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Student Volunteering Week 2010

Student Volunteering Week 2010 (22-28 February 2010)

 

Student Volunteering Week was established in 2001 by Volunteering England to raise the national profile of Further and Higher Education student volunteering. By working with our key stakeholders across the public, private and voluntary sectors, the campaign aims to further strengthen student volunteering infrastructure.

The theme for 2010 is ‘Inspiring futures; connecting communities’, with the focus on volunteering as a way to enhance personal and professional development, as well as a way to create community and institutional cohesion.

The objectives of Student Volunteering Week 2010 are:

  • To raise the profile of student volunteering;
  • To demonstrate the benefits that volunteering has for students, educational institutions, the community, businesses and recruiters;
  • To highlight the relationship between employability and volunteering;
  • To build partnerships and engage with key stakeholders, including universities, graduate recruiters and policy makers;
  • To encourage more people to volunteer.


You can support the campaign by getting involved in the following ways:

  1. 1. Provide a quote about the importance of Student Volunteering Week and student volunteering to your sector or organisation;
  2. 2. Add your logo to our website to join other supporters;
  3. 3. Be inspired by student volunteering stories and submit your own stories of amazing achievements that have been influenced by volunteering. See the website for details;
  4. 4. Download the Student Volunteering Week 2010 logo from the website and use it to market your events;
  5. 5. Become an ambassador - promote Student Volunteering Week and student volunteering to your networks. Include information about SVW on your website, in publications and at your events;
  6. 6. Contact your local universities and colleges to discuss possible volunteering opportunities for students– you will be able to record any events that you organise on the Student Volunteering Week website www.volunteering.org.uk/studentvolunteeringweek.


Additionally, Volunteering England would also love to hear from you if there are any opportunities for Student Volunteering Week 2010 to help fulfil any of your objectives and align with your organisation’s activities.

As well as the Student Volunteering Week website, you can also call 020 7520 8934. Volunteering England also engaged in other student volunteering work.