Be Part of This
Everything we do depends on people who believe that health equity in the Highlands is worth working for. Whether you can offer a few hours a month as a volunteer advocate, make a financial contribution, or bring the resources of your business or organisation to bear on the challenges we tackle, there is a place for you alongside us.
The Highlands is a community in the deepest sense — people look out for one another here, and we are part of that tradition. We are a small organisation powered by large-hearted people: our volunteers include retired nurses and IT managers, teachers and farmers, people in their twenties who have just moved to Inverness and retirees who have lived in the same glen for sixty years. What they share is empathy, reliability, and a genuine interest in other people's wellbeing.
Whatever form your involvement takes, you will receive a proper welcome, full training where relevant, and the support of a team that takes care of its people as well as the communities it serves. The door, as we like to say, is always open.
Three Ways to Help
We are always looking for people to train as volunteer advocates, join our outreach team, or support our peer groups as facilitators. Full training and ongoing support are provided — what you need most is empathy, reliability, and a genuine interest in other people's wellbeing.
Enquire about volunteeringAs a SCIO, we are entirely dependent on grants, donations, and fundraised income to sustain our work. A regular monthly gift — however modest — gives us the financial stability to plan ahead, retain experienced staff, and reach more people in more communities across the region.
Support our workLocal businesses, Highland Council services, NHS teams, and other voluntary organisations all have a role to play in making the Highlands a healthier, more connected place. We welcome conversations about referral partnerships, workplace health initiatives, joint funding bids, and any other form of collaboration that serves our shared communities.
Start a conversationVolunteering With Us
Attending outpatient appointments, discharge meetings, and care planning conversations alongside patients at Raigmore, Belford, and community hospitals across the region.
Helping to facilitate our weekly and fortnightly wellbeing groups in Inverness, Dingwall, Nairn, and Fort William — providing a reassuring, informed presence alongside the peer facilitator.
Joining our outreach worker on drop-in visits to village halls, community cafés, and rural GP waiting rooms across the broader Highlands area.
Taking calls on our five-day telephone support line, helping people to understand their diagnoses, navigate services, and access the support they are entitled to — from wherever you are in the Highlands.
All volunteer advocates complete an accredited health advocacy training programme before working independently, and receive ongoing monthly supervision from our senior advocacy staff. We ask for a minimum commitment of one session per fortnight, but flexible and occasional volunteering is also possible — talk to us about what works for you.
Tell us which way of getting involved interests you, and we will be in touch within two working days to have a proper conversation about how we might work together.
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