Recognition and Awards

 

What are the Saltire Awards?

Whether you are already volunteering or just thinking about it, the Saltire Awards are for you!

The Saltire Awards are the Scottish Government’s way of celebrating, recognising and rewarding the commitment, contribution and achievements of young volunteers in Scotland, aged between 12 and 25.

Young people gain nationally recognised certificates, signed by Scottish Government Ministers, for the different amounts of volunteering they do.

 

Volunteering with AUSA

There are a host of opportunities to volunteer within AUSA, see below for just a few suggestions:

  • Class Rep
  • Society or Sports Club Committee
  • Council/Exec Member
  • Student Groups – Bookends, ASR, Gaudie, CASE etc
  • AUSA Committees – Welfare, Education, Communities
  • Raising and Giving Campaign

 

Volunteering with an External Organisation

External Organisations need to be registered in order for you to participate in the awards as they will need to approve your hours – please ensure you check they are registered before starting. 

For further details please contact the Student Activities team at Aberdeen University Students Association volunteering@abdn.ac.uk or visit the Saltire Website https://saltireawards.org.uk/

 

How do you get an Award?

Young people aged between 12 and 25 who volunteer for the benefit of a community, or a good cause can apply for an Award themselves. Create your My Saltire account now to get started.

 

How it works

Once you have registered and added where you are volunteering, put down the either the Activities Administrator China Harvey or the Activities Development Coordinator Rachel Coffey (volunteering@abdn.ac.uk) as the Supervisor.  Both China and Rachel can verify all AUSA hours.  Start inputting your hours and when you reach enough for a certificate, go to "achievements" and claim the certificate.  At this point AUSA gets asked to verify the hours so we will send you a timesheet to complete.  From the timesheet, we can work out the dates of your volunteering for your certificate and sends them off for it to be prepared. 

Note: you can backdate any volunteering hours for two years.

 

Saltire Award – Explained

There are four types of Saltire Award designed to celebrate the volunteering journey of young people:

The Challenge  - One-off team event

The Approach - 10 and 25 hour certificates

The Ascent - 100, 200 and 500 hour certificates

The Summit - For outstanding contributions

For full details and more information click here or contact Mike Melvin on volunteer@acvo.org.uk or 01224 686076