08/10/2026
🌟 OUR YOUTH VOLUNTEERS ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE 🌟
❤️🤝Sometimes, you don't need to give a young person all the answers. You just need to give them a space to contribute, the confidence to share their ideas, and the opportunity to be seen.
❤️🤝Meet Erin, one of our amazing youth volunteers from St Margaret’s, who comes in to volunteer with us at the Mamacita foundation Charity Shop each week. 💛
❤️🤝Last week, Erin came into the shop and saw our ongoing sale design. It was handwritten, but Erin saw an opportunity to take it a step further.
❤️🤝She went back to school, got creative, and came back with something fantastic that could help us make our sales more visible, both inside and outside the shop. 🥹👏🏾
And honestly… this is what youth involvement looks like.
It is not just about volunteering.
❤️🤝It is about giving young people opportunities to develop confidence, creativity, communication, employability skills and the belief that their ideas matter.
Erin didn't just make a design.
❤️🤝She saw something, thought about how she could improve it, used her skills and brought her idea back to the community.
That is the power of youth placements.
❤️🤝That is the power of creating spaces where young people can learn, contribute and grow.
❤️🤝And most importantly, it reminds us that our young people have so much knowledge, creativity and potential to give back to their communities. 🌱💛
❤️🤝At Mamacita Foundation Charity & Reuse Shop , we are proud to see our youth volunteers not just volunteering, but becoming part of the change they want to see around them.
❤️🤝Erin, thank you for seeing the opportunity and making it happen. You are already making a difference. ❤️👏🏾
This is why youth involvement matters.
Aberdeen City Council The Reuse Shop Aberdeen
Remember... NOBODY SHOULD FEEL ALONE 💪🏿❤️