Benita Stipp

I'm applying for the volunteering secretary position as I love getting involved and helping with the wider community. I’m confident that from my past volunteering and event planning experience, I have the necessary skills required for this role. I volunteered in a care home where I organised events; here I developed my time management, flexibility, and leadership skills which will be extremely useful for this role. I understand this role requires responsibility and dedication to organise events with charities and other societies. It also requires communication with other members of the committee as well as people outside of the university. These are all qualities that I have and will be able to apply.

I attended the Autism Anglia event in February, I found it to be very rewarding to be able to give back to the community with my teammates. I’m both passionate about sport and volunteering and I loved the chance to blend them. I also volunteered with a charity, Special Olympics, where I coached cricket to a wide range of abilities. I will be looking for more opportunities to do something similar in the next year. Whilst volunteering benefits the local community, it also helps the volunteers individually by improving their confidence and allowing them to develop certain skills such as communication and teamwork, benefitting the team. I’m a reliable person, and I’m excited to have the opportunity to organise and take part in volunteering events alongside my teammates.