Project Active Celebrates Volunteers Week 2024
Student Volunteering Week 2023
This week is Student Volunteering Week 2023! This year marks the 22nd annual Student Volunteering Week, which aims to celebrate and encourage the impact of students in the civic sector across the UK.
Alumni Stories - Adrianna Chmielewska
Whilst studying for her BA Comparative Literature at UCL, Adrianna Chmielewska also volunteered with Action Tutoring. Graduating in 2020, she now works as a teacher.
"Volunteering makes me feel more hopeful, especially seeing the kids’ passion. It pretty much rubs off on you and it tells me that the world is going into good hands."
Eimear is a PhD student working in computational chemistry looking to apply her knowledge to renewable energy.
So, if you are thinking about doing it, make big pros and cons lists, and the pros will always outweigh the cons.
I spoke to the lovely Amrutha, who is in her fifth year in medicine, Anisha, who is in her third year of medicine intercalating in global health, and Humza, who is in his second year studying medicine, about their Project Leader roles in the Student-Led Project,
"Since I had some time during the term, I wanted to put it to good use and so volunteering felt like the natural choice."
From in-person to online volunteering- Chun Lam has tested both out! Read on to find out more about his experience.Tell us a little about your volunteering
"It is so empowering to know that your small contribution could have an impact on other people’s lives"
Rasyida is an MSc Business Analytics student who tells us about her experience participating in one of our February 22 Social Hackathons. The Hackathon was hosted by Outward, a charity working across 10 London boroughs to support those with learning disabilities and on the autism spectrum.
"[Best thing about volunteering?] Getting students interested in what I'm passionate about!"
Will Smith is a Second year PhD student in Computer Science. We had the pleasure of hearing about his experience volunteering as a CoderDojo Volunteer Mentor at Royal Museums Greenwich.