Student Volunteering Week 20th February - 24th February 2012
Learn more and Sign Up! - 10:00am-2:00pm
Come along for a chat and sign up to volunteering in the Atrium. Meet our Student Ambassadors; learn more about volunteering from them! Learn more about what is happening in SVW and how you can get involved. First 50 to come and see us will get a free doughnut!
Weirfield Wildlife Hospital Taster Session - 10:00am–3:00pm
Take part in a taster session at Weirfield Wildlife Hospital - help feed and look after the animals at the Hospital and help them build a much needed shed.
KnitWits – 10:00am-4:00pm
Come along to the Volunteering Office, SOAP Centre, and knit hats for premature babies!
Dog Walking – 10:30am – 2:00pm
Walk rescue dogs from the RSPCA
Order of St John Care Trust Taster Session - 10:00am-3:00pm
Help their Service Users have a much needed day out to Hartsholme, without you they can't go!
People First International Q +A Sessions - 10:30am & 2:30pm
Come along to the Volunteering Office, SOAP Centre, and learn more about our fantastic opportunity in India - speak to those who have already been, see photos and videos.
Order of St John Care Trust Taster Session - 10:00am-2:00pm
Help this charity with their gardening for the benefit of the Service Users
Weirfield Wildlife Hospital Taster Session - 10:00am-3:00pm
Take part in a taster session at Weirfield Wildlife Hospital - help feed and look after the animals at the Hospital and help them build a much needed shed.
Mount Street School Gardening Club - 2:30pm-4:30pm
This School needs help with their gardening to benefit the children. Could you spare a couple of hours to help them?
Sport Makers Workshop - 1:30-4:30pm
Interested in Sports? Want to be a Sports Hero? Come along to the Workshop to find out more!
Hartsholme Cricket Club - 11:00am-4:00pm
Need help with decorating and gardening at their Club, could you and/or a group of you go along to help?
The theme of this year's Make a Difference Day was combating community isolation - as such we had staff & students involved in 2 volunteering days - on 1st November volunteers helped the Nomad Trust - a local charity supporting the homeless where we did some external painting & some gardening, and on 4th November we had volunteers making cards to send to seriously ill children through the Post Pals charity. Many thanks to everyone who volunteered with these events - we had great fun!
During May we had our Volunteer Celebration Week when everyone who had volunteered last year was invited into the volunteering office to collect a certificate and receive a small gift - pictured here are some of our students collecting their certificates
We've just had the SU Awards & Volunteering was one of ten categories that students were nominated in. Our 5 nominees were:
| Name | Reason |
|---|---|
| Aaron Burgess | for volunteering at St Francis Special Communtiy School |
| Elizabeth Arundale | for volunteering with JUMP |
| Anna Maxfield | for volunteering with the Girl Guides |
| Alex Hancock | for volunteering with RAG |
| Komal Ramasawmy | for volunteering with JUMP |
Our congratulations go to all the nominees - Here they are pictured with Jane Kilby, ULSU Volunteer Co-ordinator
