To date, ProjectScotland has placed more than 5,000 young people, who have in turn completed over 3 million hours' worth of volunteering throughout Scotland.
ProjectScotland provide all of their volunteers with critical developmental support including help with travel expenses; a local mentor to help them set and achieve goals, before, during and after placement; and access to ProjectScotland's employability workshop programme which held throughout the year across Scotland.
Project Scotland's main aims at both a local and national level are to: ProjectScotland was inspired by the AmeriCorps organisation and in 2005 it was founded by Julia Ogilvy.
The support mentors can offer is invaluable, from providing CV advice, interview preparation, to goal setting, and confidence building.
These include Marie Curie, Glasgow Wood Recycling, Health in Mind, Four Square Scotland and Oxfam.