Skills/Experience

What skills, personal qualities & experience (if any) would you bring to this voluntary role?

Disclosure Scotland PVG scheme

Are you (or have you been) a member of the Disclosure Scotland PVG scheme? (This is not essential to your volunteering with us but may be required for you to participate with some groups). Please enter below.

Additional requirements

We welcome volunteer applicants with a wide range of abilities for the skills that they bring. So that we can consider any appropriate adjustments to the volunteer environment and better support you in your role, please give details of any disabilities or health issues (e.g. bad back). Please enter below.

Criminal convictions

A criminal conviction will not automatically prevent you from volunteering; it depends on the offence/s and relevance to the role for which you are applying. Do you have any convictions, cautions, bindovers or disqualifications? *If yes you will be asked for further details

Yes*No

Right to volunteer in the UK (please select relevant option)

We may ask to see documentation to prove your eligibility to volunteer in the UK

I confirm that I am a UK Resident and therefore have the right to volunteer in the UKI confirm that I am a citizen of the (pre 2005) EU or EEAI have refugee status or exceptional leave to remainI am an asylum seeker

Is this to support your Duke of Edinburgh Award?

YesNo

Coronavirus support

We've adapted all the projects within our digital services due to the coronavirus outbreak. They now support people over the phone, online and through socially distant activity. We are now exploring a blended model of delivery in line with government guidance.

Digital skills

We clearly need people who have sound computing skills. Please indicate in the table below which of the following operating systems and devices you are familiar enough with to be able to help a learner? Additionally, please indicate what devices you have access to and are happy to use in your volunteering (if any).

Operating Systems

i.e., Older Windows: XP/Vista/7/8 // Windows10 // Apple OS for iMac/Macbooks

Tablets

i.e, iPad/Samsung Galaxy/Google Nexus/Kindle/Kindle Fire/Hudl/Any other(s)

Smartphones

Declaration

The information you provide on the volunteer application form that includes your, telephone number, name, address and email address, will only be used in order to administer your application form and to provide you with service information relevant to your role as a volunteer. Your details will be held in accordance with the Data Protection legislation and, excepting if required by law, will not be shared with any third parties. We may share information with other people and organisations where we are required by law to do so, or with appropriate justification under the Act. This includes where disclosure is necessary to enable the council or another organisation to exercise its statutory functions (for example, the Department for Work and Pensions or the Police).

Edinburgh City Council takes its obligations under the Data Protection Act very seriously. The information you provide on your application form will be subject to rigorous measures and procedures to make sure that it cannot be seen, accessed or disclosed to anyone who should not see it. The Council is the Data Controller of the information you provide and has a statutory duty to collect and process this information under a contractual arrangement. The personal information you provide will be processed in line with The City of Edinburgh Council’s privacy notice which includes details of the authority’s Data Protection Officer and your Information Rights: https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/privacy

Submitting

By clicking the submit button below, I can confirm that, to the best of my knowledge, the information provided on this form is correct.

If you are unable to complete this form please contact us via email at getonline@edinburgh.gov.uk

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Digital Volunteering

Apply to become a digital volunteer by completing the questions below.