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Hear from Professor James Knowles as he introduces National Volunteer's Week with Royal Holloway Volunteering.

Welcome to Volunteers Week!

National Volunteers Week is finally here! As the Spring term comes to an end the Volunteering Team are excited to let you know about the range of events taking place online and in-person this week.

The theme of National Volunteering Week this year is "A Time to Say Thanks." That is why we are saying thank you to all of our volunteering students, staff and alumni. This academic year has been challenging but it is fantastic to see so many members of the college community making a difference in their local areas.

The Royal Holloway Volunteering awards will be taking place online this year, delivered through a series of short videos throughout the week. Right now you can watch the introduction to the awards delivered by Professor James Knowles. We will end the week with the Mayor's Cup for student volunteer of the year. This prestigious award has been presented by the Mayor of Runnymede for the last thirteen years.

We are incredibly excited to tell you that we have reconnected with Mayor's Cup winners from previous years, going back to the first ever recipient, Rob Birks, who received the award in 2009. They will be sharing their experiences of volunteering at Royal Holloway, the ways they got involved and how it helped them!

Read on to see all of the great activities taking place this week, and be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and now YouTube so you don't miss out!

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Royal Holloway Volunteering Staff Team

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Royal Holloway Volunteering Awards Schedule

This week we are presenting awards to students, staff and alumni that have volunteered over the course of the year. The presentation of awards will take place as short videos featured on our our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages!

You can find the full awards presentation schedule on our website.

Visit our website to see the full Volunteering Awards schedule

Royal Holloway Volunteering Blog

The Nature Conservation project has a great blog up this week that talks about their very exciting photo competition. The deadline to enter is 3 June so you still have some time to get your entry in! The winner of the competition will receive a £25 voucher!

The team are also planning their last in person Nature Conservation event on Wednesday 9 June from 1.30-3.30pm, so you can find more about the project there!

Tuesday 1 June

Chat to us on Founders Square!

To start National Volunteers Week you can come and find us for a chat on Founder's Square! The volunteering gazebo will be occupied by Royal Holloway Volunteering leaders from 10am-4pm from Tuesday to Friday. Find out what the volunteers have been up to this year, and see how you too can get involved!

Wednesday 2 June

Join us in the Community Garden!

Why not enjoy the weather with some on campus gardening? Our Community Garden project have been working hard all year to create our own little corner of campus. The team are going to meet at the Students' Union at 2pm and you can find more details, and sign up, online.

This will be a great chance to relax and enjoy the good weather!

Litter Picking with Love Your Campus

If you fancy a mid-week stroll with a difference, join our Love Your Campus team for a litter pick! The activity will start at 2pm outside the new Volunteering Hub (The old Santander bank). This will be a great chance to meet some people and clear up the campus. Find more details on the project's Facebook group.

Thursday 3 June

Social Action Project Awards

On Thursday we will be giving out the awards for Outstanding Social Action Volunteer and Outstanding Social Action project! These awards recognise students that have gone above and beyond in their involvement with student-led projects and you can see the awards announcements as soon as they are made on our Facebook page and YouTube channel!

Friday 4 June

NHS Care Package assembly

Come and join the Love Your Community project anytime between 1pm and 3pm in the Davison Events Space to help us put together more than 100 care packages for NHS workers at Ashford and St Peters Hospitals after raising over £900 from the Moves+ app in April and May! Find more information and sign up on our Facebook event.

Saturday 5 June

Donate Your Unwanted Clothes and Food!

On campus you might recently have noticed the red donation points of the Donate and Reuse Project! These can be found in the Davison Building and Students' Union, as well as behind the Hub. Before the end of term you can donate unwanted clothes in these, and they will be given to the British Heart Foundation to fund life saving research.

You can also donate non-perishable food to Runnymede Foodbank by dropping food at our collection point in the Davison building and SU shop. If you are interesting in the project, be sure to join their Facebook group.

Sunday 6 June

Sporting Sunday!

On Sunday we are presenting our Outstanding Sports Volunteer Award, which we run in collaboration with Royal Holloway Active Lifestyle and Sport. The team there organise lots of great sporting activities on campus and in the local community, so if you are interested in volunteering as part of their programme you can sign up online!

Monday 7 June

Ending the week with the Mayor's Cup

On Monday 7 June we will be presenting Royal Holloway Volunteering's most prestigious awards. The Mayor's Cup has been presented for thirteen years by the Mayor of Runnymede to an Outstanding Student Volunteer.

We are also presenting the Community Action Cup, an award presented for a student club or society that has gone above and beyond in their volunteering contributions.

You can see both of these videos on our Facebook page and YouTube channel when they are released.

Royal Holloway Moves

Use your steps to support refugee families!

After the incredible success of the NHS care package project we are thrilled to announce that you can now support Syrian refugee families through the Royal Holloway Moves app!

Our ESOL project have been conducting online sessions with local Syrian Refugee families since the pandemic began, and this initiative aims to raise £400 to purchase tablets that will help the families take part in MS Teams sessions.

Find the Moves + app on the App store, on Google Play and start raising funds through your steps today!

Our Team Leader Isa has written a great blog, letting you know about the testing rewards scheme being offered by the university. Have a read and find out how you can keep your household safe while also raising money for good causes!

And Finally...

We still have a very small number of vacancies on our Leadership programme for the coming academic year. If you are interested in applying, you can find more information on our website, and can apply online before Friday 4 June!

Take the lead and make a real difference next academic year!

volunteering@royalholloway.ac.uk