Our volunteer social and celebration events

The events below are for individuals who are currently volunteering their time with Glasgow Life services and programmes.

To book any of our special social and celebration events, please contact our team via email volunteering@glasgowlife.org.uk or FREEPHONE 08085001315 and provide:

• Your name
• Name of your Glasgow Life volunteer programme
• Preferred email address
• If you have any dietary requirements e.g. preferred milk for tea and coffee

The volunteering team will confirm your booking and send you information including travel information. If we reach capacity for an event, volunteer names will be added to a waiting list. 

Volunteer Voices: Have Your Say

We’re inviting our volunteers to take part in Volunteer Voices: Have Your Say this June – a chance to share ideas and help shape what volunteering with Glasgow Life will look like for the next three years!

Join a friendly, informal session at the Mitchell Library (with tea, coffee and cake!) or share your views online if you can’t attend. As a thank you, everyone who takes part will be entered into a prize draw with great rewards up for grabs. To find out more or get involved, please get in touch.

When: Thursday 18 June 2026, 14:00-15:30 and Saturday 27 June 2026, 10:30 -12:00.

Where: The Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow, G3 7DN

Special Collections Tour

Join us to explore the treasures of the Mitchell Library, from beautifully illustrated medieval manuscripts, through to the first newspaper printed in Glasgow, we’ll share the books, manuscripts and photographs that make the Mitchell Library.  Light refreshments will also be available.  Limited spaces available, so make sure you book in advance. 

When: Wednesday 19 August 2026, 11:00 - 13:00.

Where: The Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow, G3 7DN

Fairfield Heritage Museum Tour

Discover the story of Glasgow’s greatest shipyard.  Join us for a visit to Fairfield Heritage Museum based in the headquarters of the greatest shipbuilding enterprise in the world. We will get an introduction to the shipbuilding and engineering company which revolutionised sea transportation, building the largest and fastest vessels the world had ever seen before a chance to look round the museum ourselves. 

Light refreshments will be served at the end of the tour.

When: Thursday 10 September 2026, 11:15 - 13:00

Where: 211 Crossloan Road, Govan, G51 3QD